Wellington Shire Council conducts an annual Hard Waste Collection from residences in declared garbage collection areas which have a kerbside bin collection.
The hard waste collection for 2023 will take place on the following weeks and locations. Hard waste must be placed out for collection before 6:00am on the dates listed below, but not more than 7 days in advance:
WEEK ONE - Starting Monday 2 October - Maffra and Sale households which normally have their kerbside bin collected on Fridays.
WEEK TWO - Starting Monday 9 October - Carrajung, Cowwarr, Gormandale, Heyfield, Rosedale and Willung, and Sale households which normally have their kerbside bin collected on Thursday.
WEEK THREE - Starting Monday 16 October - Alberton, Langsborough, Manns Beach, McLoughlins Beach, Port Albert, Robertsons Beach, Tarraville, Won Wron, Woodside, Woodside Beach, Wurruk, Yarram and Devon North, and Sale households which normally have their kerbside bin collected on Wednesday.
WEEK FOUR - Starting Monday 23 October - Boisdale, Briagolong, Coongulla, Glenmaggie, Hollands Landing, Munro, Newry, Stratford and Tinamba, and Sale households which normally have their kerbside bin collected on Tuesday.
WEEK FIVE - Starting Monday 30 October - Flamingo Beach, Glomar Beach, Golden Beach, Honeysuckles, Loch Sport, Longford, Paradise Beach and Seaspray, and Sale households which normally have their kerbside bin collected on Monday.
The hard waste collection period will end on Friday 3 November.
The following items will be collected:
The following items will not be collected:
When placing you Hard Waste out for collection, please ensure:
The limit for hard waste materials is 1.5m³ per household. As a guide, a standard 6x4 trailer holds approx 1m³.
Our contractors will reject items which exceed the 1.5m³ limit.
Unacceptable items will not be collected.
The items will be taped and a notice will be left which explains to the householder or property owner why the items have been rejected.
The notice will request that rejected items are removed from your nature strip within a 48 hour period. Items not removed from nature strips within the designated period may incur penalties.