Waste Collection Council operates a roadside collection service across the LGA and there are some simple guidelines for you to apply when you place your bins out for collection.
Always ensure that your bin is at the kerbside by 5.00am and is clear of obstructions. Council is not obliged to return to collect bins which aren’t out in time for collection. Fleet management services fitted in vehicles can verify if the bin was out in time.
On collection night do not park cars in front of bins. Council will not return to service bins that are obscured by parked vehicles. Always ensure that bin lids are closed. Overfilled bins causing lids to open will not be emptied.
Bins must not contain batteries, hot ashes or motor oil.
Council will only service Cessnock City Council bins that are registered to the pick up address. Bins from other council areas, other properties, hardware stores, etc will not be serviced by Council.
Please retrieve your bin as soon as practicable after service.
Make sure recyclables are placed in the correct bin. On recycling week, bins should be placed at least one metre apart.
Filled bin weight must not exceed 65kg.
Your bin always remains the property of Council for the purpose of garbage disposal. It must not be used for any other purpose or removed from the original property to which it was supplied. (It has an identification number.) Stolen or vandalised bins must be reported to the Police Assistance Line on 131 444. A Police Incident Report Number is required by Council before a replacement bin can be issued. Damaged bins are repaired free of charge. For enquiries and repairs please phone Council’s Customer Service on 4993 4100.
Cessnock City Council has taken an all-around approach in reducing the amount of waste going to landfill by providing opportunities for residents to separate goods for reuse, reprocessing and recycling at the Waste and Reuse Centre.
Residents can drop of Electronic Waste, Cardboard, Glass, Lawn Clippings Engine Oil and Scrap Metal without charge. Please note gas cyclinders are not to be dropped off with scrap metal.
Users of the site are required to pass through a screening station manned by contractors from the Reuse Centre located on the site. Vehicles directed to the weighbridge have the opportunity to pay a lesser rate when presenting separated concrete (including bricks and tiles), tyres or tree waste for processing.
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Please find out more by reading the Cessnock Waste and Reuse Centre Fact Sheets below.
Fact sheetsSince introducing a kerbside recycling service to their residents, Cessnock, Lake Macquarie and Maitland City Councils continue to attain new records.
Hunter Resource Recovery, a company established by the three Councils in 1996, has released details of the company’s success since commencing its recycling operations in June 1997.
Since 1997 our residents have recycled over 120,000 tonnes of product. This has avoided waste to landfill by 266,250 cubic metres. Enough material has been collected to bury the playing surface at Energy Australia stadium in 53 metres of recyclable product. We are amongst the nations best recyclers, we continue to set record recovery rates with the volume of material per home increasing each year. Compared to 1997, our residents now recycle 50 per cent more today than that recorded in the first year of operation. Over 98 per cent of all product collected is recycled by industry.
Currently Hunter Resource Recovery services 106,500 homes each fortnight. An additional 8,000 tonnes of product per year is now recovered than that recorded in 97-98.
The local environmental benefits are overwhelming as a result of recycling, local residents have saved almost 1 million trees from harvest by recycling paper and cardboard. They have saved over 166,362 barrels of oil by recycling plastics. Enough steel has been recycled to manufacture 6,000 family cars and greenhouse gas emissions have been slashed by over 300,000 tonnes.
Our future aim is to reduce the number of plastic bags used by Hunter residents. It is estimated that locals use over 200 million shopping bags in the Hunter Region every year, many of which mistakenly find their way into the recycling bins. If Hunter shoppers went plastic bag free for just one week, we would reduce plastic shopping bag use by almost 4 million bags.
For more information please contact Mr Roger Lewis at Hunter Resource Recovery 4934 4674 or 1800 838 884.
