Council is doing extra wheelie bin collections this holiday season

Council is doing extra wheelie bin collections this holiday season

Published on 20 December 2019

A reminder to all Byron Shire residents, and visitors, that Council will be emptying all your wheelie bins weekly this Christmas/New Year from Monday 23 December – Friday 3 January . 

This includes red, yellow and green bins for urban households, and red and yellow bins for rural households.

The additional services are recognition that extra waste and recyclables are generated over the festive season and overflowing rubbish bins mean more waste on the streets which often ends up in the bush and waterways.

Because there will be many more bins on the footpaths Council is asking people to park in their driveways as a way of helping out waste contractors.

Bin collection tips

Bin collections will go ahead on your normal collection day even if it falls on a public holiday. In urban areas the green, yellow and red bins will be collected weekly. In rural areas the yellow and red bins will be collected weekly. Put your bins out the night before your normal collection day. If your bins are not out, we cannot send the truck back a second time. Where there is space, place your three bins side-by-side at the kerbside. If there is not enough room for all three bins to sit side-by-side, place the red landfill bin at the front and recycling and organics bins at least one metre behind it. Park your cars in driveways and garages if possible to give collection trucks more room. Take your bins in ASAP after they have been emptied. Please be patient with each other and the drivers - there will be lots of bins out and collections times may vary.

For more information contact our Resource Recovery staff, on 6626 7077.