Places for Waste & Recycling

Transfer stations are places for waste which cannot be placed in normal weekly kerbside collections. While everyone is encouraged to reuse and recycle resources as much as possible, there are some items that still need to go to a disposal facility for their proper management.

Transfer stations also provide the residential community with a location to recycle:

• Items which are no longer needed but are still usable by others (clothing, unbroken furniture and household goods, unbroken toys and sporting equipment);
• Items which should not be placed in the kerbside bin as they are able to be recycled, such as:
  • clean plastic beverage containers
  • paper and cardboard
  • metal and metal products
  • wet cell batteries
  • used motor oil
  • tyres
• Material which can be processed into a usable form such as greenwaste which can be mulched (trees, shrubs, untreated timber without metal; and clean concrete which can be processed into gravel for road base).  Please note greenwaste is not accepted at Murray Upper Transfer Station.

Cassowary Coast Regional Council has 7 waste transfer stations

Opening Hours

Innisfail (Stoters Hill) & Tully Transfer Stations
 

	Stoters Hill	Tully
Address	Quarry Road, Stoters Hill (off Palmerston Hwy)	374 Tully Gorge Road
Phone	4061 7393	4068 3910
Monday	7:30am - 5pm	8am - 5pm
Tuesday	7:30am - 5pm	8am - 5pm
Wednesday	7:30am - 5pm	8am - 5pm
Thursday	7:30am - 5pm	8am - 5pm
Friday	7:30am - 5pm	8am - 5pm
Saturday	9am - 5pm	1pm - 5pm
Sunday	9am - 5pm	1pm - 5pm

 

El Arish (Bells Creek), Mission Beach, Cardwell, Murray Upper & Hull Heads Transfer Stations

 

	Bells Creek	Mission Beach	Cardwell	Murray Upper	Hull Heads
Address	Off Bruce Hwy	Wheatley Rd, Wongaling	Lawson Drive	Middle Murray Rd	Hull Heads Rd
Phone	4068 5000	0438 617 454	0438 617 454	0438 617 454	0438 617 454
Monday	Closed	10am - 5pm	10am - 5pm	Closed	Closed
Tuesday	10am - 2pm	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed
Wednesday	Closed	10am - 5pm	10am - 5pm	Closed	Closed
Thursday	10am - 2pm	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed
Friday	Closed	10am - 5pm	10am - 5pm	Closed	Closed
Saturday	10am - 2pm	10am - 2pm	10am - 2pm	8am - noon	1pm - 5pm
Sunday	10am - 2pm	10am - 2pm	10am - 2pm	1pm - 5pm	8am - noon

 

The hours for public holidays are the same as for Sundays, except for Good Friday and Christmas Day when the facilities are closed.

Click on links to view location maps:

• Stoters Hill (Innisfail): This facility includes a weighbridge, transfer station and active landfill. It  receives domestic, commercial and limited regulated waste.
• Tully: This facility includes a weighbridge, transfer station and active landfill. It receives domestic, commercial and limited regulated waste.
• Cardwell: Domestic and limited commercial use.
• Murray Upper: Domestic and minimal commercial use.
• Hull Heads: Domestic and minimal commercial use.
• Wongaling/South Mission Beach: Domestic and limited commercial use.
• Bells Creek (El Arish): Domestic and minimal commercial use.

 

For current disposal fees click HERE

All sites are designed and maintained to ensure they do not cause environmental harm (complying with Department of Environment and Heritage Protection licence conditions and Workplace Health and Safety requirements).

 

Community Composting Program:
Receive a $20 rebate if you buy a compost bin or worm farm from a local hardware store and provide the receipt at a Council Customer Service Centre.