Rubbish Disposal Update: 4 November 2022

Flood-affected household clean-up

Please be mindful of health and safety while cleaning up - here are some things to look out for.

If you are able to get to a Resource Recovery Centre to dispose of flood waste, all fees are waived. Council is coordinating a FREE service with Disaster Relief Australia (DRA) for removal of waste from flood impacted homes. Learn more here and if you require assistance from DRA, please register on our website.  Council is providing a limited kerbside household flood waste collection team who will remove flood-damaged items from the kerbside to waste disposal: There are seven collection zones throughout Greater Shepparton (see below), with each zone assigned a day of the week for collections for a period of four weeks, starting from Wednesday 2 November 2022. This will allow residents to prepare and allow for multiple opportunities for households to have their waste collected over this time. Greater Shepparton Flood Waste Collection Zones operating from 2-30 November 2022.   If you have household flood waste on your nature strip, please ensure you maintain a 1 metre clearance around your kerbside bins so they can be collected. If you have a truck/ute/trailer and can assist friends and neighbours to take waste to a Resource Recovery Centre, please do so. For rural properties, a separate collection schedule is being planned and will be shared in due course. In the meantime, please do not place your flood-damaged materials on the roadside as this can cause risk to traffic. If you suspect asbestos, please DO NOT place it on naturestrips for collection. Any waste suspected of containing asbestos will not be collected and poses a risk to the community. Please contact a professional removalist for advice. The Environment Protection Authority Victoria (EPA) also provide a collection of flood safety and clean-up fact sheets. Please do not put sandbags in skip bins or household collection bins as they make the bins too heavy to collect. Kerbside bins

Collection of your household kerbside bins have recommenced for areas that are safe for drivers to access.

If you’re not sure which bins need to be put out on which day, check via our website. If your bin is too full it can be emptied at your nearest Resource Recovery Centre (see below). If you have household flood waste on your naturestrip, please ensure you maintain a 1 metre clearance around your kerbside bins so they can be collected. Please do not put sandbags in your kebside collection bins - they will make the bins too heavy to lift.

Please show kindness and respect to the drivers and understand they will be unable to enter floodwaters or drive on unsafe roads. The team are operating with reduced staff and are members of our community who have also been impacted by the floods.

If the Resource Recovery Centre closest to you is currently not open, please keep an eye out for information on when normal services and operating times will resume.

Resource Recovery Centres

We will be waiving fees at our Resource Recovery Centres and extending hours to assist community members with disposing of flood waste, including rubbish from your kerbside bins. Resale shops are currently closed.

Shepparton Resource Recovery Centre is open from Monday to Saturday: 8am to 4.15pm, Sundays: 1pm to 4.15pm.

Ardmona Resource Recovery Centre is open from 8am to 4.15pm every day (closed between 12.30pm to 1.30pm).

Murchison Resource Recovery Centre is open this Saturday and Sunday (3 and 4 November 2022) from 8am to 3.45pm. After that it will return to regular hours: Wednesdays and Sundays from 1pm to 3.45pm. There are also public skip bins in Murchison for flood waste.

Resource Recovery Centre Hours of Operation

Skip bins

Council have supplied skip bins in public spaces for flood waste. A map of these locations can be downloaded below, and will be updated as more locations become available.

Please do not put sandbags in the skip bins - they will make the skip bins too heavy to lift.

Cosgrove Landfill

Cosgrove Landfill is now open under normal operating hours:

Monday to Friday: 8am to 3pm Saturday: 9am to 11am

This coming Tuesday 1 November 2022 (Melbourne Cup Day) will be business as usual for Cosgrove Landfill.

A reminder to residents that Cosgrove Landfill accepts commercial waste only and is not open to residential customers.

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