Christmas Waste Service FAQ's

Ballina Waste Management Centre

      

Christmas Waste Service FAQs

What happens if my kerbside collection day falls on a public holiday?

All kerbside waste collection services remain unchanged over the holiday period. We’d like to acknowledge our valued collection drivers for the reliable service they deliver. Why not give a friendly wave as you see them out and about?

Will the landfill close over Christmas?

The Ballina Waste Management Centre will be closed on the following public holidays:

•             Tuesday 25th December;

•             Wednesday 26th December;

•             Tuesday 1st January 2019.

It will be open from 8 am to 4 pm all other days.

What collection week does Christmas fall on?

This year, Christmas falls on a recycling and organics bin collection week. There are a number of ways residents can maximise their bin service to ensure the week runs smoothly.

Top Festive Tips to make the Most your Kerbside Bin Service

Tips for your organics bin

Christmas is a time for sharing food with friends and family. Studies show that an average NSW household red-lidded waste bin will consist of up to 38% food waste. Be sure to separate your food scraps and place them in your organics bin. Having seafood? Simply wrap them up, pop in the freezer and place in your organics bin prior to collection.

Tips for your household landfill bin

Create more space in your waste bin by collecting soft plastics and taking them to leading supermarkets as part of their soft plastics collection program. Make sure all polystyrene, rope, cabling, gift ribbons and nappies go in the household landfill bin. Unfortunately, foil and plastic coated wrapping paper must also go to landfill.

Tips for your recycling bin

Paper-based wrapping paper and cardboard packaging create the majority of recycling at Christmas: place a container for recyclables nearby before gift unwrapping begins so that separation is easier. Keep all your recyclable items loose in the bin. Be sure to keep soft plastics out of the recycling bin and only place glass bottles and jars, plastic containers, paper and cardboard, and steel and aluminium cans in. This is easier to do with a designated container to collect recyclables inside your home.

Using a Resource Recovery Collection Satchel

Resource Recovery Collection satchels are designed to help you collect tricky yet common household wastes that need to be kept out of landfill, such as household batteries, prescription glasses, printer cartridges, mobile phones, smoke alarms, corks, CDs and DVDs, electrical cables, small E-waste like computer mouse and calculators, mobile phones and X-rays. With items like corks and batteries often in higher use at Christmas, please collect a free satchel from the Council Office or your local library. When filled, seal the satchel and place it in your yellow-lidded recycling bin where they’re separated at the recycling facility, individually sorted and sent off to be recycled or disposed of safely.

Any waste that is not allowed or doesn't fit in any of your 3 Urban Bins must be taken here to the waste management facility. Prices are very reasonable and fines of up to $5000 apply if waste is illegally dumped.

Hours of operation: 8.00am - 4.00pm 7 days (excluding Public Holidays). 

Location:  167 Southern Cross Drive, Ballina (in Ballina's Industrial Estate)

Phone:  02 6686 1287

All vehicles are weighed on the weighbridge and waste charged on a part per tonne basis.

 You can drop off:

E-waste Fluorescent light bulbs and tubes - free drop off Batteries (all sizes including car and domestic AAA, AA, C and D batteries) - free drop off Motor and vegetable oil - free drop off Tyres - fees apply Refrigerators - fees apply Gas Bottles and Fire Extinguishers - free drop off Dead Animals (small, medium, large) - fees apply Excavated Material - fees apply Construction Demolition Waste - fees apply Paint (oil and water based) Smoke Detectors - free drop off

The Waste Management Centre DOES NOT accept:

Hazardous waste Needles and Sharps Asbestos Contact Lismore City Council on 02 6625 0500 for fees and charges.

Pollution Incident Response Management Plan

This plan has been developed to document the processes required to prepare for and respond to pollution incidents for the Ballina Shire Council's Waste Management Facility (EPA Licence No. 6350) and ensure that hazards to the environment, human health and safety are reduced, if not eliminated. It has been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 and Protection of the Environment Operations (General) Regulation 2009.