OPENING HOURS
Castra Transfer Station, Castra Road 3.5km south of Sprent
1.00pm to 4.30pm – Friday
8.30am to 12.00pm – Saturday
Preston Transfer Station, Preston Road 3km north of Preston
8.30am to 12.00pm – Friday
1.00pm to 4.30pm – Saturday
South Riana Transfer Station, South Riana Road 3km south of Loyetea Road junction
12.00pm to 3.30pm – Thursday
9.00am to 12.30pm – Sunday
All sites are closed on public holidays.
Substitute closures may be applicable for some public holidays.
Information on closures will be provided in the Latest Council News on this website, on the Council’s Facebook page, and advertised in The Advocate newspaper.
For more information contact the Council’s Works Depot on tel. 03 6429 8100.
ACCESS RATES
The Council has worked with the rural community to develop systems and strategies to improve the efficiency, effectiveness and sustainability of rural waste services. Eligible rural property owners will receive a coupon card and relevant information in June each year.
Access to the Castra, Preston and South Riana transfer stations requires the presentation of this coupon card, which will be punched on each occasion based on the type and size of vehicle attending the site.
Non-Central Coast residents and non-rural residents need to purchase coupons from the Council if they wish to use the Country Transfer Station facilities.
Sedan, hatch or station wagon (seats up)
- Full recovery load (recycle/reuse) 1 Coupon
- Partial landfill load 1 Coupon
- Full landfill load 2 Coupons
Van, ute or single axle trailer
- Full recovery load (recycle/reuse) – 1 Coupon
- Partial landfill load – 2 Coupons
- Full landfill load – 3 Coupons
Tandem axle trailer
- Full recovery load (recycle/reuse) 2 Coupons
- Partial landfill load 3 Coupons
- Full landfill load 4 Coupons
Small truck up to 3.0 tonne GVM
- Full recovery load (recycle/reuse) – 3 Coupons
- Partial landfill load – 4 Coupons
- Full landfill load – 6 Coupons
Mattress
1 Coupon
Fluorescent tubes
- From local area – up to 4 No Charge
- From local area – up to 12 1 Coupon
- From local area – up to 20 2 Coupons
Maximum load size accepted is 3m3 (approx. equivalent to the load capacity of a small truck).
The full fee schedule is available on the Council website.
Fees & Charges 2024-25LANDFILL LEVY
The Tasmanian Government landfill levy is a fee on waste that is disposed at landfills after 1 July 2022. The levy is being introduced to encourage a reduction in waste, with collected money being spent on resource recovery and education about waste. For most services like household collection and the Lobster Creek Resource Recovery Centre (RRC), this fee is collected by the Council on behalf of the State Government. To cover the levy from waste disposed of at Country Transfer Stations, the number of provided coupons has been reduced.
RETHINK WASTE
By rethinking what we do with our waste, we can reduce the amount of waste ending up at the Country Transfer Stations and help make the current rural waste services sustainable in the face of rapidly escalating costs and increasing waste volumes.
Visit the Resource Recovery Centre page.