Wollondilly Shire Council

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• Red, Yellow & Green Bins

  Council's Waste & Recycling Service Garbage Emptied Weekly80L, 120L or 240L Items accepted: Food waste Plastic bags and food packaging Coffee cups Nappies Biscuit and chip packets Animal faeces (in a bag) Lids, caps and nozzles Pyrex, mirrors and broken glass Soiled paper or cardboard Polystyrene foam Shredded paper Download our Garbage Bin Fact Sheet Items not accepted: NO recycling NO batteries NO paints or oils NO gas bottles NO fluorescent tubes and globes NO chemicals an…

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• Domestic Waste Services

  Domestic Waste Services Collection Contract Processing and Disposal Contract Domestic Waste Services Domestic Waste Services Collection Contract Processing and Disposal Contract DOMESTIC WASTE SERVICE OverviewOne of every councils core functions is to provide a domestic waste collection and resource recovery service for residents. Councils provide this service differently depending on the priorities for their local communities.Wollondilly Shire Council provides a weekly red-lid a…

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• Waste Service Options

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• Collection Contract

  Domestic Waste Services Collection Contract Processing and Disposal Contract Collection Contract Domestic Waste Services Collection Contract Processing and Disposal Contract Domestic Waste Collection ContractCouncil domestic waste collection contracts are typically awarded for periods of between 7 and 10 years, with options for extension periods. The longer a contract term is, the longer period the contractor has to cover the cost of the initial purchase of the vehicles, and ther…

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• Battery and Chemical Disposal

  Did you know? Australians buy 350 million household batteries each year, but only 4% of these are returned to a collection centre for recycling.
  
  It is important to recycle batteries so that toxic chemicals don't end up damaging our environment and raw materials can be used again. Recycling batteries also helps prevent fires and explosions in our waste collection vehicles.
  
  Wollondilly residents have access to a number of free battery recycling collection centres which accept any brand of A…

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• REQUEST FOR TENDERS – KERBSIDE WASTE COLLECTION TENDER 2026

  This Request for Tender is for the provision of waste collection services across the Wollondilly local government area (LGA). It requires the following elements: 
  
  Kerbside collections for domestic properties (including Residual Waste, Recyclables and Garden Organics (GO)/Food and Garden Organics (FOGO));
  Kerbside Clean Up Service;
  Public Place Bin collection;
  Event waste bin services and collections;
  Supervised clean up collections;
  Commercial waste services;
  Provision of bins, including Mobile…

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• Student’s environmental message is displayed on waste collection truck as new in-house service begins

  A Douglas Park Primary School student has had her artwork featured on a new waste compactor truck as part of Wollondilly Council’s new public bin servicing initiative.
  
  The winner of the art competition for local schools, Sophie (7), was congratulated by Councillors and staff at the launch of the new truck on Thursday.
  
  The theme of the competition was “reducing litter in the environment” and Sophie’s picture featured the important message, “a little change can make a big difference.”
  
  Mayor Rob…

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• Clothing and Textiles Recycling

  Divert more waste from landfill and support a cause by donating pre-loved clothing and textiles to a local charity, animal shelter or clothing retailer.
  
  What Can I Donate?
  Clothing and textiles including bed linen, towels, blankets and quilts can be donated if they are:
  
  Clean 
  Dry
  In good condition
  No rips or tears
  
  Please do not donate items if they are:
  
  Dirty
  Wet
  Stained
  Ripped or torn
  Missing parts
  
  Just remember - if it's good enough to give to a mate then it's good enough to do…

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• Establish a recycling program

  Establish a recycling programMost businesses generate "waste" products that should be recycled, if only to prevent harmful chemicals entering our food chain.
  
  We have concentrated, extracted and combined raw natural elements into new and unique elements such as plastics, aluminium, mercury and acids. Recently we have realised that to use these resources efficiently and avoid them spoiling the environment, we need to create closed loops that allow us to move these technical materials fr…

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• Food Organics and Garden Organics (FOGO) Waste Service

  Food Organics and Garden Organics (commonly referred to as FOGO) is a kerb side waste collection service where residents place food waste in the green-lid garden organics bin instead of the red-lid garbage bin. The food and organics waste is then processed and recycled into nutrient rich compost, reducing the amount of waste sent to landfill.
  
  Wollondilly does not currently offer the FOGO service however, the NSW Government’s Waste and Sustainable Material Strategy 2041, which was adopted in 202…

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• Recycle Office Waste

  Corporate social responsibility starts with people doing the right things at work. Ensuring our waste is recycled is a good step in this direction.
  
   
  
  About Recycling Office WasteSophisticated products assist us with our daily work, from printer cartridges and toners through to the specialist components used to manufacture and process our products and foods. To get these products we have concentrated, extracted and combined raw natural elements into new and unique elements such as plastics, alu…

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• Stormwater Pollution Control at Home

  Gutters and drains take rainwater from our streets straight into creeks and rivers. So when it rains, stormwater runoff can carry with it pollution from around our homes and streets into the waterways we swim in and where animals and plants live.
  
   
  
  What You Can Do
  Put your cigarette butts and other litter in the bin.
  Pitch in and help clean up littered areas.
  If there is no bin handy, hold onto your litter until you find one.
  Try to wash your vehicle on a grassy area or over gravel.
  Sweep your…

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• Recycle Organic Waste

  Nutrient recycling is the foundation of life. Today's organic waste is tomorrow's lunch, so look after those worms and compost piles.
  
  Much of the journey toward sustainability involves us learning how to replenish nature as effectively as we have plundered her. Hence, establishing and maintaining the "food waste to compost to soil to food to food waste" cycle is both an efficient practice and a glimpse of the cycles we must learn to respect all around us.
  
  How to do it now!…

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• Garden

  Our gardens can bring us closer to understanding ecosystems that underpin life on this planet and how to live in harmony with the earth. By creating a beautiful, efficient and productive garden in your home, you can learn the rhythms of nature and our humble role in it. So how can we let our green thumbs align our gardens to the sustainable path?Garden Actions
  
  Grow your own food
  Would you like to eat fresh food that's good for you and the planet? Get into gardening in your own backyard.
  
  K…

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• Council responds to Waste Survey with extra Christmas recycling service

  This festive season, Wollondilly Council will be trialling a weekly collection service of yellow lid recycling bins to help increase the amount of material sent for recycling and keep valuable resources out of landfill.
  
  The new service has been introduced for the 2021 Christmas period in response to feedback received from residents who participated in the Future of Waste Services Survey earlier this year.
  
  From Monday 20 December 2021 until Friday 14 January 2022, Wollondilly residents will hav…

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