To keep you, your neighbours and our contractors safe it is important to:
✔ Place items on the nature strip at the front of your property one day only before your scheduled collection
✔ Place metal items in a separate pile for recycling
✔ Make sure items can be easily lifted by two people
✔ Put small items in your red lid garbage bin
✔ Only place accepted items out for collection
✔ Unacceptable items will not be collected and must be returned to your property
✔ There’s a strict 3 cubic metre size limit (3m x 1m x 1m).
Your Bulky Waste Collection
It is an offence to present items earlier than one day immediately before your collection date
If you have large household items you wish to dispose, Council provides a bulky waste collection twice a year.
Your 2020 Bulky Waste Collection dates are:
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For more information please visit hornsby.nsw.gov.au/waste or contact Council’s Waste Hotline 9847 4856
Important information about your bulky waste collection
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Accepted:■ Large household items■ Furniture, mattresses■ Rugs and carpet scraps. Pieces must be less than 2m in
length■ Toys and bicycles, bagged and boxed items (small items
should go into your red bin)■ White goods (with all doors removed), household
appliances
NOT Accepted: ■ Electronic waste including TVs and computers■ Building material, dirt and rocks■ Tyres, car parts, household hazardous waste ■ Glass and mirrors■ Garden waste including tree trunks and stumps, vegetation■ Garbage and food scraps, recycling ■ Items that area too heavy to lift or longer than 2m
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For more information please visit hornsby.nsw.gov.au/waste or contact Council’s Waste Hotline 9847 4856
Household Chemical CleanOut To safely dispose of household chemicals (cleaners, poisons, pool chemicals, etc.) please attend a free EPA Household CleanOut event. These chemicals could cause harm to human health and the environment if not disposed of correctly. For further information visit cleanout.com.au
Thornleigh Community Recycling Centre is now open at 29 Sefton Road Thornleigh. It is free to use. You can drop off:
For more information call 02 9847 4856 or visit www.epa.nsw.gov.au/recyclingcentres
Only household quantities accepted. This project is a NSW EPA Waste Less, Recycle More initiative funded from the waste levy. Visit www.epa.nsw.gov.au
Smoke detectorsand ink cartridges
Fluoro globes and tubes
Paint and aerosols
Gas bottles and fire extinguishers
Household and car batteries
Motor and other oils
Soft plastics and flattened cardboard
Electronic waste and mobile phones
Hours: Tuesday to Friday: 8.30am–4pm Saturday: 8.30am–12noon (closed Sunday and Monday)
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Have you got household problem waste? Not a problem
Household quantities of the following waste items can be taken to
Thornleigh Community Recycling Centre.Hours: Tuesday to Friday: 8.30am–4pm Saturday: 8.30am–12 noon (closed Sunday and Monday)
This is a free service for households only. Note: White goods and general electrical appliances are not accepted.