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Household Bulk Waste Pick Up

What is accepted in your annual bulk waste collection and when is it?

Residential properties of Port Stephens Council receive an annual bulk waste/metal pick up service. The collection is usually in the first 6 months of the year. The dates for the 2009 bulk waste collection are below. Please place your bulk waste out on the Sunday prior to your collection commencing.  9 - 13th February 16 - 20th February 23 - 27th February 2 - 6th March 9 - 13th March Anna Bay Boat Harbour Fingal Bay Fisherman’s Bay Nelson Bay One Mile Beach Shoal Bay Bobs Farm Corlette Salamander Bay Soldiers Point Taylors Beach Salt Ash Campvale Oyster Cove Williamtown Fern Bay Fullerton Cove Lemon Tree Passage Tanilba Bay Mallabulla Karuah Balickera Eagleton Ferodale Swan Bay Twelve Mile Creek  Raymond Terrace Heatherbrae Tomago East Seaham Glen Oak Seaham Medowie Brandy Hill Butterwick Duns Creek Hinton Nelsons Plains Osterley Wallalong Woodville You will be notified of the clean up via a flyer in the mail a few weeks prior to the collection. Guidelines for the bulk & metal waste pick up: Bulk and metal waste must be placed in two separate piles Only household waste will be collected Place your waste on your kerbside the Sunday prior to your collection date. Fines may be received for placing waste on the kerbside prior to this date. Your waste will be collected any time during the week of your collection, but only once Consider your neighbours: do not place waste out too early and keep your piles tidy

Waste must be placed in two separate piles neatly on the footpath   Metal Pile  General Pile White goods (remove doors) Hot Water Systems Roofing Fencing Metal cut offs Car batteries Furniture Mattresses Floor coverings Other household items

The following goods are NOT accepted in the bulk & metal waste pick up:   Automotive Parts Commercial waste Asbestos or fibreglass Chemicals or liquid waste (including paint) Green Waste of any kind Gas cylinders Items larger than 1.8 meters Waste that requires more than two people to lift it

Missed Services   If your bulk or metal waste was not collected during your specified period, please check that your waste met the above requirements. If it does not, it is your responsibility to remove the waste from the kerbside. If it meets the above requirements please contact our Customer Service Centre on 4987 7997.

Contact details
Waste Administration Officer
02 4980 0180 (ph)
02 4987 3612 (fax)
council@portstephens.nsw.gov.au

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