How Much Does Asbestos Disposal Cost on the Central Coast?
Booking a tip run at Buttonderry? Read this first. What Council charges, how to wrap it so it isn't refused, and the easier way.Updated November 2026
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What Central Coast Council charges for asbestos
Council charges asbestos as special waste by the tonne. The 2025/26 rate was $583 per tonne (inc GST) with a $38 minimum. Check Council's current Fees and Charges 2026/27 before you go.
Council asbestos fees, including GST
| Job | Typical price (inc GST) |
|---|---|
| Asbestos, charged as special waste | By the tonne. 2025/26 rate: $583 per tonne |
| Minimum charge (2025/26) | $38 |
| Unwrapped asbestos found in a load | Whole load charged at the asbestos rate |
| Council asbestos voucher | None on the Central Coast |
Prices are a guide only and depend on size, access and condition. Your free on-site quote gives you a fixed price before any work starts.
Unwrapped asbestos found in a load means the whole load is charged at the asbestos rate.
The tip fee is the easy part
The gate fee is the same whoever drops it off. The real difference is everything around it.
Doing it yourself
- Buy 200-micron builders' plastic, waterproof tape and protective gear
- Wet it down, wrap it in two layers, seal it, keep packages under 500mm high
- Book Buttonderry or Woy Woy at least 24 hours ahead
- Arrive well before the last hour of the day
- Declare it at the weighbridge and wait for inspection
- Unload every bundle by hand, one vehicle at a time
- Over 10m²? You need a licensed removalist anyway
With Central Coast Asbestos Removals
- We'll be in touch within 30 minutes
- SafeWork NSW licensed asbestos removal
- Wrapping, transport and disposal set out in the quote
- You get the tip receipt for your records
- Clearance covered when the work is done
- You don't touch it
Two Council sites take asbestos
Buttonderry Waste Management Facility, 850 Hue Hue Road, Jilliby NSW 2259. Asbestos bookings: (02) 4350 1320.
Woy Woy Waste Management Facility, Nagari Road, Woy Woy NSW 2256. Book through Central Coast Council (Council waste facilities).
Only asbestos generated within the Central Coast council area is accepted, and Kincumber does not take asbestos. Book every load at least 24 hours ahead. Confirm your receiving time when booking. Council says asbestos isn't accepted within one hour of closing (Central Coast Council).
Wrap it to Council's rules
- Wet it down first. Never pressure-clean, cut or sand it.
- Wrap it in two layers of 200-micron builders' plastic.
- Seal every package with waterproof tape.
- Keep packages no higher than 500mm.
- Tell the weighbridge it's asbestos. Loads are inspected and can be refused.
- Unload bundles by hand and place them intact. Council machinery won't push loads off.
Only one vehicle unloads at a time. Unwrapped asbestos found in a load means the whole load is charged at the asbestos rate (Council wrapping guidelines).
No Council asbestos voucher
Central Coast Council does not offer an asbestos voucher, so plan on paying the special waste rate.
Why your tip receipt matters
In March 2025 the NSW EPA reported that the sole director of Rubbish King Pty Ltd was fined $90,000 for giving false or misleading information about asbestos waste disposal. The company ran an unlicensed facility at Wyong, the waste came from a 2016 site in Glebe, and its final location is unknown (NSW EPA media release). A receipt from a facility that can lawfully take asbestos is how you know where yours went. We give you ours.
The NSW free household asbestos trial
In July 2026 the NSW Government announced a trial to make household asbestos disposal free (NSW Government). It is expected in 2027 and details have not been published yet (NSW EPA asbestos plan). It is not available now, so today's Council fees still apply.
A small bonded job still has rules
In NSW you can remove 10m² or less of non-friable asbestos in total without a licence. That is an area, not 10 metres of fence. More than that, or any friable asbestos, needs a SafeWork NSW licensed removalist, and SafeWork NSW recommends licensed removal for any amount (SafeWork NSW).
Loads of 100kg or more, or 10m² or more of sheeting, are tracked through the NSW EPA Integrated Waste Tracking Solution (NSW EPA). We handle the tracking as part of the job.
Got more than one asbestos job? Book them together on the same visit and they can share one clearance inspection instead of paying for a separate one each time. That means a fence, shed roof and eaves on the same property add up to a real saving.
All prices include GST. Every removal quote sets out removal, wrapping, transport, disposal and clearance before work starts.
Some advertised per-m² rates exclude disposal, cartage and clearance. Our quotes include them, so compare the total, not the headline rate.
See the complete asbestos removal price guide or how our asbestos disposal service works.
Sources
- Central Coast Council, find a waste facility
- Central Coast Council, asbestos
- Central Coast Council, asbestos waste disposal guidelines (PDF)
- Central Coast Council, Fees and Charges 2026/27 (PDF)
- NSW EPA media release, waste operator fined $90,000 over asbestos waste offences (via Medianet)
- NSW EPA, transporting asbestos waste
- NSW Government, making it free to dispose of household asbestos waste
- NSW EPA, NSW asbestos plan of action (PDF)
- SafeWork NSW, asbestos
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