Skip Bin Waste Recycling
We sort, separate, and recycle the waste that comes back in our skip bins. Concrete, steel, timber, brick, and mixed loads from across South-West Sydney move through licensed recovery facilities before anything heads to landfill. If your bin is loaded with a single clean recyclable material, you also pay less.
How Workhorse Recycles Your Skip Bin Waste
Every bin we collect heads to an EPA licensed facility. Loads get weighed, tipped, and sorted by material. Heavy, clean materials like concrete and steel are processed for reuse in road base, civil works, and metal manufacturing. Timber is mulched or repurposed. Bricks and masonry are crushed for fill. Anything that genuinely can’t be recovered is the only material that ends up at landfill.
Our drivers know what’s in each bin before they tip it. When you book, we ask what’s going in. Clean concrete only, scrap metal only, or mixed renovation waste each move through different streams. That sorting starts at your driveway or work site, not at the tip.
Materials We Recycle
Concrete and Masonry
Slabs, footings, footpaths, retaining walls, bricks, pavers, and tiles. Crushed and reused as road base or fill. Clean concrete loads qualify for our dedicated concrete disposal rate.
Metal
Steel offcuts, rebar, mesh, aluminium, copper, iron sheeting, and old appliances. Sent to metal recyclers who process it for reuse. See the metal waste disposal page for accepted and excluded items.
Timber
Framing, formwork, pallets, fencing, and clean off-cuts. Mulched or repurposed depending on condition. Treated timber is handled through a separate stream.
Soil and Fill
Clean fill from excavation, footings, or landscaping work. Reused in civil and construction projects across Sydney.
Mixed Construction and Renovation Waste
Plasterboard, tiles, insulation, packaging, and general demo material. Sorted at the recovery facility to pull out recyclable content before the rest is processed. Most of our construction waste removal loads run through this stream.
Discount for 100% Recyclable Loads
If your skip bin holds only one clean recyclable material, like concrete, steel, or untreated timber, you get a lower rate. Mixed loads cost more because they need sorting. Single-stream loads can go straight to a recycler.
This is why a lot of builders and concreters book separate bins: one for concrete, one for steel, one for general mixed waste. The combined cost is often lower than one big mixed bin, and the clean loads get the recycling rate.
If you’re not sure how to split your waste, call (02) 9834 3188 and we’ll work it out with you before delivery.
EPA Compliance and Licensed Facilities
Every bin we pick up is dropped at an EPA licensed waste processing facility. Our trucks are tracked, our drivers carry their Whitecard for construction site work, and we hold $20 million in public liability insurance. The paperwork is clean if you need it for a builder’s compliance log or a commercial waste audit.
We don’t dump, we don’t shortcut, and we don’t move material to anywhere that isn’t licensed to receive it. We’ve been doing it this way since 1994.
Recycling for Trades and Builders
If you run jobs across multiple sites, splitting your waste streams adds up fast. Concrete bins for slab and footing work, metal bins for fit-outs and structural jobs, mixed bins for finishing trades. Trade skip bin hire accounts let you book different bin types across different sites under one invoice, with consistent rates and 30-day terms.
Recycling-friendly waste management is also worth a mention on tender documents and project reports. Most builders need a recycling rate for green star ratings or council compliance, and we can supply the dockets to back it up.
Recycling at Home
For home renovations and cleanouts, you don’t have to sort perfectly. A bit of separation goes a long way though. If you’re pulling out an old kitchen, putting tiles and concrete benchtops in one bin and the cabinets, plasterboard, and packaging in another saves you money and recovers more material.
Garden cleanouts, soil from a new garden bed, brick from an old wall, and metal from old fencing all qualify for cleaner recycling streams if you book them as separate loads.
Skip Bin Sizes Available for Landscapers in Western Sydney
Workhorse Skip Bins offers 2m³ to 15m³ skip bins for landscaping jobs. Call or message us to book fast, reliable delivery across Western Sydney sites.
Small Skip Bins
Small skip bins come in sizes that range from;
- 2m³ (1.9 x 1.6 x 0.95)
- 3m³ (2.6 x 1.6 x 1.0)
- 4m³ (3.1 x 1.6 x 1.0)
They can be used for all types of general waste and can weights up to 4 tonnes. These skip bins easily fit into narrow driveways and tight access areas. Learn more
Medium Skip Bins
Medium skip bins come in sizes that range from;
- 6m³ (3.7 x 1.6 x 1.3)
- 8m³ (3.9 x 1.6 x 1.55)
These skip bins are commonly used to remove any type of general waste. They are most suitable household cleanups, small and medium sized construction or renovation jobs. Learn more
Large Skip Bins
Large skip bins come in sizes that range from;
- 10m³ (4.2 x 1.65 x 1.6)
- 12m³ (4.1 x 1.7 x 1.9)
- 15m³ (5.0 x 1.8 x 2.2)
These skip bins are perfect for removing bulky items and all types of general waste. They have a large footprint and take up quite a bit of space. Learn more