Garden organics collection Sept 4

SIRA NEWS

28 August 2023

SCOTLAND ISLAND GARDEN ORGANICS COLLECTION

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

How do you present your vegetation?

Scotland Island receives two scheduled manual roadside vegetation collections per year.

Please present your vegetation in tied bundles and/or hard sided containers. Place out a maximum of 2 cubic metres per collection per household.

Material presented in plastic, nylon or hessian bags, cardboard or foam boxes and untied bundles will not be collected.  Fines apply for illegal dumping

ACCEPTABLE MATERIAL

  • Leaf litter, prunings, and cuttings placed in hard sided containers
  • Branches, length no longer than 1.2m and 75mm thick, tied into manageable bundles with twine
  • Cut up palm fronds tied and bundled
  • Place materials on the roadside no later than 6am prior to collection date

UNACCEPTABLE MATERIAL

  • Branches larger than 1.2m and 75mm thick
  • Large tree stumps
  • Soil
  • Painted / treated timber

Important reminders

  • This is not a mechanical collection 
  • Material placed out in bulka bags will not be collected
  • A private contractor should be engaged to remove your bulka bag(s)
  • Please decant your material into hard sided containers or tied bundles only
  • A fine fuel collection is yet to be confirmed by Northern Beaches Council

This is a communication from NBC. SIRA is sharing it with our membership for informational purposes only.

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