Our Customer Service Centre is temporarily located at Speers Point Library, adjacent to Council's Administration Building.
You can donate your mattress to some charities if it’s in a reusable condition.
Often, retailers will collect your unwanted mattress when they deliver your new one (please note that some retailers may charge for collection).
Mattresses can also be placed out with your next bulky waste collection, or they can be taken directly to Awaba Waste Management Facility using a bulky waste drop off voucher. Otherwise, fees will apply.
Mattresses are notoriously difficult to recycle, as they are created using a range of materials including metal coils, cotton and wool fibres, springs, foam and other textiles.
Council has partnered with a local company to try and recycle as much mattress content as possible.
There are four ways to recycle a mattress in Lake Macquarie: