Council Clean-up

Council’s biannual clean-up is not cancelled.

If you have a clean-up scheduled for your street, it is business as usual. Click here for more information, or visit the council's Facebook page where you may post your comments.

Report:a missed clean-up service

Where to place your clean-up material

To help us collect your clean-up material, place it on the outer edge of the footpath in front of your property as close as practical to the side of your driveway or at the designated point of collection by 5.00am the morning of your collection, but not prior to the Saturday before.

If your council clean up was missed by our drivers please report it on the rubbish reporting form.

IMPORTANT: If you have been away or forgotten your clean up date you will need to either remove the material yourself (check out Council's recycling directory for disposal options) , arrange for a private contractor to collect your material or alternatively wait until your next clean up date in 6 months time.

To aid our collection please:

• do not place your material under trees, low power lines or other overhead obstructions
• do not place your clean-up material in the gutter - it may end up in our stormwater system and in our waterways.
• avoid parking vehicles in front of clean-up material

All materials go to Lucas Heights Waste Management and Recycling Centre (SITA) where they are sorted for recycling. Mattresses are collected separately by Dreamsafe for recycling.

When disposing of items at council clean-ups, you should:

• ensure that any items you don’t want included in the clean-up are not visible from the kerbside to avoid having them accidentally taken by collectors or stolen by opportunistic criminals
• avoid placing the packaging of new purchases in your clean up pile as this advertises the contents of your home to passers by
• be aware of individuals inspecting your property on the pretence of collecting items from the clean-up.

Materials that WILL be collected in your clean-up service

• unwanted household items, e.g. furniture and appliances. Maximum of one mattress ensemble per household
• whitegoods - water heaters, refrigerators, freezers, washing machines, storage cabinets and other similar items with doors removed
• branches - no thicker than a broomstick handle, no longer than 1.5 metres in length, tied and bundled
• fence palings no longer than 1.5 metres (limit of six)
• small amounts of carpet (limit 1 average-sized room) - must be rolled up
• trampolines, swing sets and other large items should be dismantled for ease of handling
• empty round garbage bins with the lid removed and turned upside down.

Materials that WILL NOT be collected in your clean-up service

• any item that cannot be handled safely by two average-size people
• material put out after the council has passed your residence
• building materials such as bricks, wall, roof and floor tiles, concrete rubble, concrete slabs, sawdust, sand or fine particles such as cement bags
• railway sleepers, cast iron baths
• any items of steel, pipe or timber over 1.5 metres in length including roller doors, garage doors and guttering
• glass items such as mirrors, windows, picture frames or shower screens
• drums or oil heater tanks
• insulation material
• wrecked motor vehicles or parts, car or truck tyres
• gas bottles
• perishable household garbage
• containers with liquid materials, e.g. paint, oil, chemicals
• thorny tree branches and bushes, e.g. roses, palm fronds, bougainvillea, tree trunks, tree stumps or roots
• branches thicker than a broomstick handle
• branches that are not bundled and tied
• asbestos or fibreglass sheeting
• sand-filled pool filters.

Non-complying materials will not be collected and remain the responsibility of the resident. See the recycling directory for where these materials can be disposed of correctly.

All authorised material placed out for collection is the council's responsibility. Only the council and its contractors, Lucas Heights Waste Management and Recycling Centre (SITA), are authorised to collect the materials.