Kempsey Waste Management Centre (WMC), Crescent Head Rd Phone 6562 2042Monday-Friday 7am-4.30pm & Saturday-Sunday 9am-4pm

Commercial and Domestic loads are welcomed at our main Waste Management Centre (with weighbridge, licenced landfill and contractor collections). This is the best site to take anything as loads to Transfer Stations incur double handling costs. It also has a ReUse Shop where you can buy inexpensive items to give them a second life. KSC does not test any mechanical, electrical items or structural integrity nor provide any warranty, guarantees or refunds so choose and use wisely. WMC is also home to our only local licenced landfill site. Please separate your wastes before you come to save money and our precious landfill space going to waste! WMC accepts special wastes (dead animals, chemicals and approved-bagged asbestos) and all Transfer Stations accept free of charge: Waste oils in non-commercial quantities, batteries, scrap metal and sorted reusables and any recyclables that would normally go in domestic yellow lid bin service. Free drumMUSTER drop offs (by appointment) anytime of the year. MobileMuster for any mobile phones and their accessories.Note: E-Waste(anything electrical like TVs, PCs) tyres, gas bottles, mattresses have subsidised disposal fees to help cover the costs for recycling these potentially hazardous wastes.

Only small Domestic loads are accepted (no commercial) at the 3 Transfer Stations:South West Rocks Transfer Station, Arakoon Rd Phone 0439 247 245Tuesday & Thursday 8am-4pm & Friday 8am-2pm (closed 12-12.30) Saturday 12-3pm Stuarts Point Transfer Station, Fishermans Reach Rd Phone 0439 247 245Wednesday 8am-4pm (closed 12-12.30) Saturday 8am-11am Bellbrook Transfer Station, Armidale Rd Phone: 6566 3200 or 0413 396 599Wednesday & Sunday 10am-3pm

Kempsey Shire has one main Waste Management Centre(WMC) and three smaller Transfer Stations. Some areas pay Waste Service charges for kerbside collections of red Waste, yellow Recycling and green Organics bins, with a weekly/ fortnightly collection.

This guide will assist you to Reduce, ReUse and Recycle at your place - helping our community to save local resources being wasted into landfill which is costing us all more to do each year.

We can all work together to “Get the Right Waste to the Right Place!”

www.kempsey.nsw.gov.au 6566 3200 info@kempsey.nsw.gov.au

REDUCING WASTE AT HOMEDumping anything into landfill gets more expensive every year. We must try to minimise waste and maximise what we recycle to keep waste services affordable into the future.

HELP REDUCE WASTE: Select products with less packaging (or anything in reusable or recyclable material) Support locally available produce using reusable bags & containers Choose recycled material products (eg recycled paper for office, kitchen, toilet) Buying quality allows long trouble-free use, resale or gifting to friends/family/charity Purchase reusable mugs or drink bottles over single use disposable containers Make rubbish free lunches with fresh ‘nude-foods’, reusable containers & cutlery Place No Junk Mail signage on your letterbox

BIN COLLECTION TIPS HELP ENSURE BINS ARE COLLECTED: Place bins to kerbside before 6am on scheduled collection day Keep bins away from corners & cul-de-sacs where pickups are unsafe Keep at least 50cm gap around each bin (to trees, poles, cars, other bins) Keep bins well clear of overhead branches & access-blocking parked cars Place bin handle & wheels of bins furthest from roadside Ensure nothing placed on top of bin lids & fully closed to keep out rain/animals/winds Ensure NO heavy or banned items are placed in bins as cameras, scales & audits monitor this

BANNED ITEMS- DON’T PUT THESE IN ANY BIN!It is important not to place items in a bin that can hurt people or equipment that need to be disposed of in special ways. It is an offence to put the items below into any kerbside bin.

BANNED ITEMS INCLUDE: All liquid wastes (paint, oil, chemicals all taken for free disposal at WMC) Building & construction wastes (metal, concrete, bricks, timber, rubble to WMC) Automotive parts (tyres, batteries, metals to WMC) Heavy or small particle items (rocks, thick wood, soil to WMC) Hazardous waste (toxic & household chemicals, asbestos, paints, thinners to WMC) Radioactive materials (less than10 fire alarm sensors are acceptable in general waste bins) Hot ashes (cool off before putting on garden beds or into compost) Medical waste (sharps, pharmaceuticals back to local chemist for special disposal) Gas cylinders (to WMC) Flares or ammunition Electronic waste* (TVs, PCs, mobile phones, batteries to WMC)

IF YOU ARE UNSURE ABOUT ANY ITEMS CONTACT COUNCIL OR THE KEMPSEY WASTE MANAGEMENT CENTRE (WMC) ABOUT DISPOSAL OPTIONS

*Disposal costs for E-Waste (Computers, Televisions, Phones, Batteries etc), tyres, gas bottles and mattresses are subsidised to help cover costs of recycling these potentially hazardous wastes.

Bin not collected? Your bins should be collected by 5pm on your scheduled collection day. If they are not call 1300 787 223 or email kempsey@jrrichards.com.au to report your uncollected bin, make sure you indicate which bin was not collected and where you are.

WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITIES

MONDAY South Kempsey and Kempsey Industrial

TUESDAY West Kempsey North ( incl. Nancy Ellis)

WEDNESDAY West Kempsey South and CBD

THURSDAY NO SERVICES

FRIDAY South West Rocks Right and CBD

MONDAY South Kempsey

TUESDAY West Kempsey North (incl. Nancy Ellis)

WEDNESDAY West Kempsey South and CBD

THURSDAY Bellbrook, Willawarrin and Kundabung and Kempsey Industrial

FRIDAY South West Rocks Right

MONDAY Crescent Head, Hat Head, Arakoon, South West Rocks Outer (includes Kinchela and Jerseyville)TUESDAY Stuarts Point, Grassy Head, Fishermans Reach, Yarrahappinni, Aldavilla, Green Hills (west Nancy Ellis)WEDNESDAY South West Rocks Left (including Gregory and New Entrance)THURSDAY Frederickton, Highway (to Stuarts Point Rd and Smithtown Rd)FRIDAY Smithtown, Gladstone, East Kempsey (incl. Belmore River and Austral Eden), Burnt Bridge

MONDAY Crescent Head, Hat Head, Arakoon, South West Rocks Outer (includes Kinchela and Jerseyville)TUESDAY Stuarts Point, Grassy Head, Fishermans Reach, Yarrahappinni, Aldavilla, Green Hills (west Nancy Ellis)WEDNESDAY South West Rocks Left (including Gregory and New Entrance)THURSDAY Frederickton, Highway (to Stuarts Point Rd and Smithtown Rd)FRIDAY Smithtown, Gladstone, East Kempsey (include Belmore River and Austral Eden), Burnt Bridge

MONDAY Crescent Head, Hat Head, Arakoon, South West Rocks Outer (includes Jerseyville and Kinchela), South Kempsey TUESDAY Stuarts Point, Grassy Head, Fishermans Reach, Yarrahappini, Aldavilla, Green Hills(west of Nancy Ellis), West Kempsey North (includes Nancy Ellis) WEDNESDAY South West Rocks Left (includes Gregory and New Entrance), West Kempsey South and CBD THURSDAY Frederickton, Highway (to Stuarts Point Rd and Smithtown Rd), Bellbrook, Willawarrin, Kundabung & Industrial FRIDAY South West Rocks Right and CBD, Smithtown, Gladstone, East Kempsey (incl. Belmore River and Austral Eden),

WEEK 1 WEEK 2

WEEK 1 WEEK 2 GREEN ORGANICS BIN - Fortnightly collection

YELLOW RECYCLING BIN - Fortnightly collection

RED WASTE BIN - Weekly collectionBIN COLLECTION TIMES IN YOUR AREA

TIP: put your bin out the night before or by 6am on the day!

Council’s website www.kempsey.nsw.gov.au has up-to-date information & resources to assist you with your waste.

RED WASTE BIN- Weekly collectionWith increasing financial and environmental pressure to reduce waste going into landfill,red Waste Bin sizes have been reduced. Your general waste bin is collected weekly.

In your bin place: Domestic waste only! Includes plastic bags, and non recyclable plastics- cling wrap, Pyrex, ceramics or pottery or broken toys. Tie up bags of loose or dusty wastes to avoid spillage and flyaway littering when bins are emptied No dangerous toxics that can poison our air, soil, water (paint, chemicals, liquids or motor oils.)

PUT THE RIGHT WASTE IN THE RIGHT PLACEWarnings will be given before a service to an

address is cancelled, and bin/s are repossessed.All bins remain the property of Kempsey Shire Council.

Recycling Bins are only for items that can be recycled. Only put household food and drink containers, paper and cardboard. Plastics that can be recycled are marked with a recycle symbol. These include glass bottles/ jars, milk/juice cartons, steel and aluminium cans. No hazardous items (sharps, gas bottles, nappies, wire, nails, foodscraps) as these are sorted by machinery and by hand and can damage machinery or harm workers. No plastic bags or bin liners! No lids or small items (recyclable or not) No polystyrene or meat trays

YELLOW RECYCLING BIN - Fortnightly collection

IF IN DOUBT, LEAVE IT OUT!All other things contaminate our recycling process which

has many undesirable costly consequences. Warnings will be given before a service to an address is

cancelled, and bin/s repossessed.All bins remain the property of Kempsey Shire Council.

recycle right…bin contamination cannot continue!

Any organic matter can be collected and turned into soil improving compost! Mixture of lawn and grass clippings, prunings and small branches, leaves and weeds. Kitchen foodscraps (can be wrapped in non glossy newspaper or disposed in compostable cornstarch bags available from Kempsey Shire Council) No rocks, soil, metal, wire, nappies, timber, glass, plastic bags, bin-liners, plant pots or building waste. These can damage high speed shredders and harm workers. Any contamination is extra cost for providing this service to the community.

GREEN ORGANICS BIN - Fortnightly collection

IF IN DOUBT, LEAVE IT OUT!All other things contaminate our recycling process which has many undesirable costly consequences.

Warnings are given before a service to an address is cancelled, and bin/s repossessed.All bins remain the property of Kempsey

Shire Council.

CARE ABOUT COMPOSTING Composting organic material back into our soils adds natural fertiliser, increase water holding capacity & is beneficial to soil fauna to produce more vigorous pastures, plants, vegetables, trees and flowers. Food-scraps you don’t want to put into COMPOST HEAPS, WORMFARMS, CHOOKS or BOKASHI BIN can go into your kerbside green Organics Bin.

Council offers each local address a choice of FREE kitchen HandyBin. SOLID best for reUse at home or CAGE with compostable Bin Liners to tie food-scraps up in before disposal to kerbside Organics Bin.

Contact Council for more information.

Diverting your organics from going to landfill saves money, resources and methane production, and produces a ready to use natural fertiliser for our gardens!

RECYCLE RIGHT Please flatten cardboard boxesEmpty and rinse all bottles and containersPut all lids into your red Waste BinPlace all paper- newspaper, office, envelopes..

NOT FOR THE RECYCLE BIN... No gas cylinders or unemptied aerosolsNo nappies or needles (or Sharps items)No electrical or computer itemsNo building materialsNo medical or clinical wastes No soil rocks, green waste or food wasteNo polystyrene or expanded foamsNo cat litter/manures or pet droppings (can be placed in Organics Bin)No wire, hoses or car parts

Plastic bags or any soft plastics can’t go in the yellow Recycling bins at all- even if they contain recyclables. Clean bags can be returned to shops for recycling. Dirty plastic bags go into Red Waste bins.

YOUR RED WASTE BIN A standard red Waste Bin is 140 Litres, you can arrange a larger 240 Litre bin by calling Council.

Missing or damaged bins must be reported to Kempsey Shire Council immediately.

All domestic quantities of paints, car batteries, solvents, recycle bin waste, cardboard, mobile phones and batteries can be taken to the Kempsey Waste Management Centre, free of charge, where the inexpensive ReUse Shop is also located.

All waste dumped into landfill costs our community financially and environmentally. Please reduce, reuse and recycle where possible, this helps keep services affordable for us all.

A to Z OF WASTE AND RECYCLINGAerosol cans (empty) Dust Pallets

Aluminium cans (all) DVD’s# (broken) Pens/pencils#

Aluminium foil Egg Cartons Pesticides/herbicides

Animal Carcasses Electrical appliances# Pet food tins (rinsed)

Animal Droppings Engine Oil containers (empty)

Pharmaceuticals

Asbestos HAZMAT Envelopes Pizza boxes (clean)

Bag Ties Eye glasses (broken) Phone books

Bandaids Fire extinguishers Picture frames#

Baskets Fluorescent tubes/globes Plant prunings

Batteries (not car) Foam boxes Plant pots

BBQ Chicken Bags Foam meat trays Plaster board

Beer/Wine Bottles Foam underlay Plastic bags

Bones Foil containers/wrap Plasting strapping

Books# Food cans (clean) Plastic wrapping

Bottle Tops (metal) Fridges# Plate glass#

Bottle Tops (plastic) Fruit and Vege scraps Polystyrene

Bottles (plastic & glass) Furniture# Printer cartridges

Bicycles# Garden Waste Pyrex (broken)

Boxes (cardboard) Garden Hoses Rags and material#

Branches Gas Bottles Ribbons#

Bread Glad Wrap Rope#

Bricks/rubble Glass Bottles/Jars Sauce bottles

Bubble Wrap Glass (all other) School bags#

Building materials Grass Clippings Scrap metal

Cake trays Greeting cards Seedling containers

Cans (soft drink/beer) Hot water bottle# Shoes# (worn)

Car parts Hot water units Silver foil containers

Carbon Paper Hoses Smoke alarms

Cardboard Hypodermic Needles HAZMAT

Soft drink bottles

Cardboard (waxed) Ice Cream containers Soft drink cans

Cards Jar Lids (metal) Spectacles (broken)

Carpet and underlay Jars Spirit bottles

Cartridges/ink/toner Juice bottles/cartons Sporting goods#

Cassettes# Junk mail (plastic removed) Steel cans

Cellophane Kettles# Steel

Ceramics# Kitty Litter (bagged) Stoves#

Cereal box linings Leaves String

Cereal boxes Lids(plastic) Styrofoam

Chemicals and drums Light globes Syringes HAZMAT

Chip packets Light tubes (fluro/compact) TakeAway container

Chipboard Lolly wrappers Tablet bottles

Cigarette butts Long life containers Tea bags

Cleaning rags Lunch bags (plastic) Telephone books

Cling wrap Lunch bags (paper) Televisions#

Clothing/shoes# (worn) Magazines TV picture tubes

Cockroach bait Margarine tubs Textiles#

Coffee cans/jars Mattresses Timber

Coffee grinds Meat scraps Tin Cans

CD’s#(broken/scratched) Meat trays (foam) Toys#

Computer parts Medicine bottles (rinsed) Tree prunings

Concrete Milk bottles/containers Twine

Corks Mobile phones Tyres

Cooking Oil Motor Oil Vacuum wastes

Cosmetic jars Motor Oil Containers Vege scraps

Cotton wool buds Nappies Vinyl (bags)

Crockery (broken) Newspapers Vinyl (floor)

Cups & saucers (broken) Office paper Washing baskets

Curtains Oils- household Washing Machines#

Cutlery (plastic) Oils - engine Waxed Cardboard

Cutlery (metal) Ovens Window glass

Detergent bottles Paint tins (all types) Weeds

Doors Paper towel (soiled) Wood

Drums (empty) Paper towel (clean) X-Rayscomposting creates more fertile soils for our community!

COLOUR KEY FOR A-Z OF WASTE & RECYCLING

Place in your General Waste Bin

Place in your Yellow Recycle Bin (rinsed or cleaned)

Place in your Organic Waste Bin (tree stumps less than 15cm wide) Take to your local Waste Management Centre.

Contact Council for disposal options #Certain items in good condition can go to Charities or the WMC for resale. HAZMAT- Hazardous materials require special disposal Contact the Kempsey WMC on 6562 2042 for clarification on specific waste items.

let’s sort out our waste to save money and resources! Keep bins away from corners & cul-de-sacs where pickups are unsafe Keep at least 50cm gap around each bin