Your guide to waste services in Moorabool

• Councilwillreplacebroken

lids,wheelsandpinsonthe

garbagebinfreeofcharge

wheredamageiscausedby

thecontractoremptyingthe

bin.Councilwillnottake

responsibilityforbinsthat

areoverfive(5)yearsofage

andbecomebrittle.Industry

onlyguaranteesbinsfora

periodoffive(5)years.

• Garbagebinsthatarenot

serviceablewillberequired

tobereplacedbythe

resident.

• Binsthatarefoundto

beoverfullwillnotbe

collected.

• Binsthataretooheavyfor

themechanicalarmtolift

willnotbecollected.

• Wherebinsareonly

partlyemptieddueto

compaction,theContractor

willnotreturntoemptythe

remainingcontents.

• Itistheresidents’

responsibilitytoensurebins

arekeptingoodcondition

andsanitised.

• Allrecyclingbinsarethe

propertyofCounciland

mustbeleftattheproperty

whenresidentsleave.

CounCil’s Waste ManageMent and Waste ReCoveRy seRviCe PoliCy

Council has an updated Waste and Resource Recovery Policy and Waste Management

and Resource Recovery Strategy. Some of the changes to the Policy are:

• Residentswhoalready

owntheirownbincoming

ontothewastecollection

servicearerequiredto

havethebininspected

priortocommencingthe

servicetoensurethebinis

ingoodcondition.

• Residentswhohavetheir

owngarbagebinare

requiredtopurchaseared

lidthroughCouncilifthey

donotalreadyhaveone.

• Onlypropertiesthathave

aCertificateofOccupancy

issuedareabletocome

ontothewastecollection

service.

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All residents are encouraged to use this booklet as a guide towards increasing recycling levels and being wise about waste management. One of the first steps everyone can take to make a difference is to continually improve their recycling efforts.

Recycling helps to reduce our impact on the environment:

Recyclingconservesournatural

resourcesbyreusingmaterialsthat

havealreadybeenprocessed.

Recyclingreduceswastedisposalcosts.

Recyclingreducesairpollutionand

greenhousegasemissions.

Recyclingsaveswater.

Recycling preservesopenspaces

byreducingtheneedforlandfill.

other ways that you can contribute to the environment:

use reusable shopping bags

Buy unwrapped products

use reusable cloth nappies

use a reusable coffee cup or water bottle

if you see rubbish put it in the bin!

CaRdBoaRdPaPeR CaRtons

3Newspapers

3Magazines

3Wrappingpaper

3Letters&envelopes

3Junkmail

3Ifrecyclingyourhomedeliverednewspaper,don’tforgettotakeplasticoffandplaceitinyourgarbagebin.

3Flattenyourcardboardboxestocreatemorespaceinyourrecyclingbin.

3Noneedtorinseyourcartons,justensureliquidsareremovedandwe’lldotherest.

3Nonwaxed

cardboardboxes

3Cerealboxes

3Tissueboxes

3Eggcartons

3Milkcartons

3Juicecartons

3Stockcartons

nowire binding nowaxed cardboard noliquids

Re

Cy

Cli

ng

All recyclables go into the one bin. Your recycling is transported to a Materials Recovery Facility where it is sorted and processed ready to be used in the manufacture of new products.

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5

glass PlastiCs Metals

3Lidscanbeleftonglassbottlesandjars.

3Leavethelidsandlabelsonyourcontainersastheycanberecycled.

3Noneedtorinseyourcontainers,justensuretheyareempty.

FormoreinformationaboutwhatcanandcannotberecycledpleasevisitSustainabilityVictoria’swebsitewww.sustainability.vic.gov.au

3Glassbottlesandjars 3Allplasticcontainers

andbottlescoded1to7

3Steeland

aluminiumcans

3Aerosolscans

3Foilcontainers

noglass ovenware

nowindow glass

nodrinking glass

no soft plastics such as:

Plasticbags,chippackets,

biscuitwrappers.

nobatteries

SeeDetoxYourHome,page10

All your recycling

efforts go to waste

if you put your

recycling in

plastic bags.

Don’t put recycling in plastic bags!

Only loose items

can be recycled.

HouseHold gaRBage

soft PlastiCs and PolystyRene

BRoken iteMs

Vegetablescrapscangointocompostorwormfarmstohelpcreatenutrientsforyourgarden.

Leadingsupermarketsoffersoftplasticrecyclingservice.

Wrapbrokenglasswareinnewspaper.

nobatteries of any kind –

SeeDetoxYourHome,page10

Put plastic bags in the garbage bin if they cant be recycled at your supermarket

ga

RB

ag

e Most of our garbage is not really garbage at all – a lot of it can be recycled or composted instead.

Contents of your garbage bin goes straight to landfill – what else could you be doing with your ‘garbage’?

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uRBan ColleCtion

Bin PlaCeMent

RuRal ColleCtion

non-ColleCtion aReas

• BacchusMarshandBallan

residentsarerequiredtohavea

120Lor240Lgarbagebin(red

lid)which is collected weekly.

• Councilprovidesa240L

recyclingbin(yellowlid)which

is collected fortnightly on the

same day of the week as the

garbage bin.

• Ruralresidentsarerequiredto

havea240Lgarbagebin(redlid)

which is collected fortnightly.

• Councilprovidesa240L

recyclingbin(yellowlid)which

is collected fortnightly on the

same day of the week as the

garbage bin.

• Residentsinnon-collection

areascanpurchasetipvouchers

fromCounciltouseatBacchus

MarshTransferStation,Ballan

TransferStationand

MtEgertonTransferStation.

See Tip Vouchers, page 10.

Bins to be placed 1 metre apart and clear from trees

or parked cars

Do not overfill bins. They will not be collected.

Place bins to face the road

Bin

info

RM

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ion

1m1m1m ROAD SIDE

Powells Rd

Moorabool West Rd

Lesters Rd

Yendon Lal Lal Rd

Horsehill R

d

Settlem

entl Rd

Egerton Ballark Rd

Egerton Bungeeltap Rd

Blakeville Rd

Gee

long

Bal

lan

Rd

Ballan Egerton Rd

Yendon Egerton Rd

Bal

lan

Mer

edith

Rd

Ballan Daylesford Rd

Mildland Hwy

Orm

ond

Rd

Wes

cotts

Rd

O ld Melbourne Rd

Western Hwy Western Hwy

Main Rd Bacchus March Rd

Gra

nt S

t

B

acch

us M

arc

h – Gisborne R

d

Western Highway

Western Highway

Bacc

hus

Mar

sh-B

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Parwan Rd

Gis

bour

ne R

d

M2

MOUNT HELEN

BROWN HILL

MEREDITH

SCOTSBURN

GORDON

SPARGO CREEK

BALLARAT

BALLAN

BACCHUS MARSH

TRENTHAM

MELTON

BUNINYONG

HOPETOUN PARK

SCOTSBURN

GORDON

SPARGO CREEK

MOUNT EGERTONMOUNT EGERTON

BALLARAT

BALLAN

BACCHUS MARSH

BACCHUS MARSH

PARWAN

MERRIMU

DARLEY

BACCHUS MARSH

TRENTHAM

MELTON

BUNINYONG

HOPETOUN PARK

BARKSTEAD

BLACKWOOD

GREENDALE

ELAINE

BUNGAREE

BUNGAL

MOUNT WALLACE

BALLIANG

LAL LAL

MOUNT DORAN

BARKSTEAD

BLACKWOOD

LONG FORESTLONG FORESTPENTLAND HILLSPENTLAND HILLS

PARWANPARWANROWSLEYROWSLEY

GLENMOREGLENMORE

BARRYS REEFBARRYS REEF

GREENDALE

BUNDINGBUNDINGDALES CREEKDALES CREEK

COIMADAICOIMADAI

ELAINE

BUNGAREE

BUNGAL

BEREMBOKEBEREMBOKE

MORRISONSMORRISONS

MOUNT WALLACE

KORWEINGUBOORAKORWEINGUBOORA

BALLIANG

BALLIANG EASTBALLIANG EAST

MYRNIONGMYRNIONG

LAL LAL

MOUNT DORAN

M M1

F1

T T2

T T1

Th Th1

Th1

W W2

W W1

MERRIMUMERRIMU

DARLEY

F2

F2

F2

M1

M1

M1

M2

M2

M2

M2

M2

M2

M2 M2

M2

M2

M2

M2

M2

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= Recycling collection

= garbage collection

exaMPle:

The fortnightly recycling

and garbage collection day

for this area is Monday Week 1.

RuRal + Ballan

Fortnightly Garbage* & Recycling Collection

M1 Monday Week1

M2 Monday Week2

F1 Friday Week1

F2 Friday Week2

*Ballangarbage

iscollectedevery

Monday.

Powells Rd

Moorabool West Rd

Lesters Rd

Yendon Lal Lal Rd

Horsehill R

d

Settlem

entl Rd

Egerton Ballark Rd

Egerton Bungeeltap Rd

Blakeville Rd

Gee

long

Bal

lan

Rd

Ballan Egerton Rd

Yendon Egerton Rd

Bal

lan

Mer

edith

Rd

Ballan Daylesford Rd

Mildland Hwy

Orm

ond

Rd

Wes

cotts

Rd

O ld Melbourne Rd

Western Hwy Western Hwy

Main Rd Bacchus March Rd

Gra

nt S

t

B

acch

us M

arc

h – Gisborne R

d

Western Highway

Western Highway

Bacc

hus

Mar

sh-B

allia

ng R

d

Parwan Rd

Gis

bour

ne R

d

M2

MOUNT HELEN

BROWN HILL

MEREDITH

SCOTSBURN

GORDON

SPARGO CREEK

BALLARAT

BALLAN

BACCHUS MARSH

TRENTHAM

MELTON

BUNINYONG

HOPETOUN PARK

SCOTSBURN

GORDON

SPARGO CREEK

MOUNT EGERTONMOUNT EGERTON

BALLARAT

BALLAN

BACCHUS MARSH

BACCHUS MARSH

PARWAN

MERRIMU

DARLEY

BACCHUS MARSH

TRENTHAM

MELTON

BUNINYONG

HOPETOUN PARK

BARKSTEAD

BLACKWOOD

GREENDALE

ELAINE

BUNGAREE

BUNGAL

MOUNT WALLACE

BALLIANG

LAL LAL

MOUNT DORAN

BARKSTEAD

BLACKWOOD

LONG FORESTLONG FORESTPENTLAND HILLSPENTLAND HILLS

PARWANPARWANROWSLEYROWSLEY

GLENMOREGLENMORE

BARRYS REEFBARRYS REEF

GREENDALE

BUNDINGBUNDINGDALES CREEKDALES CREEK

COIMADAICOIMADAI

ELAINE

BUNGAREE

BUNGAL

BEREMBOKEBEREMBOKE

MORRISONSMORRISONS

MOUNT WALLACE

KORWEINGUBOORAKORWEINGUBOORA

BALLIANG

BALLIANG EASTBALLIANG EAST

MYRNIONGMYRNIONG

LAL LAL

MOUNT DORAN

M M1

F1

T T2

T T1

Th Th1

Th1

W W2

W W1

MERRIMUMERRIMU

DARLEY

F2

F2

F2

M1

M1

M1

M2

M2

M2

M2

M2

M2

M2 M2

M2

M2

M2

M2

M2

Powells Rd

Moorabool West Rd

Lesters Rd

Yendon Lal Lal Rd

Horsehill R

d

Settlem

entl Rd

Egerton Ballark Rd

Egerton Bungeeltap Rd

Blakeville Rd

Gee

long

Bal

lan

Rd

Ballan Egerton Rd

Yendon Egerton Rd

Bal

lan

Mer

edith

Rd

Ballan Daylesford Rd

Mildland Hwy

Orm

ond

Rd

Wes

cotts

Rd

O ld Melbourne Rd

Western Hwy Western Hwy

Main Rd Bacchus March Rd

Gra

nt S

t

B

acch

us M

arc

h – Gisborne R

d

Western Highway

Western Highway

Bacc

hus

Mar

sh-B

allia

ng R

d

Parwan Rd

Gis

bour

ne R

d

M2

MOUNT HELEN

BROWN HILL

MEREDITH

SCOTSBURN

GORDON

SPARGO CREEK

BALLARAT

BALLAN

BACCHUS MARSH

TRENTHAM

MELTON

BUNINYONG

HOPETOUN PARK

SCOTSBURN

GORDON

SPARGO CREEK

MOUNT EGERTONMOUNT EGERTON

BALLARAT

BALLAN

BACCHUS MARSH

BACCHUS MARSH

PARWAN

MERRIMU

DARLEY

BACCHUS MARSH

TRENTHAM

MELTON

BUNINYONG

HOPETOUN PARK

BARKSTEAD

BLACKWOOD

GREENDALE

ELAINE

BUNGAREE

BUNGAL

MOUNT WALLACE

BALLIANG

LAL LAL

MOUNT DORAN

BARKSTEAD

BLACKWOOD

LONG FORESTLONG FORESTPENTLAND HILLSPENTLAND HILLS

PARWANPARWANROWSLEYROWSLEY

GLENMOREGLENMORE

BARRYS REEFBARRYS REEF

GREENDALE

BUNDINGBUNDINGDALES CREEKDALES CREEK

COIMADAICOIMADAI

ELAINE

BUNGAREE

BUNGAL

BEREMBOKEBEREMBOKE

MORRISONSMORRISONS

MOUNT WALLACE

KORWEINGUBOORAKORWEINGUBOORA

BALLIANG

BALLIANG EASTBALLIANG EAST

MYRNIONGMYRNIONG

LAL LAL

MOUNT DORAN

M M1

F1

T T2

T T1

Th Th1

Th1

W W2

W W1

MERRIMUMERRIMU

DARLEY

F2

F2

F2

M1

M1

M1

M2

M2

M2

M2

M2

M2

M2 M2

M2

M2

M2

M2

M2

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there is no garbage or

recycling collection on

Christmas day, new years day

or good friday.

Residents need to check the

local papers or Council’s

website close to these dates

to see when the alternative

collection day will be held.

Residents in non-serviced areas

can purchase tip vouchers

from Council. Refer to page 10.

Phone 5366 7100 or visit

www.moorabool.vic.gov.au

for further details.= Recycling collection

= garbage collection

exaMPle:

Theweekly garbage collection

day for this area is Wednesday.

The fortnightly recycling day for

this area is Wednesday Week 1.

BaCCHus MaRsH + HoPetoun PaRk

Weekly Garbage** & Fortnightly Recycling Collection

T1 TuesdayWeek1

T2 TuesdayWeek2

W1 WednesdayWeek1

W2 WednesdayWeek2

Th1 ThursdayWeek1

**HopetounParkgarbage

&recyclingiscollected

fortnightlyThursdayWeek1.

Place bins out by 6am on collection day.

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tiP vouCHeRs tRansfeR stationso

tH

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se

Rv

iCe

s

Residentsinnon-garbageserviced

areascanpurchaseasheetof

26vouchersfromCouncil.Thiswill

allowresidentstodisposeoftheir

garbageatreducedratesat

Council’sTransferStations.

Greenwasteischargedat50%

ofthenormaltipfee,however

contaminatedgreenwasteis

chargedatfullcost.

free recycling disposal and safe

disposal of batteries and engine oil

is available at all Council transfer

stations.

DrumMusterisalsoavailable-details

attheentrancegateorbyphoning

Councilon53667100.

Mt egerton transfer station

Ballan-EgertonRoad,MtEgerton

Open:SaturdayandSunday

12to5pm

Ballan transfer station

MontevilleLane,Ballan

Open: Wednesdaythroughto

Monday1to5pm(closedTuesday)

Bacchus Marsh transfer station

OsborneStreet,BacchusMarsh

Open: FridaythroughtoMonday

10amto4pm.

Closed:Tuesday,Wednesday

andThursday.

HouseHold CHeMiCals

3Pharmaceuticals

3Gardeningchemicals

3Oils&enginefluids

3Paints

3Batteries

3Fuels

detox your Homecollectionsare

providedperiodicallyfreeofcharge

bySustainabilityVictoria.Takeyour

chemicalstoyourclosestfreedrop

offevent.Tofindoutwhere,when

andhowtoregister,goto

sustainability.vic.gov.au/detoxmobile

orcall1300363744.

dangerous products must not

go into household bins and

must never be tipped down the drain,

kitchen sink or onto the garden.

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ReCyCling PRogRaMs foR otHeR PRoPeRties

schools, emergency services

and community groups

Councilprovidesschools,emergency

servicesandcommunitygroupswith

arecyclingprogram.

Amaximumoffour(4)recycling

binswillbecollectedfortnightly.

Allschools,emergencyservicesand

communitygroupsmustagreeto

commitforaminimumperiodof

12months.Applicationsshouldbe

madetoCouncil.

Onlyschools,emergencyservices

andcommunitygroupsthatare

withinthecurrentservicedarea

willbeentitledtoacollection.

Recreation Reserves

and Community Halls

Councilprovidesafreewasteservice

toCommitteesofManagementfor

recreationreservesandhallswithin

themunicipalityuptoamaximumof

four(4)x240litrebinsforCategory

2Reserves(weeklyorfortnightly

dependingonthecollection)andup

toamaximumofsix(6)x240litre

binsforCategory1Reserves(weekly

orfortnightlydependingonthe

collection).Applicationsshouldbe

madetoCouncil.

Onlyrecreationreservesandhalls

thatarewithinthecurrentserviced

areawillbeentitledtoacollection.

Currentlyarecyclingservicecannot

beprovidedtotheseproperties.

Co

MP

ost

ing Composting is a great way to

reduce the amount of garbage

going into your bin.

3Fruitandvegetablefoodscraps

3Grassclippings

3Coffeegrounds

3Leaflitter

nomeat food scraps

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MooRaBool sHiRe CounCil

Phone 53667100

Email info@moorabool.vic.gov.au

Website www.moorabool.vic.gov.au

eMeRgenCy nuMBeRs

ambulance 000

Police 000

BacchusMarshPolice 53664500

BallanPolice 53681303

BallaratPolice 53312717

MeltonPolice 97477999

local Hospitals

BacchusMarsh 53672000

Ballan 53681100

Formoreinformationaboutrecyclingandenvironmentallyresponsiblewastemanagement,pleasevisitSustainabilityVictoria’swebsitewww.sustainability.vic.gov.au

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