Can & Bottle Recycling Cairns

The Recycling & Scrap Metal Experts

Recycling For Our Community

At North Queensland Recycling Agents (NQRA), we’re helping keep our environment clean by processing more than 180 tonnes of recycling each
week. Our local, family-owned company has been faithfully servicing residents and businesses in the Cairns region for more than 25 years.

Based in Bungalow, NQRA provide great value non-ferrous scrap metal purchasing, cardboard collection and confidential document destruction. Our cardboard and document destruction services have collection trucks servicing all throughout the Cairns region.

Our dedicated team then distributes recyclable materials to processing companies such as Visy Recycling, Opal and Cleanaway. As agents for the Queensland bottle recycling scheme, Containers for Change, you can drop off your empty aluminium, glass, plastic, steel and liquid paperboard bottles for a 10 cent cash refund.

Call us today on (07) 4051 6679 to discuss your business’ recycling needs or browse our website to see what can be recycled.

We accept cardboard and non-ferrous scrap metal at our Bungalow depot. Our goal is to help you do your bit to preserve the planet while we do ours.

Call on our reliable team for prompt cardboard and document distraction collection from your business. Servicing Cairns and surrounding regions.

Make the most of your empty eligible drink containers and help save the environment by dropping them in at our Newell Street Containers for Change refund point.

Are you finishing up a renovation or looking to clear out some old parts? Turn your dead batteries, radiators and other scrap metal into cash on the spot at our depot.

What Our Customers Say

“Been going there for years – alway good prices. Recycling depot is easy. Best time mid afternoon. I’ve been taking crushed Aluminium can there (not too flat). I get about 250 cans in a clothes basket which is great.” – Kevin ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐


“Fast service and great way to get some fast cash” – Deffeny ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐