By Jim Child
It seems that no sooner have we wished one another a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, that the new year begins in earnest and gets quickly underway.
I hope that everyone reading this had a restful and heart-warming holiday period, and that 2023 has great things in store for you all.
Now that the presents have been opened and the summer cleanouts are getting underway, I’d like to remind you all that our annual scheduled hard waste collection is about to start.
Every household in Yarra Ranges has a scheduled collection week between January and March, where we will collect old appliances, bulky items and branches from the area where wheelie bins are usually collected.
Our contractor recycles as much of hard waste items as possible. But before putting items out for collection, consider whether they are in good condition to be sold, given away or donated.
As we start our education about Victoria’s new bin system this year, ahead of our transition, we will be emphasising the most important message about waste in the community: the things you put in your bin do not get thrown away; they are either re-used, or they are not.
By being thoughtful about what we buy, and how we get rid of things we own, we can avoid landfill while protecting the environment that the next generation will inherit. Everyone’s actions have an impact here.
When you are getting your hard waste ready, just remember that you can put out three cubic metres of furniture, metals, whitegoods, electronics and mattresses. Up to 20 bundles of branches can be left out, as long as they are tied with non-plastic string and meet our measurements (1.5 metres long, 200 millimetres wide).
Some things can’t be collected – like bags of general waste that should be in your landfill bin, building materials, car tyres and chemicals.
Please look up your property’s collection week – and what can be put out for collection – at yarraranges.vic.gov.au/wastedates, and only put items out on the Sunday before your collection week begins – so we can keep the Yarra Ranges looking beautiful for everyone.
If you have any questions about hard waste, please visit yarraranges.vic.gov.au/hardwaste or give us a call on 1300 368 333.
