RESIDENTS looking to get rid of paints, oils, batteries and other household problem wastes can now do so at the Salamander Bay Waste Transfer Station.
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A community recycling centre, the latest addition to the waste transfer station, is the result of a $97,500 grant from the Environment Protection Authority's (EPA) through the Waste Less, Recycle More initiative.
Last year the EPA approved grants worth $597,500 under the initiative for recycle centres to be built in the Port, Lake Macquarie and Liverpool.
Port Stephens MP Craig Baumann officially opened the community recycling centre on Friday.
He said the centre is open to all to freely dispose of household problem wastes.
"Port Stephens' residents will now have year-round access to safely and environmentally dispose of their household problem wastes for free, rather than having to wait for the Chemical CleanOut events to occur," Mr Baumann said.
Water-based and oil-based paints as well as used motor and cooking oils, lead-acid and hand-held batteries, gas cylinders and fire extinguishers, conventional tube and compact fluorescent lamps, and smoke detectors would be accepted.
NSW Environment Minister Rob Stokes said the recycling centre was funded from a $70 million pool.
This was dedicated to improving systems for household problem wastes across the state as part of the $250 million Waste Less, Recycle More initiative.
The Salamander Bay Waste Transfer Station recycling centre will be open between 7am and 3.30pm on weekdays and 8am to 2pm on Sundays.
