Hard Waste Collection - Council Update

Published on 09 October 2024

Council wishes to advise the community that at the August 2024 Council meeting, Council adopted its new Waste Management Strategy. The main intent of the strategy was to harmonize the waste services in both of the former council areas into one system.  

A large component of the strategy development was to provide three bins to as many households as possible in the LGA and as has been provided in the Southern Area of the Federation region for the past 10 years.  One of the other differences identified in the strategy development was that the Northern Area was provided with a hard waste collection service, and only one single refuse bin.  In order to provide similar services throughout the municpality,  the hard waste collection service has been discontinued to assist in harmonising our waste service delivery and funding the rollout of the new 3 bin service in the Northern Area of Federation Council.

All four Council operated landfills,  including Urana and Oaklands, are still operative and will accept scrap metal for free. Other waste will attract their usual fees.  

Council recognises that the hard waste collection service was well patronised, but has had to make a difficult decision to cease this service in the interests of fairness to all within residents the municipality.  

Please contact Council if you require further information, or view the Waste Management Strategy on Council's website.