Waste Transfer Stations

Three main waste transfer stations exist in the shire with two landfill sites and other waste disposal points throughout the region.

COOKTOWN	Location	Mon	Tues	Wed	Thurs	Fri	Sat	Sun
Ph 0428 793 147	Macmillan Street, Cooktown	Closed	7am - 4pm	7am - 9am 3pm - 5pm	7am - 9am 3pm - 5pm	7am - 4pm	Closed	8am - 12pm 12.30pm - 4.30pm
AYTON	Rossville-Bloomfield Road, Ayton	Mon	Tues	Wed	Thurs	Fri	Sat	Sun
		Closed	Closed	2pm-4pm	Closed	Closed	11am - 1pm	Closed
LAKELAND	Honey Dam Road, Lakeland	Mon	Tues	Wed	Thurs	Fri	Sat	Sun
		Closed	8am - 12pm	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed	8am - 12pm
LAURA	Peninsula Development Road, Laura	Mon	Tues	Wed	Thurs	Fri	Sat	Sun
		1pm - 4pm	Closed	Closed	Closed	1pm - 4pm	Closed	2pm - 4pm
COEN	Oscar Creek Road, Coen	24 hour	24 hour	24 hour	24 hour	24 hour	24 hour	24 hour
* Cooktown waste transfer station closed Sundays between 12.00pm and 12.30pm
* EFTPOS is available for minimum transactions of $10.00 (debit cards only - no credit cards) at Cooktown waste transfer station
* All waste transfer stations are closed on Christmas Day and Good Friday

What's free to dump?

Cook Shire residents can deposit any of the following materials, pre-sorted and separated, for free at local waste transfer stations:

Paper	Cardboard (<3 cubic metres)
Aluminium cans (<3 cubic metres)	Tin cans (baked bean cans etc)
Scrap metal(including car bodies)	Green waste (<3 cubic metres)
Pesticides (<5L)	Lead acid batteries
Gas bottles	Glass containers (<3 cubic metres)
White goods	Plastic bottles (<3 cubic metres)
Paints (<20L)	e-waste (televisions, computers and computer accessiories
Solvents, bleach and detergents (<20L)	Car bodies (with tyres, fuel, oil, coolant etc removed)
Mattresses	Waste oil