NetWaste
A Collaborative Approach
Waste Services Guide 2016
Forbes Shire Council’s Waste Services are now more efficient
in helping to save valuable resources from landfill.
Audits of Forbes waste have shown that the average household red lid waste bin contains 60% of food and
garden waste, and is only 57% full. The introduction of the food and garden waste bin will assist to divert this
type of waste from landfill and reduce the production of greenhouse gases as well as saving valuable landfill
space. This provides the community with a sustainable waste management system.
rethink, reduce, reuse, recycle
it’s everyones responsibility
The garbage bin with the red lid will be collected FORTNIGHTLY.
Your collection day of the week will not change.
The food and garden waste bin with the green lid will be collected WEEKLY
on the same day of the week as your garbage bin or recycling bin (depending on the collection week).
The recycling bin with the yellow lid will continue to be collected FORTNIGHTLY
and your collection week will stay the same.
Your collection day will not change.
By utilising the recycling and food and garden waste collection services correctly you are reducing the amount of garbage going to landfill.
Recyclable materials are then used to produce new items which save these valuable resources from being buried in landfill and lost forever.
Producing compost not only saves organic matter from being wasted in landfill but the compost can then be added back to the soil,
improving soil quality.
For further information contact
Waste Hotline 1300 725 415
www.netwaste.org.au
www.forbes.nsw.gov.au
About
Garbage Collection Service - Fortnightly
All residents will have a fortnightly garbage collection service. The same requirements regarding
what can and can’t be put into the garbage bin applies to all residents and is listed below.
LANDFILL
When you ‘rethink’ about the waste you make and divert as much as possible by recycling in your
yellow lid bin and using your food and garden waste bin with the bright green lid, you are saving
valuable resources from being lost forever to landfill. You also save landfill space and greenhouse gas
production.
Garbage
Fortnightly
Bins must be placed at the kerb the evening prior to your collection day
Bins must not weigh more than 75 kilograms
All bins must be approximately ½ metre apart from each other and clear of cars, trees
and other obstacles
Bin lids must close completely and nothing should protrude out of the top
Face bin openings to the road and place bins no further than ½ metre from the kerb or road’s edge
Bins need to be removed from the kerb as soon as possible after emptying
If your bin is damaged please contact Waste Hotline1300 725 415
½ metre
apart
½ metre from the road
3YES
plastic bags, plastic packets,
3 nappies & wipes
3 ceramics, crockery & clothes
3 wrappers & cling wrap
3 light globes & broken glass
3 polystyrene & foam
3 plastic strapping & coat hangers
7 food & garden waste
7 medical waste & syringes
7 recyclables
7 soil & rocks
7 building materials
7 hazardous waste, batteries, paint & oil
broken toys, broken household items
7 NO
Garbage Collection Service
Food and Garden Waste Collection Service - Weekly
This service allows residents to divert food and garden waste from around the
home, away from landfill, reducing the production of greenhouse gases, as well
as saving valuable landfill space.
The food and garden waste will be collected and taken to Australian Native
Landscapes, in Blayney, where it will be converted into a high quality compost.
A kitchen caddy has been supplied with your green lid bin. This will make
transferring your food scraps from the kitchen to the green lid bin easier.
COMPOST
Food &
Garden Waste
Weekly
Please don’t put food and garden waste in plastic bags.
Food can be wrapped in paper before being placed in the green lid bin.
Bins must be placed at the kerb the evening prior to your collection day
Bins must not weigh more than 75 kilograms
All bins must be approximately ½ metre apart from each other and clear of cars, trees and other
obstacles
Bin lids must close completely and nothing should protrude out of the top
Face bin openings to the road and place bins no further than ½ metre from the kerb or road’s edge
Bins need to be removed from the kerb as soon as possible after emptying
If your bin is damaged please contact Waste Hotline1300 725 415
Do not place food and garden waste in plastic bags. You can wrap food scraps in newspaper or put
them directly in the bin
Please do not place logs, branches or prunings larger than 15cm in diameter in your bin
½ metre
apart
½ metre from the road
3YES
3 lawn clippings, grass, leaves & prunings
3 paper, cardboard & tissues
3 flowers, small sticks & twigs
3 meat, chicken, fish & all bones
3 all fruit & vegetables scraps
3 bread, rice & pasta
7 rocks & soil
7 gardening equipment & pots
7 nappies & wipes
7 building materials
7 plastic/plastic bags
7 large stumps, branches & logs
dairy food, tea & coffee, cake,
7 NO
Food and Garden Waste Collection Service
Recycling Collection Services - Fortnightly
Place all the recyclables listed below in the yellow lid recycling bin. This reduces the amount
of waste sent to landfill as the recycling is transported to the Materials Recovery Facility (MRF)
at VISY Recycling in Smithfield, NSW. Here it is sorted by a combination of hand and machine
processes. The sorted materials are then sent to reprocessing factories to be made
into new items.
When you recycle you save valuable resources from being lost forever to landfill.
You also save landfill space. Making products from recycled materials, rather
than from raw natural resources, saves energy as well as water and other natural
resources for future generations. Also try buying products made with recycled
content. This is called ‘closing the loop’ ensuring a continuation of the process.
Bins must be placed at the kerb the evening prior to your collection day
Bins must not weigh more than 75 kilograms
All bins must be approximately ½ metre apart from each other and clear of cars, trees
and other obstacles
Bin lids must close completely and nothing should protrude out of the top
Face bin openings to the road and place bins no further than ½ metre from the kerb or road’s edge
Bins need to be removed from the kerb as soon as possible after emptying
If your bin is damaged please contact Waste Hotline1300 725 415
Please DO NOT place items in plastic bags as plastic bags CANNOT be recycled in this bin
Wipe or rinse out containers in old washing up water before placing them in the recycling bin
Flatten plastic and cardboard containers to make more room in your recycling bin
RECYCLED
Recycling
Fortnightly
½ metre
apart
½ metre from the road
3YES
3 aluminium cans, trays & foil
3 magazines & paper
3 cardboard, boxes & drink cartons
3 glass bottles & jars
3 steel, tin & aerosol cans
3 the kitchen, bathroom & laundry
hard plastic bottles & containers from
7 NO
plastic bags, packets &
clothes, ceramics, crockery, globes,
7 polystyrene & foam
7 film & general waste
7 mirror & window glass
7 garden waste & food scraps
7 nappies, tissues & wipes
7 batteries, paint & oil
Recycling Collection Services
hazardous & medical waste,
Other Waste Services
Waste Management Facilities
Daroobalgie Waste Depot
Location:
Phone:
Open:
Daroobalgie Rd, Forbes
6850 2300 - Council Administration Office
Seven (7) days per week
(except Christmas Day and Good Friday)
8.30am to 5.00pm
Other Waste Disposal and Recycling Services
Car Batteries: Contact Council to check for disposal options
6850 2300
Oils: waste oils can be taken to the Daroobalgie Waste Depot for
disposal
Chemical Waste and Pesticides: go to www.netwaste.org.au
Annual Household Hazardous Chemical Collection
Paint: waste or excess paint can be collected for the NetWaste’s
Household Chemical Clean Out in Forbes. Contact Council
for dates
Clothing: donate these to your local charity
drumMUSTER: visit www.drummuster.com.au or contact the
Forbes Lions Club via the Forbes Services Memorial Club to
book a drop off: 6852 1488
Gas Bottles: these can be disposed of at Daroobalgie Waste Depot
Plastic Bags: Woolworths on Rankin St, Forbes have a plastic
bag recycling bin out the front of the checkout. These bins are
different to your household recycling bin and when emptied are
taken to a different facility to be recycled. Check with your local
supermarket.
Medicine: take these to your local pharmacies
Mobile Phones: Council has a drop off point at the front desk at
Forbes Shire Council, 2 Court St Forbes. Alternatively call 1300
730 070 or visit www.phonerecycling.com.au to find your
nearest drop off centre
Printer Cartridges: these can be dropped off at the collection
point in Forbes Shire Council, 2 Court St, Forbes or participating
regional Australian Post, Officeworks and Harvey Norman
Needles and Sharps: sharps and needles need to be disposed of
in specific sharp disposal containers. They CANNOT be disposed
of in the garbage bin. Please take any sharps to Forbes Sharps
Collection Point behind the Forbes Hospital on Berkley St,
Forbes. Alternatively, for other nearest sharps disposal facilities
go to www.safesharps.org.au and type in your location
Unbroken Household Items: donate these to your local charity
‘It’s not a waste!’ Competition
Scrap Metal: These can be disposed of at Daroobalgie Waste Depot
‘It’s not a waste!’ Competition
Conditions of Entry:
1. Entries close 29 April 2016.
2. Competition is open to all residents of Forbes
Shire Council’s local government area.
3. The judge’s decision is final and no
correspondence will be entered into.
Name:
Address:
4. The first five correct entries drawn in each
council area will receive a $100 debt card.
5. All entries must contain Name, Address and
Phone Number.
Phone Number:
c/- EnviroCom Australia:
16 Childs Road, Chipping Norton 2170
Post to:
Other Waste Services
Alternatively: email your answers & details to
[email protected]
Any questions please ring
Waste Hotline
1300 725 415
‘It’s not a waste’ Competition
There are five Visa debit cards valued at $100 to give away.
All you have to do is answer these five
questions (based on information in the
brochure)
1: How often is your red lid rubbish bin collected?
weekly fortnightly
fill in the entry form and email it to:
2: How often is your new green lid food and garden waste bin collected?
weekly fortnightly
or post it to:
3: Tick which of these items CAN be recycled in your green lid food and garden waste bin.
bones
grass
soil
fish
4: Tick which of these items CANNOT be recycled in your green lid food and garden waste bin.
nappies
leaves
fruit
5. Should you put food in plastic bags before placing them in the green lid food and garden
waste bin?
yes
no
[email protected]
‘It’s not a waste!’ Competition
c/- EnviroCom Australia:
16 Childs Rd
Chipping Norton 2170
Please turn over page for conditions of entry
and entry form