Did you know your vegetation and wood waste ends up as landscaping, agricultural and garden supplies across NSW?
All the leaves, small branches and grass cuttings from our gardens—which we have an abundance of on the Northern Beaches—are collected and processed into nutrient-rich garden products.
But (and it’s a big but), this recycling depends on one thing; the right green waste must go in the green bin in the first place.
When someone places incorrect items in the bin, it can become significant safety issue, pollute the rest of what the bin is carrying, and seriously impact our green bin collection service.
As an example, recently a log was placed in a green bin, which damaged a truck and resulted in the truck being out of service for repairs for 24 hours, impacting on our bin collection service. It was also dangerous for the workers, who had to use chain saws in a confined space to remove the log.
Other times, batteries have been put in the green bin resulting in significant fires that have required Fire and Rescue to attend and extinguish.
Although these situations are not intentional, they are avoidable.
Please never put these items your green bin:
- tree stumps
- logs
- soil
- bricks
- hazardous items
You can take excess vegetation and large logs to Kimbriki, free of charge.*
Thanks for using our bin system correctly and helping us continue to produce quality items from your green waste.
Learn more about our bin system here.