Household Waste & Recycling Guide

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1 Household Waste & Recycling Guide OCTOBER 2012 JUNE 2013 Garbage Recycling Organics For waste and recycling collection including missed services: SITA Waste Hotline For general waste enquiries including stolen, damaged bins and requests for more services: Council What goes in each bin? Local recycling directory Waste Management Facilities Bin collection days

2 What can go in my recycling bin? YES Remember: Do not jam boxes in the recycling bin. They will get stuck and will not empty. Keep glass bottles whole and recycling clean because it is hand sorted. Rigid plastic bottles and containers marked with these symbols NEWS Milk and juice cartons Green, brown and clear glass jars and bottles Magazines, newspapers and flattened cardboard boxes, Pizza boxes Steel cans, aluminium cans, foil and empty aerosol cans 2

3 What can t go in my recycling bin? NO Remember: Do not put recycling in plastic bags. BANANAS 3 Glass from windows, mirrors, light bulbs (including compact fluorescents), drinking glasses and crockery Nappies Paper towels, tissues, serviettes or cling wrap Vegetation Vegetation should be placed in your garden organics bin Cardboard or paper with food on it Garbage or food scraps Waxed cardboard or polystyrene, including boxes Break up all polystyrene and place in bag in red lidded bin Plant pots What goes in each bin?

4 What can I put in my garden organics bin? YES Remember: Cut up branches so they do not stick out of the top of the garden organics bin. Shredded green waste can be purchased from the Waste to help you keep your garden healthy and green. 4 Leaves, twigs Prunings, flowers Grass cuttings, lawn clippings Branches Broken up, with a maximum thickness of 75mm

5 What can t I put in my garden organics bin? NO Remember: Bundles will not be collected and NO PLASTIC BAGS Fruit and vegetable scraps Garbage Soil Weed seeds and berries. Place these in a plastic bag in the red lidded bin 5 Plant Pots Meat Garden hoses Timber or building materials

6 What can I put in my garbage bin? YES Everything NO Remember: that cannot go in your recycle or garden organics bins, including bagged weeds, seeds and berries, can go in the red lidded bin. Wrap all dust and fine material to prevent spillage when the bin is emptied. Do not jam rubbish into your bin. It may get stuck. Garden organic material 6 Hot ashes Rocks or soil Liquids Car parts Building waste Flammable chemicals

7 Local recycling directory To recycle the items below, drop them off at Council and/or the following retailers, free of charge. Please keep these items out of your garbage bins. Ink cartridges Local Australia Post Offices T Dick Smith Batemans Bay T Retravision Narooma T Mobile phones Moruya Hi Fi T Retravision, Narooma T Council s customer service centre, Moruya T All Council Waste (see page 10) 7 Motor oil / empty oil containers All Council Waste Car batteries All Council Waste Fluorescent light tubes and globes All Council Waste Household batteries Council s customer service centre in Moruya, libraries and all Council Waste Scrap steel & metal, including white goods, fridges & freezers All Council Waste Cooking oil but not bio-diesel residue All Council Waste Plastic bags Woolworths, Coles, Franklins Did you know Motor oils are regenerated back into useable oil, cooking oils are processed to make bio-diesel and lead is extracted from car batteries and used in a variety of ways? Coming soon! Free recycling of clean polystyrene packaging and boxes at all waste management facilities Local recycling directory

8 Eurobodalla general waste and recycling bin collection days October 2012 June 2013 Your red lidded garbage bin can be put out weekly and your yellow lidded recycling bin fortnightly on the same collection day for your area. 8 October 2012 November 2012 December January 2013 February 2013 March April 2013 May 2013 June Match your town to Area A or B for the collection day. AREA A Your recycling bin should be placed on the kerb on the orange weeks Monday Akolele, Tilba Tilba Central Tilba, Mystery Bay Narooma Tuesday Turlinjah, Tuross Head Meringo, Bingie Bergalia, Congo (rural) Wednesday Broulee, Mossy Point Glenduart, Mogo Tomakin, Guerilla Bay Rosedale, Woodlands Thursday Surf Beach, Sunshine Bay Denhams Beach Friday North Batemans Bay Nelligen, South Durras AREA B Your recycling bin should be placed on the kerb on the yellow weeks Monday Kianga, Dalmeny Potato Point, Bodalla North Narooma Tuesday Moruya, North Moruya (to Guthrie St) South Head, Congo (township) Garlandtown Donnelly Drive Wednesday Malua Bay, Lilli Pilli Thursday Batehaven, Catalina Batemans Bay Friday Surfside, Long Beach Maloneys Beach Bins are picked up on public holidays including Christmas Day

9 Eurobodalla garden organics collection days October 2012 June 2013 Garden organics will be collected on the same day but on the alternate week to the recycling bin. 9 October 2012 November 2012 December January 2013 February 2013 March April 2013 May 2013 June Match your town to Area A or B for the collection day. AREA A Your garden organics bin should be placed on the kerb on the dark green weeks Monday Akolele, Tilba Tilba Central Tilba, Mystery Bay Narooma Tuesday Turlinjah, Tuross Head Meringo, Bingie Bergalia, Congo (rural) Wednesday Broulee, Mossy Point Glenduart, Mogo,Tomakin, Guerilla Bay, Rosedale, Woodlands Thursday Surf Beach, Sunshine Bay Denhams Beach Friday North Batemans Bay Nelligen, South Durras AREA B Your garden organics bin should be placed on the kerb on the light green weeks Monday Kianga, Dalmeny Potato Point, Bodalla North Narooma Tuesday Moruya, North Moruya (to Guthrie St), South Head, Congo (township) Garlandtown, Donnelly Drive Wednesday Malua Bay, Lilli Pilli Thursday Batehaven, Catalina Batemans Bay Friday Surfside, Long Beach Maloneys Beach Bin collection days

10 Eurobodalla Waste 10 Brou Landfill Brou Lake Road, Dalmeny Open 7.00am 4.45pm Monday to Friday 8am 3.45pm weekends and Public Holidays T Moruya Transfer Station Yarragee Road, Moruya Open 9.00am 4.45pm Thursday to Monday No weighbridge facility limits apply T Surf Beach Landfill George Bass Drive, Surf Beach Open 7.00am 4.45pm Monday to Friday 8.00am 3.45pm weekends and Public Holidays T All Waste are closed Christmas Day, New Year s Day, Good Friday and Easter Sunday.

11 NAIDOC Celebration Today! Cultural Family Fun Day Riverside Park, Moruya from 11am 2pm Eurobodalla Shire Council and EKEN will this year partner together to deliver a Cultural Family Fun Day at Moruya Riverside Park from 11am 2pm today! Mayor Fergus Thomson would like to invite all members of our local communities to come on down and join in to celebrate NAIDOC Week. The day s activities will include; NAIDOC week celebrations Monday 2 Sunday 8 July 2012 Eurobodalla Mayor Fergus Thomson would like to invite all members of our local communities to join in and celebrate NAIDOC Week from next Monday 2 July. This year s event lines up with the first week of the NSW School Holidays and provides plenty of great opportunities for people of all ages to participate. Council will be partnering with EKEN to hold a Cultural Family Fun Day at Riverside Park Moruya. There will be Cultural displays, entertainment, face painting, giant slide and bungy trampoline, traditional games, information stalls, emergency services displays, music tent an The full range of NAIDOC Activities include: WEDNESDAY 4 JULY 11am 2pm Cultural Family Fun Day Hosted by Eurobodalla Shire Council and EKEN Riverside Park, Moruya THURSDAY 5 JULY pm Under 18 s Disco Hanging Rock, Beach Road, Batemans Bay FRIDAY 6 JULY 4pm TBC EKEN Gathering Tomakin Sports and Social Club, Tomakin SUNDAY 8 JULY 11:30am NAIDOC Week Closing Ceremony Boomerang Meeting Place, Mogo Council Meeting Members of the community are invited to attend the following council meeting Finance and Services Committee Meeting Tuesday 10 July 2012 at 9.30am. Agendas can be downloaded at from the Wednesday prior to each meeting. Interested in speaking at the Public Forum? Register now T or E bev.nicholson@eurocoast.nsw.gov.au. Registrations close at 12pm the day before each Council meeting. Tender for the Cleaning of Public Toilets Tenders for the Cleaning of Public Toilets for Council for a minimum period of 2 years are currently being invited. The tender categories are Northern Public Toilets (Durras to Mogo) and Southern Public Toilets (North Moruya to Tilba) and a company can submit a tender for either categories or collectively. Documentation may be obtained by downloading from Council s Tenderlink webpage ( eurobodalla) or by contacting Tony Armstrong on telephone (02) Tenders should be sealed in an envelope marked Tenders for Cleaning of Public Toilets and posted or delivered into the Tender Box at Council s Administration Centre, Campbell & Vulcan Sts, Moruya (PO Box 99) by 2.00pm on Wednesday 18 July Tenders may also be submitted electronically via Council s Tenderlink webpage ( eurobodalla). Tenders will be opened in a place accessible to the public at Council s Administration Centre at 2.00pm on Wednesday 18 July 2012.(Ref No. 2012/011) Rural Lands Strategy Steering Committee Expressions of interest for the Rural Lands Strategy Steering Committee close on 13 July Members of the community wishing to forward an expression of interest are encouraged to view the Terms of Reference for the Committee which can be obtained on Council s website at expressions-of-interest-and-tenders/ or by phoning Council on Expressions of interest should be addressed to General Manager, Eurobodalla Shire Council, PO Box 99, Moruya NSW July School Holiday Activity Are we there yet? Go on a journey around Australia, through games and craft. If you re between the ages of 6 12 years old and you wish to be part of this holiday fun, just simply book in at your local library and enjoy the journey. Children can also enter the National Year of Reading Competition by submitting a short story or a letter or a drawing of their favourite place in Australia and could win Narooma Library Tuesday 10th July 10.30am-12 naroomalib@hotmail.com Moruya Library Wednesday 11th July moruya.library@eurocoast.nsw.gov.au Batemans Bay Library Thursday 12th July 10.30am-12 bbaylib@hotmail.com Council s ONLINE NEWS Subscribe to Council s ONLINE NEWS as a quick and easy way to stay in touch with your Council and community. Visit and follow the links to subscribe and see past issues. Local Infrastructure Contributions Plan 2012 Pursuant to clause 31 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2000, Eurobodalla Shire Council hereby gives notice of its decision to approve the Local Infrastructure Contributions Plan 2012 (LICP 2012). The new Plan will replace the Eurobodalla Shire Council Development Contributions Plan The new contribution rates will apply to development applications (DAs) determined from 4 July For DAs already determined but with contributions unpaid, the old rates will still apply subject to indexation. The Plan is available from Councils website at and at Council s Administration Centre in Moruya. If you have any enquiries regarding the plan, please contact Council on Rabbit Control Notice Locality: Barlings Beach, Tomakin Duration: 16th June to 16th July 2012 Timing: Week nights between 8pm and Midnight Eurobodalla Shire Council has a strong commitment to the health and vitality of our Nature Coast and as such will be controlling Rabbits within foreshore reserves adjoining the Caravan Park, Barlings Beach and Reflections Estate. Information signs will be erected prior to control events during this period. Further information may be obtained from Council s Invasive Species Supervisor on or paul.martin@eurocoast.nsw.gov.au Place items on the kerbside on: White goods Stoves Mowers Gutters to 1.5m Furniture Garden tools Take e- waste to the waste facilities. Broken household items Carpet rolls to 1.5m long Fridges, freezers and air conditioning units phone SITA waste hotline on prior to the collection in your area. These items are picked up separately. These items will not be compacted and will be degassed before recycling. Mattresses will not be collected Vegetation Building materials Motor vehicle parts Tyres Recyclable material Liquids (paints, petrol, oil) Hazardous materials Mattresses E- waste (incl. TVs) Electronic equipment (e- waste) TVs, DVD & VCR players, Computers, Monitors, Laptops, HiFi s etc WILL NOT be collected from the kerb but can be taken to the Waste Management Facilities free of charge during the week the collection is in your area (conditions apply). Architect / Designers Expression of Interest for Mud Brick Cubby Design Workshop Facilitator Council is leading an exciting community project to design and build a mud cubby to further enrich the new children s playground at the Eurobodalla Regional Botanic Gardens. Council is looking for an inspirational designer / facilitator who is effective in engaging with the community, has a comprehensive knowledge of design principals and experience or knowledge of working with mud brick. The Designer needs to be available to facilitate a workshop proposed for Wednesday 25th July, on site Botanic Gardens. Expression of interest by Wed 11th July to be sent to josh.waterson@eurocoast.nsw. gov.au and include that demonstrates your capacity to facilitate community workshops the workshop that will result in a collaborative design For more info Please Call Project Manager Josh Waterson on or Narooma Swimming Pool Please be advised that maintenance works programmed for Narooma Pool require the closure of the pool from June 30th. It is expected that the works will take one month to complete with a reopening on 30th July. Any enquiries about the works please contact Council on Residents are asked to separate metal items from other household goods so they can be collected in different trucks and where possible, recycled. Maximum of 2 cubic metres in total will be collected. 8.30am 4.30pm Monday to Friday 16 July Akolele, Central Tilba, Tilba Tilba, Mystery Bay, Narooma (to Bridge) 23 July Nth Narooma, Kianga, Dalmeny, Potato Point, Bodalla, Turlinjah 30 July Tuross Head, Congo, Bingie, Meringo 6 Aug Moruya, South Heads, Glenduart, Mogo, Garlandtown 13 Aug Broulee, Mossy Point, Tomakin, Guerilla Bay, Rosedale 20 Aug Malua Bay, Lilli Pilli, Denhams Beach, Surf Beach, Sunshine Bay (to Bronte Cres) 27 Aug Batehaven, Catalina, Batemans Bay, Peninsula Dr North Batemans Bay, Nelligen 3 Sept Surfside, Long Beach, Maloneys Beach, South Durras Dob a dumper! If you see rubbish dumped illegally, please call Eurobodalla Shire Council on or the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage Hotline on Stolen, damaged, need an extra bin? Contact Eurobodalla Shire Council on How to make sure your bins are picked up Bins should be placed out the night before collection with 50cm between them and away from other obstacles (letterboxes, light posts, trees) Do not overfill: make sure the lid is properly closed and the contents are not over 40kg. Avoid placing bins under trees and behind cars Keep your bin clean Stay in touch with Council Read Council Noticeboard in local newspapers Subscribe to Online News from the website or at the Customer Service Centre Follow us on Facebook: EurobodallaShireCouncil Noticeboard HARD WASTE COLLECTION 2012 T I F I council@eurocoast.nsw.gov.au 89 Vulcan Street Moruya NSW 2537 I PO Box 99 Moruya NSW 2537 To contact Eurobodalla Shire Council for general enquiries T E council@eurocoast.nsw.gov.au 11 Waste Management Facilities

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