City of Palmerston

Palmerston's waste transfer station is currently located at the Archer Transfer Station, off Elrundie Avenue (south of Chung Wah Terrace). It is open 7 days a week from 8am to 6pm.

Access to Archer is restricted to vehicles with the capacity to carry no more than one tonne, plus standard trailers. Users are required to show proof of residence, such as a driver's licence, rates notice or household mail. No waste from outside Palmerston is accepted.

There are transfer bins for general waste, food scraps and green waste, as well as places to leave recyclable/reusable materials such as whitegoods, cardboard and paper, and gas bottles.

The transfer station does not accept the following:
•    Car bodies
•    Tyres
•    Toxic substances
•    Sewerage effluent
•    Asbestos

For more information, please contact our Technical Services Department on 8935 9955.

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Council Offices
Civic Plaza, First Floor
2 Chung Wah Terrace,
Palmerston, NT, 0831

P 08 8935 9922
F 08 8935 9900
E palmerston@palmerston.nt.gov.au

Office Hours
8.15am - 5.00pm Monday to Friday
(excluding public holidays)
Closed public holidays

Palmerston Library
Goyder Square, The Boulevard
Palmerston, NT, 0831

P 08 8935 9999
F 08 8935 9998
E library@palmerston.nt.gov.au

Opening Hours
Monday - Thursday 10am - 6pm
Friday 12pm - 8pm
Saturday 10am - 1pm
Sunday 1pm - 4pm
Closed public holidays

Palmerston Recreation Centre
11 The Boulevard
Palmerston, NT, 0831

P 08 8935 9777
F 08 8931 0122
E topendmember@ymca.org.au

Opening Hours
Monday - Friday 6am - 8pm
Saturday 8am - 3pm
Sunday 9am - 1pm
Public holidays 9am - 1pm