Waste services

We operate two landfills, provide a domestic waste collection, a business waste collection, 'dump for free weekends' and a kerbside recycling collection.

Our landfills are located at Hillside Drive, Tharbogang and McManus Road, Yenda and meet very strict standards to comply with EPA license requirements and good practice. Technologies used to protect the environment at a modern landfill are a considerable improvement on the open dump of the past.

Opening hours

Tharbogang: 8.00am - 5.00pm (7 Days)
Yenda: 1.00pm - 5.00pm (Sunday) (Tickets can be purchased at Yenda IGA and Yenda Service Station)

Closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Years Day and Good Friday.

Fees and charges

View Tharbogang landfill fees and charges(PDF, 109KB)

Landfill Virtual Tour

Take a virtual tour of the Tharbogang landfill site

Dump for Free Month

Griffith City Council offers two dump for free months each year, March and October, making it easier to dispose of unwanted household waste at no cost.

Residents can dispose of general domestic waste free of charge at the Tharbogang Waste Management Centre and Yenda Waste Facility. Contact Council for operating hours.

Each household is entitled to dispose of up to two standard loads during October, with a maximum of four car tyres per load. A standard load includes a single car, ute, or car and trailer combination. Commercial or agricultural tyres will not be accepted.

Hazardous materials, including asbestos, are not accepted as part of Dump for Free Month. Residents are encouraged to utilise the free Community Recycling Centre located at the Tharbogang Waste Management Centre, which accepts a range of household problem wastes including paint, gas bottles, fire extinguishers, oils, batteries, smoke detectors, fluorescent globes and tubes.

Safety at landfills

There are many hazards at a landfill - not only from the waste that is deposited, but also from the vehicles of people depositing waste and the large amount of machinery that operates at each landfill. People must exercise extreme care when visiting a landfill.

For your safety and the safety of others please note the following:

No scavenging
No entry beyond Designated Disposal Location
Children under the age of 16 are to remain in vehicles at all times
Suitable footwear must be worn
Keep to designated public areas
Follow all directions of authorised staff

Hazardous materials disposal

Hazardous and/or liquid waste of all types are not accepted, except on designated days as advertised
Empty chemical drums must be triple rinsed, holed and presented to authorised staff for inspection prior to disposal
Tyres, batteries, fibro sheeting, asbestos, recyclables, green waste, concrete and bricks and any other material shall be placed as directed by staff

Disposal of drilling mud

Before such waste can be disposed of at Tharbogang Waste Management Centre, certain conditions must be met. Find out more by viewing the EPA Order.

To dispose of this waste product (including waste from a vacuum truck), contact Council on 1300 176 077

Love Food Hate Waste

Who doesn't love food? NSW households send an average of 800,000 tonnes of food, equal to $2.5 billion worth of edible food to the landfill every year. Not only is this an incredible waste of food, it also results in food waste in landfills breaking down to produce methane – a potent greenhouse gas.

Wasted food also means wasted resources. The water, energy, materials and fuel used to harvest, transport, process, package, distribute and market wasted food is also wasted.

Sadder still, most of it could have been eaten. Reduce the amount of food you waste by using leftover items to make sauces or as a sandwich filling.

For more information on how you can contribute to this important project visit www.lovefoodhatewaste.nsw.gov.au

RAMJO Riverina Waste Group

Griffith City Council is a member of the RAMJO Riverina Waste Group - a regional group of Councils working together to develop cost-effective resource recovery and waste reduction programs. Learn more here.

Council landfill management responsibilities

Council undertakes the following at its landfills:

Monitor groundwater to detect any pollution
Inspect loads to detect hazardous waste and other special waste types
Control greenhouse gases from the decomposition of waste
Monitor success of landfill operations
Plan for expansion of the landfill to meet new higher standards of environmental protection