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LANDFILL 5
WHAT ARE WE THROWING AWAY?
This graphic shows what the average Ballina shire household puts in their landfill bin. Landfilling waste is the most expensive option, least environmentally sound, and results in resources being lost instead of recycled. You can help reduce what’s sent to landfill by separating your waste, finding out more about what can be recycled where. Check out our A-Z guide on pages 10 and 11!
LANDFILL 43.5%
LANDFILL 43.5%
ORGANICS 38.5%
RECYCLING 15%
SCRAP METAL 3%
WHAT about
PLASTIC BAGS?
Instead of sending soft plastics like bread bags and rice/pasta packets to landfill, they can be collected and dropped off at Coles and Woolworths REDcycle collection bins. They are then made into useful things like park benches and cycle pathways!
For more information about what to recycle at REDcycle visit www.redcycle.net.au
a-z recycling guide
What goes in each bin?
Organics Recycling Landfill
A
Aerosol cans (empty) Aerosol cans (full) Paint (less than 20 litres) Aluminium cans (clean) Aluminium foil (clean) Appliances Ash (cold)
B
Baking paper Bamboo food containers and cutlery Batteries (household) Biscuit and cake trays (foam or plastic) Bones (meat and fish) Books Bottle tops (smaller than a credit card) Branches Bread tags Broken toys Bubble wrap Building materials (e.g. timber, tiles and tin etc.)
C
Cables, cords, rope Car batteries Cardboard boxes and rolls Cardboard egg cartons Cardboard takeaway food containers Cartons milk and juice Cassette tapes CD covers CD and DVD discs Cellophane Cereal box inserts Chip and snack food packets Cigarette butts Cling wrap Clothing Coffee cups and lids (takeaway) Coffee grinds Coffee pods Compostable bin liners (must be certified AS 4736 or AS 5810) Crockery and ceramics Cutlery steel and plastic
D
Disposable nappies
E
E-waste eg computers, printers, TVs Eggshells Envelopes (including windows)
F
Fire extinguishers Flowers and dead plants Foam underlay Foiled lined packets Food pouches Food scraps (all) Fruit and vegetable scraps (all) Furniture
G
Garden trimmings Garden waste (bulk) Gas bottles Glasses (eye/reading) Glass jars and bottles Glass plates/Pyrex/mirror glass Grains (e.g. pasta, bread, rice, noodles) Grass clippings
H
Hair Hose and pipe Household items (e.g. bikes, mowers, furniture, toys, crockery etc.)
J
Junk mail (paper)
K
Kitty litter
L
Laminated paper Leaves Lids (larger than a credit card) Lids (smaller than a credit card) Light bulbs and tubes Lighters
#RecycleRight
Yellow Recycling Bin Green Organics Bin Red Landfill Bin Ballina Waste Management Centre Community Recycling Station
M
Magazines Manure (animal and wrapped in paper) Matchboxes Material (e.g. sheets and towels) Meat scraps (animal and fish) Meat trays (foam and plastic) Medicine bottles Mesh and netting Milk and drink boxes Mobile phones & accessories
N
Newspapers Nappies (disposable and degradable)
O
Office paper Oils <20 litres
P
Paint (less than 20 litres) Paint tins (dried out & up to 4 litres) Paper (dirty or wet) Paper Paper towel (used) Pens and pencils Pill packets (all) Pillows Pizza boxes (used) Placemats Plastic bags and soft plastic - OR these items can be dropped-off to participating Coles and Woolworths for recycling in the REDcycle Program. Plastic containers and bottles (all hard plastic) Plastic cups, plates and cutlery Plastic plant pots Polystyrene Poppers (other tetra packs) Printer cartridges Punnets (eg berries)
R
Rope Rubber bands and products
S
Seafood Serviettes and napkins (used paper) Shoes Shredded paper Smoke detectors Soil (small amounts only) Steel tins and cans Straws (plastic) String and twine Styrofoam
LIFT ME OUT AND PLACE ON YOUR FRIDGE
T
Takeaway foam containers and cups Tea bags Telephone books Timber off-cuts (SMALL – Not Treated, No paint and No nails or fittings) Tissues Tooth paste tubes Toothbrushes Treated Pine Treated timber (small off - cuts) Tyres
V
Videos Vinyl (e.g. school bags)
W
Wallpaper Waxed paper and cardboard Weeds White Goods Window Glass Windscreen glass Wine casks inners Wipes Wrapping paper (paper) Wrapping paper (plastic)
X
#RecycleRight Keep it simple. Keep it clean. Keep it coming ‘round.
guidelines at a glance
Please follow the below so we can all recycle right.
Keep it Simple Keep Out Soft Plastics Keep Out Small Items
Only recycle these items No plastic bags or wrapping Nothing smaller than a credit card
LIDS OFF!
Keep it Safe Keep it Clean Keep it Loose
Keep out strapping, hose, netting,wires, cords and cables Rinse or wipe out containers Don’t bag or box your recyclables
KEEP OUT:
• Nappies • Food • Fabric • Soiled paper & cardboard • Coffee cups & lids • Meat & biscuit trays • Polystyrene
bin collection guidelines
Each week over 20,000 bins are emptied across Ballina Shire. Please follow these simple rules so we can collect your bin.
Out before 5am 1 Keep clear of vehicles 2 Under 60kg
3
remove from the kerb on the same day of service or trees and other objects Too heavy and bin can’t be lifted
before 5am less than 60kg
Don’t over fill 4 Place on kerb 5 1 meter apart
6
lids must fully close maximum of 1m from edge of road seal and facing front
within 1 meter
place the bins at least 1 meter apart
1 meter
On flat ground 7 Current sticker 8 Fill correctly
9
to prevent tipping over on commercial or rural bins use Council’s A-Z Waste Guide
Not sure which bin is collected on what day?
1. Download a waste calendar by clicking on bin collection days on the website
2. Collect a waste calendar up at either council’s Customer
Service Centre or the Waste Management Centre weighbridge
3-bin urban domestic
2020/21 waste collection
weekly
collection of garden/organics (food scraps, garden & lawn clippings) fortnightly
collection of recyclables (cardboard, paper, glass, cans & recyclable plastics) fortnightly
collection of landfill waste (non-recyclable) Dark green or red lid bin
JULY 2020
6 7 13 14 20 21 27 28 1 8 15 22 29 2 9 16 23 30 3 10 17 24 31 4 11 18 25 5 12 19 26
AUGUST 2020 SEPTEMBER 2020 3 4 10 11 17 18 24 25 31 5 6 7 12 13 14 19 20 21 26 27 28 1 8 15 22 29 2 9 16 23 30 1 7 8 14 15 21 22 28 29 2 3 9 10 16 17 23 24 30 4 11 18 25 5 12 19 26 6 13 20 27 OCTOBER 2020 NOVEMBER 2020 DECEMBER 2020 5 6 7 12 13 14 19 20 21 26 27 28 1 8 15 22 29 2 9 16 23 30 3 10 17 24 31 4 11 18 25 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 13 14 16 17 18 19 20 21 23 24 25 26 27 28 30 1 8 15 22 29 1 7 8 14 15 21 22 28 29 2 9 16 23 30 3 4 10 11 17 18 24 25 31 5 12 19 26 6 13 20 27
your waste management centre
Most waste materials that do not fit in your existing bin system can be taken to the Waste Management Centre.
All vehicles are weighed in and out of the Waste Management Centre and waste materials are charged on a weight per category basis. This makes it more cost effective for visitors. On arrival, weighbridge staff will direct you to the appropriate area for your materials. Fees and Charges are reviewed each financial year – view our current waste fees and charges by searching ‘waste management centre’ on council’s website.
SORT
YOUR and LOAD SAVE
TIP: Ensure you’re charged the cheapest rates by sorting your items into waste, recyclable and FREE drop off items prior to your arrival.
WHAT IS ACCEPTED?
Green/garden waste Recycling Landfill waste Tyres Building waste and soil Fridges Scrap Metal – FREE Electronic waste – FREE Community Recycling Centre items – FREE (see opposite)
Waste Management Centre
167 Southern Cross Drive, Ballina Open 8am – 4pm daily (excluding public holidays) Resource Recovery hotline 6687 1287 Email waste@ballina.nsw.gov.au
WHAT’S NOT ACCEPTED
Chemicals
Asbestos FREE household asbestos test kits (one per household) are available. Asbestos disposal kits are available at nominal cost for safe transportation to an approved facility.
The CRC is located at Ballina’s Waste Management Centre and supports residents to drop off a range of common household hazardous wastes for FREE. Only household quantities of 20 kg or 20 litres per day accepted. Please consolidate paints to one tin (keeping oil and water-based paints separated). You can drop off: Community Recycling Stations
accept small problem wastes that should not be placed in kerbside bins - household batteries, x-rays, mobile phones, printer cartridges, and smoke detectors. Reading glasses are also accepted to support the Recycle For Sight program. The stations are conveniently located at: • Council’s Customer
Service Centre • Alstonville Cultural Centre • Ballina Library • Ballina Bunnings • Lennox Head Cultural
Centre.
Only small amounts can be accepted. If you have more than a handful, please drop off for free at the CRC.
Salvage Shed alvage Shed
Ballina’s Salvage Shed is a well organised tip shop that saves tonnes of reusable items from landfill, providing sustainable options for everyday materials and reducing the environmental impact of buying new.
Please transport all materials over the waste management centre weighbridge where potentially salvageable items are set aside at the transfer station. The Ballina Salvage Shed do not accept direct donations.
Operated by Momentum Collective in partnership with council, the store is located next to the Waste Management Centre at 167 Southern Cross Drive.
Open 9.30am – 3.30pm daily (excluding public holidays).
Contact directly on 0429 934 557
Do yourself a favour ... Drop in to discover what it’s all about!
frequently asked questions
WHEN IS MY BIN COLLECTION DAY?
Find our what day your bins get emptied via the council website ballina.nsw.gov.au
WHY WEREN’T MY BINS COLLECTED?
If the truck was unable to collect your bin for any of the guidelines stateg on page 13, please phone the hotline to be assessed. Collection times can vary between 5am to 3pm.
WHAT IF I NEED AN ADDITIONAL BIN?
An additional bin may be arranged at cost. Download our waste fees and charges factsheet at ballina.nsw.gov. au/waste-management-centre or contact us for details.
MY BIN HAS DISAPPEARED, WHAT SHOULD I DO?
Wait at least 48 hours as they have a habit of turning up. If it doesn’t reappear, contact the waste hotline to organise a replacement.
WHAT IF MY BIN NEEDS REPAIR?
Council has replacement parts, lids, wheels and axles and can be contacted for repairs.
WHEN I MOVE PROPERTIES, DO I TAKE MY BINS WITH ME?
Do not take bins with you. Council supplies and maintains all waste bins and they are assigned to set addresses so these must remain on the property if moving.
IS THERE A WASTE VOUCHER SYSTEM?
No. Council operates under a user pays system as its more equitable and represent the most efficient expenditure and least cost to the wider community.
HOW DO I CONTACT THE SALVAGE SHED TIP SHOP TO SEE IF THEY HAVE A SPECIFIC ITEM?
Contact the Salvage Shed directly on 0429 934 557. Council cannot assist with Salvage Shed enquiries.
HOW DO I CONTACT THE WASTE TEAM?
Council’s resource recovery hotline is 6686 1287 or email waste@ballina.nsw.
gov.au
RECYCLING ORGANICS LANDFILL
resource recovery education programs
Schools Business
EDUCATION SESSIONS
We offer fun and informative programs to support child care centres, primary and secondary schools. Options include waste
audits, recycle relays, waste
wise performances and school challenges. For more information and to discuss how sessions can be tailored to meet the needs of your class or school, contact the resource recovery hotline on 6686 1287.
A free primary age cut-out activity can be downloaded on council’s website by searching ‘schools program’.
Your home’s wheelie bins make it easy to reduce what we send to landfill. By recycling and composting, we help look after the environment and use the materials we already have.
OUR RECYCLING BINS Recycling is sorted into all the different recyclable materials and sent to factories that make them into new items. For example, glass can be made into road base and plastics can be made into clothing!
Because we like to avoid waste and reuse and recycle where we can, here are some handy tips you could try today!
Bring a low waste lunch to school with reusable containers
OUR ORGANICS BINS Food and garden waste is composted in giant rows. The compost is then used by local farmers and gardeners to nourish our soils and grow more food.
Make art and craft projects with recycled materials Donate clean clothes and toys you no longer use to a second-hand shop Say no to disposable straws
where does it go? Cut out each of the items provided and sort the recycling, organics and landfill items by pasting them on the correct bin. Hint: There are a couple of items that belong somewhere else! Which ones?
OUR LANDFILL BINS We like to call it ‘the bin of last resort’ because anything placed inside is buried in a big hole. This means they can’t be recycled into something else. What about plastic bags? Instead of sending soft plastics to landfill, they can be collected and dropped off at Coles and Woolworths REDcycle collection bins. They are made into things like park benches and cycle pathways! Let’s have less going to landfill!
mouldy bread
unwanted clothing paper
food scraps
rope empty tuna tin
disposable nappy food scraps
take away cup
Page 2 glass bottle
pizza box
toothpaste CIRCULATE NORTHERN RIVERS
A free service available to all Northern Rivers businesses providing support to reduce waste, increase recycling, access funding opportunities, facilitate connections with other businesses, and identify and support Circular Economy opportunities across the region. Businesses receive a waste management plan and report that details their unique opportunities to go next level, and receive ongoing support to implement their plans. Head to newaste.org.au/business
Community
Keep up to date with our FREE workshops and programs on Council’s Facebook Events tab (search ‘Waste Education Programs) on Council’s website and in Council’s Community Connect magazine. We thank North East Waste for partnering with us on many of our waste education initiatives!
FREE TALKS, WORKSHOPS AND PROGRAMS
Free workshops and programs are run throughout the year and are designed to help reduce waste and save big!
Programs include:
Recycle Right
Compost and worm farming
Plastic free living
Chef-run Love Food Hate Waste demonstrations
DIY beeswax wraps
Second Hand Saturday (region wide garage sale day)
LOVE FOOD HATE WASTE
The average NSW household throws out $3,800 worth of good food every year. Learn simple ways to reduce your food waste by checking out the FREE Food Smart program at newaste.org.au
CLEAN UP AUSTRALIA DAY
Step Up to create a clean up event any day of the year! Get your friends, family, school, community group or business together to make in impact that improves your local environment. Registrants receive a kit with everything needed to create a safe, fun and effective Clean Up. To find out more or register a site, head to cleanup.org.au
thanks!
for doing your bit...
WASTE MANAGEMENT CENTRE 167 Southern Cross Drive, Ballina Open daily 8am – 4pm (excluding public holidays) Email waste@ballina.nsw.gov.au Phone 6686 1287
SALVAGE SHED TIP SHOP 167 Southern Cross Drive, Ballina (next to the Waste Management Centre) Open daily 9.30am – 3.30pm (excluding public holidays) Phone 0429 934 557
CUSTOMER SERVICE CENTRE 40 Cherry Street, Ballina Phone 1300 864 444
