 On April 6 2009 a new era in waste collection will begin across the Kempsey Shire Council (KSC) LGA region.
The style and number of services will change for most ratepayers and residents. These changes are largely driven by the need to meet the various legislative requirements of the state and federal governments in areas of waste avoidance, minimisation and landfill diversion.
The New South Wales Government Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Strategy 2007 requires the minimisation of environmental harm from waste management and states that NSW councils must recover 66% of the waste stream by 2014. Further, in 2006 the Department of Environment and Conservation in its document “Preferred Resource Recovery Practices by Local Councils” identified that councils should separately collect waste for recyclables, garden organics and residual waste.
The councils forming the MidWaste group of which KSC is a member, 7 councils have, or are planning to have, the 3-stream waste collection system prior to July 2009.
Apart from the above legislation, changes are being driven by the impending “Waste Levy” that starts on 1 July 2009 and the “Carbon Reduction Scheme” (CRS) that which takes effect on 1 July 2010.
The new services are designed to meet the regulatory requirements, provide the best possible service and minimise the costs to the rate payer and residents of the LGA.
Briefly the new services will be:-
- All general domestic waste will be weekly, this includes the rural services currently on a fortnightly service, and collected in a new 140 litre red lidded bin. A larger 240 litre bin is available upon request.
- All recycling will be collected in a 240 litre yellow lidded bin, as is the current service, on a fortnightly pickup.
- A new organics or “green waste” service will start and only be operational in designated “urban” areas of towns and villages. This bin, a 240 litre bin, will be identified by a bright green lid. The availability of this service is set by the rating section of KSC. The pickup of this service will be on the opposite week to the recycling pickup.
Information booklet packs will be delivered with the new bin rollout that is due to start on 16 March 2009. A copy of the Information Booklet can be downloaded in pdf format and is shown below. Also below is the the Waste Services Pick-up Schedule by Suburb and Street in pdf format.
 Kempsey Shire Council Waste Services Brochure April 2009-March 2010
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Map showing Pick-Up Days for New Waste Service (1278 KB)
Waste Services Pick-Up Schedule by Street and Suburb (269 KB)
This is your area and the overall program to minimise the waste generated is in the long term financially beneficial by creating longevity on the current landfill site and to keep the Kempsey Shire region at its best and maintain the pristine environment we live and work in.
- Bin collections will commence in South, East, West and Central Kempsey, also in this week villages of Bellbrook, Aldavilla, Yarravel, Euroka and rural areas to the west of Kempsey will also be collected. Residents should put their empty bin out the Sunday evening April 19, 2009 preferably upside down for collection.
- Bin collections will commence in villages and surrounding rural areas of Crescent Head, Hat Head, Frederickton, Smithtown, Gladstone, Kinchela, Jerseyville, South West Rocks, Clybucca, Grassy Head and Stuarts Point. Residents should put their empty bin out the Sunday evening April 26, 2009 preferably upside down for collection.
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