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Green Lid

What you can not put in your Garden Waste Bin

Soil & dirt Pots & gardening equipment

Newspapers& paper

Food scraps

Soft plastics &plastic bags

Tree stumps/logs

Flowers, weeds & prunings

LeavesGrass clippings

Twigs & small branches

What can go into your Garden Waste Bin

Overflowing or overweight bins will not be collected. Maximum bin weight is 70kgs.

Garden Waste Bin

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What you can not put in your Recycling Bin

Plastic bottles & containers

Paper & cardboard Steel, aluminium &aerosol cans

Milk & juice cartons

Glass jars & bottles

Lids larger than the size of a 50c coin

Styrofoam/foam

Broken glass

Brokenceramics

What can go into your Recycling Bin

Clothes & shoes

Yellow Lid Recycling Bin

Soft plastics& plastic



Red Lid Garbage Bin

Clothing & shoes

Broken glass& ceramics

Nappies

Food scraps

Styrofoam/foam

What can go into your Garbage Bin

Building waste

Batteries

Sharps & syringes

What you cannot put in your Garbage Bin

Recycling products

Soft plastics & plastic bags



Chemical CleanOut eventSaturday, 27 May 2017 9am - 3.30pmMortdale Works Depot, Depot Road, Mortdale

Free drop-off for unwanted household chemicals including:• Pool and garden chemicals• Solvents and cleaners• Gasbottles,fireextinguishers

• Fluorescent light globes/tubes• Batteries• Motor oil

Recyclingand disposal guide

Electronic Waste Drop offSaturdays 8.00am - 12.00pm Georges River Council Mortdale Works Depot, Depot Road, Mortdale

Note: Closed public holidays, during chemical clean out event drop off and wood chipping service days

Free Green Waste Drop Off and Mulching Georges River Council, Mortdale DepotEntry via Roberts Ave, MortdaleSaturdays, 8.00am to 3.00pm

Dates: 21 January 20174 February 201718 February 20174 March 201718 March 20171 April 2017

Note: These services may be cancelled at short notice due to bad weather conditions. Sorry for any inconvenience caused.


Household

Household clean-up collection serviceTo check your clean-up arrangement, call the Waste Hotline on 1800 079 390 or Council’s Customer Service Centre on 9330 6400.

• Liquids or hazardous items: Including motor oils, petrol, chemicals, paints• Paint and paint tins• Garden waste in bags or loose including unbundled garden waste• Building waste: Including asbestos, bricks, cement, wood planks, roof insulation

and fence pailings• Recycling: Including items collected in your yellow lid recycling bin• Heavy items that cannot be easily lifted by two people• Vehicle parts and tyres • Window panes, glass or mirrors

Items not collected in your cleanup collection service

Gas bottles

Vehicle parts

Tiles & bricks Building waste

Items in bags

Paint tins

Unbundled garden waste

Broken glass

Car tyres

Contact Council’s Service Centre for options on how you can dispose of these items

Clean up collection

Georges River Council reserves the right to reject clean-up items


Household clean-up collection service

• Bundled garden vegetation• Toys and garden equipment• Fridges, appliances and metals,

stoves, washing machines, bicycles. • Prunings and short tree branches ONLY. See below for guidelines.• Furniture and household items, lounges, mattresses

Items collected:

Up to 3m3 ONLY (refer to thephotoabove).Excessmaterial will not be collected.

How to place your clean-up materials at kerb1

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3 metres

Garden vegetation MUST be bundled and tied with natural string cut into 1m lengths and no larger than 15cm in diameter.

REMOVE DOORS from fridges and furniture for safety

Dumping rubbish is illegal and spoils our environment.

Dumping rubbish is illegal and is subject tofines.GeorgesRiverCouncilmonitorsand investigates all incidents.Dob in a dumper to Council on 9330 6400.

HouseholdClean up collection

Georges River Council reserves the right to reject clean-up items


EnquiriesFor general enquiries including:

• Missed bin collections• Bin repairs• Clean-up information• Stolen bins• New service enquiries and disposal options for large household items

Call the Waste Hotline on 1800 079 390

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Or contact Council’s Customer Service Centre on 9330 6400 or email [email protected].

Waste collection vehicles are

dangerous. Please keep a safe distance

at all times.


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