Recycle your child's car seat with SeatSmart
100,00 child car seats expire each year - so don’t let your expired or damaged car seat end up in landfill or be sold. Any brand of booster, convertible seat or capsule can be recycled through SeatSmart.
Fees to recycle vary across the country and can cost up to $35 - to cover the costs of collecton, dismantling and recycling.
There are lots positive environmental and social outcomes from recycling your seat through SeatSmart:
- Diverting tonnes of plastic and metal from landfill each year;
- Providing dismantling work for people who have a disability, or are disadvantage or marginalised;
- Improving child safety by raising awareness of seat expiry dates;
- Lowering the use of virgin materials to make new plastic and metal; and
- Providing used materials to be repurposed into new items.
Find out about SeatSmart collection sites across Canterbury, including associated fees.