Farm/Rural Waste

Farms and acreage outside of declared collection zones can arrange private collections through a range of businesses located in Wellington Shire. These businesses can provide various bin options including 80L, 120L, 240L General Waste, Mixed Recycling, Green Waste and Food Waste.

Alternatively you can dispose of waste at the nearest Council Resource Recovery Facility/Transfer Station Waste Facility.

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All farm chemical users within our region are encouraged to bring their empty, cleaned, non-returnable, steel and plastic farm chemical containers to our local drumMUSTER facility for inspection and collection.  DrumMUSTER will now accept previously non-eligible containers such as surfactants, dairy chemicals and liquid fertilisers but will not accept containers that have contained petroleum, oil or liquid chlorine.

Participating manufacturers are identified by the inclusion of the eligible drumMUSTER container logo on their eligible containers. The logo can be displayed on the chemical label, embossed into the container wall or applied as a sticker to the container. Containers not displaying this logo may be from non-participating manufacturers and will not be accepted into the program.

Containers must be:

• Triple rinsed (into your spray tank)
• Clean and dry with no chemical residue
• Declared clean by an authorised drumMUSTER inspector on delivery

For further information pick up the Agsafe Standard for Effective Rinsing of Farm Chemical Containers brochure from your chemical outlet or see the drumMUSTER website.

Permanent drumMUSTER collection sites are open every Wednesday from 9am to 3pm or other times by arrangement at the Maffra Landfill, Kilmany Resource Recovery Centre and Landfill and the Yarram Transfer Station.

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very year, over 5,000 tonnes of silage film and covers are discarded after use. Made from high-quality linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE) plastic, these materials do not break down when buried, creating unsightly waste and posing hazards to livestock.

Do not burn silage or hay wrap as it produces toxic air pollution and residues may pollute water.

Currently, there are no local recycling services available for silage in Wellington Shire, so all silage and agricultural plastic waste goes directly to landfill.

Disposing of Silage Wrap

You can dispose of silage wrap at Council’s waste disposal facilities. Large loads should be sent to Kilmany.

• normal waste charges apply to silage wrap.
• silage should not packed into bags/bulker bags

Councils waste facilities do not accept household or agricultural chemicals.

Chemclear is a program to collect unwanted rural chemicals. Store chemicals appropriately and register your products with the program, as collections are based on removal needs in an area. Coordinate with neighbours or local groups to register at the same time to ensure a collection occurs in your local area.

Register unwanted chemical products on the Chemclear website or phone: 1800 008 182

Where practical send to a knackery or rendering plant for reuse or to an appropriate landfill for disposal.

If not practical, limited numbers of stock can be buried on farm. Burial sites must not cause adverse impacts on land, surface waters, groundwater or air (odours).

Burning of dead stock should be avoided unless specified for disease control (approval is needed from vets, EPA and your local council) or in situations where a burial site is not available.

The dead stock from intensive animal industries such as piggeries, feedlots and broiler or egg farms must not be buried on a farm without EPA approval. Composting must be designed and managed to avoid adverse environmental impacts.

Agriculture Victoria provides a guide to disposing of dead stock after bushfires in Agnote AG1264 on their website.

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