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    Library e-waste recycling station

    E-waste recycling stations are located at our Bentleigh, Carnegie, Caulfield and Elsternwick library branches and are accessible during library opening hours. Additional e-waste recycling stations are also available at Moorleigh Community Village and Glen Eira Sports and Aquatic Centre (GESAC) during opening hours.

    Please do not put e-waste through the overnight returns chute at our libraries.

    Accepted items

    • Batteries
    • Light globes
    • Mobile phones and accessories
    • Cameras and accessories
    • DVDs and CDs (and their cases)
    • Cassettes
    • Floppy discs
    • X-rays (please cut off personal details)
    • Smoke alarms/ smoke detector with batteries that cannot be removed (if the batteries can be removed, you can dispose of the smoke alarm itself in your general waste bin)

    Anything else? No thanks

    Please only use the e-waste recycling stations for accepted items.

    For larger electronic waste or appliances that are not suitable in our e-waste library hubs (such as DVD players, microwaves, kitchenware and small whitegoods, printers etc) visit your nearest transfer station for a free drop-off. These items can also be collected through our hard rubbish service.

    Items that are also not accepted in the e-waste recycling stations are:

    • car parts, batteries or tyres (dispose of at a transfer station)
    • smoke alarms that have removable batteries (dispose of in your rubbish bin once the batteries have been removed – batteries can be dropped off at a library recycling station)
    • air conditioners (dispose of at a transfer station)
    • halogen lights (dispose of at a transfer station)
    • x-ray equipment
    • hazardous materials and medical equipment (check Detox your Home for disposal options)
    • anything not on the accepted items list

    Locations and hours

    Bentleigh Library and Youth Hub

    161 Jasper Road, Bentleigh

    • Monday to Thursday, 10am to 9pm
    • Friday, 10am to 6pm
    • Saturday, 10am to 4pm
    • Sunday, 12pm to 5pm  

    Carnegie Library and Community Centre

    7 Shepparson Avenue, Carnegie

    • Monday to Thursday, 10am to 9pm
    • Friday, 10am to 6pm
    • Saturday, 10am to 4pm
    • Sunday, 12pm to 5pm

    Caulfield Library

    Glen Eira Town Hall, corner Glen Eira and Hawthorn Roads, Caulfield

    • Monday, 10am to 6pm
    • Tuesday to Thursday, 10am to 8pm
    • Friday, 10am to 6pm
    • Saturday, 1pm to 4pm
    • Sunday, 12pm to 5pm

    Elsternwick Library

    4 Staniland Grove, Elsternwick

    • Monday, closed
    • Tuesday to Friday, 10am to 6pm
    • Saturday, 10am to 1pm
    • Sunday, 12pm to 5pm

    Moorleigh Village

    Barry Neve Wing, Moorleigh Community Village, 92 Bignell Road, Bentleigh East.

    • Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm
    • Saturday, closed
    • Sunday, closed

    Glen Eira Sports and Aquatic Centre (GESAC)

    200 East Boundary Road, Bentleigh East.

    • Monday to Thursday, 5.45am - midnight
    • Friday, 5.45am - 8pm
    • Saturday, 7am - 7pm
    • Sunday, 7am - 7pm

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