Eaglehawk Landfill

Expect to be turned away if these are in your load

We will refuse loads that include materials that fall outside of our EPA licence for the site. 

If your load includes a significant amount of material that could be recycled or reused, it will be refused. This includes, but is not limited to, noticeable amounts of:

  • Polystyrene
  • Cardboard
  • Metal

Contact us if you have questions about what materials we will accept to avoid conflict at the gate if a load is refused.
 

Top tip: If you place tyres on top they can be disposed of correctly first. Then vehicles are able to be weighed so you avoid paying the unsorted fee.

Opening hours

We are open:

  • Weekdays: 8am - 4pm 
  • Saturday and Sunday: 8am - 4.30pm

We are closed:

  • Christmas Day and Good Friday
  • On extreme (FBI 75-99) and catastrophic weather days

Contact

Phone: 03 5446 3917

Email: [email protected]

Fees and charges by type and load size

Please note: we no longer accept cash; EFTPOS is available at all sites.

Domestic waste
  • Domestic waste: $336.00 per tonne
  • Separated waste (trailer): $232.50 per tonne
  • Minimum charge of $6.70
Green waste
  • Domestic car-load: Free 
  • Domestic trailer-load, ute-load, van-load: Free
  • Green commercial: $111.50 per tonne 

Limits apply - contact landfill for more information.

All green waste must be clean green waste. Loads will be charged as waste if contaminated with or containing:

  • soil
  • weed matting
  • rubbish
  • processed timber
  • tree stumps
  • branches > 200mm thick

Free domestic green waste is limited to a single 6 x 4 caged trailer or equivalent quantities in larger domestic trailers. Commercial fees apply for greater quantities.

Domestic asbestos

Domestic asbestos: $427 per tonne

No commercial asbestos accepted

Domestic asbestos disposal application and requirements

Visit the Asbestos in Victoria website to find resources to help you understand the risks of asbestos, and how to safely manage or remove it.

Victorian Government: Asbestos in Victoria

Tyres
  • Car: $9 per tyre
  • Car (with rim): $18 per tyre
  • Car tyre (contaminated): $20 per tyre
  • Motorcycle: $9 per tyre
  • Light truck/4WD: $18 per tyre
  • Light truck/4WD (with rim): $38 per tyre
  • Light truck/4WD (contaminated): $40 per tyre
  • Heavy truck: $31 per tyre
  • Heavy truck (with rim): $85.50 per tyre
  • Heavy truck (contaminated): $80 per tyre

Contamination includes dirt (external and internal), paint, blown tyres or tyres in pieces.

The EPA sets strict stockpiling limits. We can accept only residential tyres and a limit of up to:

  • Five tyres for tyres up to and including 4WD tyres
  • Two tyres applies to any tyre larger than a 4WD tyre

Tyres from commercial operations will not be accepted.

Miscellaneous
  • Paint: Free through "Paintback" drop off at Eaglehawk Recycle Shop
  • Household batteries, fluorescent light bulbs and tubes, and gas bottles bring to the drop off site at the Eaglehawk Recycle Shop Recovery Yard
     
Low density load charges

These are materials that take up a significant amount of valuable space in landfill but are light in weight. The fee is $644 per tonne. There is a minimum charge of $34 for commercial and industrial loads less than 100kg.

These types of materials include, but are not limited to:

  • Ducting
  • Unrecyclable plastics
  • Foam 
  • Insulation
  • Carpet
     
Mixed, unsorted loads

If a load contains recyclable materials, or where large amounts of recycling can be seen to have been collected from one bin or contains materials that are prohibited from our landfill, the fee is $644 per tonne. Please note there is a minimum charge of $34 for commercial and industrial loads less than 100kg.

These types of materials include, but are not limited to:

  • Paper and cardboard
  • E-waste including white goods
  • Mattresses
  • Co-mingled recycling or contaminated loads
  • Oil/Chemical drums
  • Metal
  • Green waste
  • Tyres

Top tip: If you place green waste and tyres on top these can be disposed of correctly first, and then vehicles are able to be weighed again to avoid paying the unsorted fee.

Industrial/commercial

Note: There is a minimum charge of $34 for commercial and industrial loads less than 100kg.

  • Industrial/commercial: $336 per tonne with a minimum charge of $34 
  • Immediate deep burial of prohibited or dangerous Items: $180
  • Category C contaminated soil: $411 per tonne
  • Category D contaminated soil: $411 per tonne

Category C and D contaminated soil booking form and check list can be found below – both are required to be completed for the disposal of contaminated soil.

Pre-Booking Sheet Category C and D soil

Checklist for Cat C (contaminated soils)

Prohibited materials

The following items/materials are no longer accepted at the Eaglehawk Landfill:

  • Polystyrene
  • Sawdust
  • Blasting sands
  • Tarps
  • Oil drums
  • PVC/poly tubing
  • Bumper bars
  • Building rubble
  • Demolition waste
  • Concrete and silica dust
  • Engineered stone products