| What is the Service?
The domestic service includes the weekly collection of a 240 litre mobile garbage bin and 60 litre recycling crate.
Service Days
For a detailed map of service days in the Lithgow LGA please click here
Please contact Customer Service on 6354 9999 for current service day information.
Collection Arrangements
Your bin and crate will be emptied by different vehicles on the same day once a week and must be placed on your kerbside prior to 6.00am on your usual collection day.
Positioning Bins & Crates
Your mobile garbage bin should be placed:
- on a flat surface, close to the kerb, at your normal collection point.
- with the bin parallel with the road and wheels closest to your house.
- clear of trees and overhead obstructions.
Your recycling crate should be in a similar location to your bin but at least one metre to the side of it.
What to Recycle
| Glass |
All glass bottles and jars. Rinse and place in crate. No crockery (cups, saucers or plates) please.
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| Aluminium & Steel |
Cans e.g. soft drink, pet food, baked beans, tins, alfoil & aerosol cans. Please rinse.
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| Plastics |
Soft drink bottles, milk containers, all plastic bottles marked 1, 2 or R. Please remove caps and rinse.
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| Paper/Cardboard |
Newspapers, magazines, cardboard boxes, telephone books, junk mail , old letters and egg cartons. |
Items NOT to go in your bin or crate
- Hot Ashes
- Heavy Objects e.g. car parts
- Building materials & rubble
- Paint or flammable liquids
- Tree stumps or rocks
- Corrosive materials
- Sand or garden soil.
Please Note: Hot ashes will damage the bin and can cause fires in the vehicle, risking the safety of the driver and causing damage to the vehicle.
Council Clean Up Collection Services
Dates
5 September 2011
5 March 2012
Council will pick up
- Bulky materials, cases, boxes, cartons and securely tied bundles capable to be picked up by 2 men.
- Council WILL NOT remove... any liquid or material which requires the use of a shovel, or is too heavy to be lifted by two men. A toxic or agricultural or chemical material service will be provided during the year.
To arrange collection:
Phone Council on 6354 9999 in the week prior to the arranged collection date if you have material to be picked up.
On the SUNDAY night of the collection week, simply put your materials at the kerbside where you leave your mobile garbage bin.
When will material be collected?
Material left for collection will be removed on either the Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday following the collection date.
Who to contact
If you have any problems or require additional information please contact
Lithgow City Council on 6354 9999
or
JR Richards & Sons Lithgow Office 6351 2065
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