HUME CITY COUNCIL

WASTE AND RECYCLING SERVICES CALENDAR

2015

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Collected weekly

Garbage Service

Please place all your garbage in tied plastic bags

What items are suitable for your garbage bin?

General household rubbish, nappies and pet poo

Broken crockery, window glass, mirrors and light globes

Plastic bags, soft plastic packets and food wrappers

All items must be placed loosely in your recycling bin

What items are suitable for your recycling bin?

Steel and aluminium cans, pots and pans, foil trays and aerosol cans only

Paper, magazine, newspapers and cardboard (flatten cardboard) only

Milk and juice cartons only

Glass bottles and jars only

Plastic bottles and plastic containers only (hard plastics only)

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Collected every second week Alternating with the organics service

Recycling Service

Organics Service(optional service)

Collected every second week Alternating with the recycling service

All items must be placed loosely in your organics bin

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What items are suitable for your organics bin?

Small branches and twigs – maximum branch thickness is 10cm

Grass clippings

Leaves, garden pruning and weeds

Fruit and vegetable scraps

Mulch will be available after 2:45pm if you would like to take some home FREE. Available on day of mulching only until 6pm during daylight savings and 5pm during non-daylight savings.

Tree Mulching Service(free service)

Tree Mulching ServiceCouncil provides a free mulching service to help you dispose of larger branches.

Tree mulching days are held throughout the year and are an opportunity for you to dispose of tree branches not suitable for the organics service.

Up to 4 cubic metres of material per household. No commerical quantities or materials from vehicles with commerical branding will be accepted. Proof of Hume residency required.

There are additional mulching days following Christmas: visit our website for dates and location details.

Heavy fines apply for green waste dumped outside of these times

Tree Mulching Dates 9.30am – 2.30pm

Coolaroo Council Parks and Services Depot 60B Maffra St, Coolaroo

11 January, 1 February, 26 April, 17 May, 4 October, 18 October

Craigieburn Council Service Depot 153 Craigieburn Rd, Craigieburn

18 January, 3 May, 11 October

Greenvale Greenvale Recreation Centre Barrymore Rd, Greenvale

8 February, 24 May, 8 November

Sunbury Council Parks and Services Depot

17-19 McDougall Rd, Sunbury

15 February, 14 June, 15 November

Tullamarine Leo Dineen Reserve Spring St, Tullamarine

15 March , 23 August, 22 November

What is composting?Composting is a way of recycling your food and garden scraps at home, creating a great soil product for your garden.

Compost Service

Contact Council to register your interest in a Council compost program

9205 2200

Benefits of home composting:

� Improve soil quality and garden vitality by releasing the rich nutrients in the compost into your soil

� Recycle valuable nutrients and reduce the use of artificial fertilisers � Prevent greenhouse gas emissions and reduce the amount of

organic waste going to landfill � Improve water savings � Save your money

What items are suitable for a compost: � Fruit and vegetable scraps � Tea bags, tea leaves and coffee grounds � Egg shells � Grass clippings � Straw � Garden prunings and leaves

If you don’t have a big garden a worm farm might be better suited to your needs and is more fun to get the kids involved!

For more information on how to maintain a compost or worm farm contact Council.

سماد عضوي

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Find out about our Campbellfield and Sunbury re-sell Tip Shops on our website

Resource Recovery Centres (Tip)

Landfills and Recycling Centres

Campbellfield Bolinda Road Resource Recovery Centre Melway: 7 H8

9359 3813

Sunbury Riddell Road Waste and Recycling Transfer Station and Landfill Melway: 361 D8

9744 2974

Open seven days 8am-4pm (Closed New Year’s Day, Good Friday, Anzac Day, Christmas Day and Total Fire Ban Days) Central District.

Cover Your Load. Tarps are available for free from Council to cover your load and travel safely to the tip.

The following items can be disposed of free of charge:

� E-Waste (including televisions, computers, printers, mobile phones, DVDs, CDs, speakers, sound equipment, DVD players, Video recorders)

� Motor oil (up to 10L free, then $2 per litre)

� Paint (up to 20L) � Batteries (car and household) � Light globes � Scrap metal (including

white goods) � Mixed recyclables (paper,

cardboard, bottles) � Household chemicals

and pesticides � Gas bottles (up to 9kg) � Cooking oil (up to 20L)

No farm, commercial or industrial chemicals, hazardous wastes, liquid waste or asbestos will be accepted.

Hard Rubbish Service (free service)

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For more information on our hard rubbish service contact Council.

Please noteDuring August and September availability of home collections fill rapidly. Entitlements cannot be carried forward to the next year so book early to avoid disappointment.

The Hard Rubbish Service runs from 1 October - 30 September each year.

To book a home collection call Council between 8.00am – 5.00pm Monday to Friday with a list of the hard rubbish items that you would like collected.

To book a second home collection or redeem a visit to the waste facility, you will need to use the Hard Rubbish Pass on your original Rates Notice. Please do not detach this Pass from the Notice or it will be invalid.

Tenants and new residents can obtain a Pass by contacting a Customer Service Centre and producing proof of residency or a certificate of occupancy.

Please note, the Hard Rubbish Pass is not valid for trucks. Charges Apply.

What items are suitable for my hard rubbish collection?

Household furniture

Whitegoods

Mattresses

Steel/scrap metal

Car tyres

There are strict restrictions for what items will be accepted. Please refer to our website for a detailed list of accepted items and guidelines for correct placement of your hard rubbish. Home collections are restricted to 3 cubic metres - please visit our website to learn more about this and your hard rubbish entitlements.

Your Waste Services

Changes to your serviceIf you would like to make a change to your waste services or would like to obtain an organics service please contact Council's Customer Service team. Alternatively, you can check the website for waste service options.

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Place bins side by side leaving at least 60cm between the bins and other objects. Bins should be within one metre of the kerb with the wheels facing away from the road.

If you live in a court, our drivers will place yellow dots in the areas to place your bins. This will assist us in safely collecting your bins.

Damaged or stolen binsIf your bin is stolen or damaged or has not been collected, please contact Council’s Customer Service team.

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Please ensure all garbage is tied in plastic bags

GARBAGE ONLY

ONLY the following items can be placed in this organics bin:

www.hume.vic.gov.au Enquiries: 9205 2200

The following items can be placed in this garbage bin:

Please place items loosely in this bin - No Plastic Bags

RECYCLING ONLY

ONLY the following items can be placed in this recycling bin:

www.hume.vic.gov.au Enquiries: 9205 2200

60cm

What day is my bin collected?

How to read the Collection Map and Calendar

1. Find where you live on the Collection Map and take note of the coloured area you live in.

2. Match your colour from the map to the Collection Days listed below the map. The day listed will be the day your garbage will be collected every week. The week number refers to your recycling collection.

3. Follow the Waste Calendar 2015 for your recycling collection day. For example, if you live within the dark pink area you will follow the Monday Week 1 schedule. This means, your garbage will be collected every Monday and your recycling collection days in the month of January will be Monday 5 and Monday 19 January.

For a larger map visit our website hume.vic.gov.au/binday

Collection Map

What day is my bin collected?

Waste Calendar 2015: Updated February 2015

AUGUSTM T W T F S S

31 1 2

3 4 5 6 7 8 9

10 11 12 13 14 15 16

17 18 19 20 21 22 23

24 25 26 27 28 29 30

SEPTEMBERM T W T F S S

1 2 3 4 5 6

7 8 9 10 11 12 13

14 15 16 17 18 19 20

21 22 23 24 25 26 27

28 29 30

JULYM T W T F S S

1 2 3 4 5

6 7 8 9 10 11 12

13 14 15 16 17 18 19

20 21 22 23 24 25 26

27 28 29 30 31

NOVEMBERM T W T F S S

30 1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8

9 10 11 12 13 14 15

16 17 18 19 20 21 22

23 24 25 26 27 28 29

OCTOBERM T W T F S S

1 2 3 4

5 6 7 8 9 10 11

12 13 14 15 16 17 18

19 20 21 22 23 24 25

26 27 28 29 30 31

DECEMBERM T W T F S S

1 2 3 4 5 6

7 8 9 10 11 12 13

14 15 16 17 18 19 20

21 22 23 24 25 26 27

28 29 30 31

MAYM T W T F S S

1 2 3

4 5 6 7 8 9 10

11 12 13 14 15 16 17

18 19 20 21 22 23 24

25 26 27 28 29 30 31

JUNEM T W T F S S

29 30

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

8 9 10 11 12 13 14

15 16 17 18 19 20 21

22 23 24 25 26 27 28

APRILM T W T F S S

1 2 3 4 5

6 7 8 9 10 11 12

13 14 15 16 17 18 19

20 21 22 23 24 25 26

27 28 29 30

FEBRUARYM T W T F S S

1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8

9 10 11 12 13 14 15

16 17 18 19 20 21 22

23 24 25 26 27 28

MARCHM T W T F S S

30 31 1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8

9 10 11 12 13 14 15

16 17 18 19 20 21 22

23 24 25 26 27 28 29

JANUARYM T W T F S S

1 2 3 4

5 6 7 8 9 10 11

12 13 14 15 16 17 18

19 20 21 22 23 24 25

26 27 28 29 30 31

Monday Week 1

Monday Week 2

Tuesday Week 1

Tuesday Week 2

Friday Week 1

Friday Week 2

Public Holiday, collection will be the following day

Collection Days

Wednesday Week 1

Wednesday Week 2

Thursday Week 1

Thursday Week 2

hume.vic.gov.au/wasteservices If you are unsure of your collection day please contact Council on 9205 2200. Your organics bin will be collected on the alternative week to your recycling week.

Council Contact DetailsPO Box 119, Dallas, Victoria 3047

9205 2200 9309 0109

Hume City Council Customer Service Centres

Open Monday to Friday 8am–5pm Council Cashier 8.15am–4.45pm

Broadmeadows 1079 Pascoe Vale Road

Craigieburn 75-95 Central Park Avenue

Sunbury 40 Macedon Street

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