The Three-Bin System What goes in the Bin? - Hastings Council

Council’s Waste Management Facilities
Cairncross Waste Management Facility
8395 Pacific Highway, Telegraph Point
Ph: 02 6585 0738
Open: Monday to Friday 7am – 5pm
Saturday and Public Holidays 8am – 4pm
Closed: Sunday, Good Friday and Christmas Day.
Port Macquarie Waste Management Facility
Kingfisher Road (off Oxley Highway)
Ph: 02 6581 4817
Open: Every day 8am – 4pm
Closed: Christmas Day.
Wauchope Transfer Station
31 Commerce St (off King Creek Road)
Ph: 02 65853542
Open: Every day 8am – 4pm
Closed: Christmas Day and Good Friday.
Dunbogan Waste Depot
Off the Boulevard, Dunbogan
Ph: 02 6569 5741
Open: Every day 8am – 4pm
Closed: Christmas Day and Good Friday.
IMPORTANT Contacts
For more information:
Port Macquarie-Hastings Council
Ph: 02 6584 8111 www.pmhc.nsw.gov.au
Other Issues: Call 1300 787 223, if ...
• your bin is damaged or stolen
• your bin has not been serviced
• you would like to change your bin size
or order an additional bin
Midwaste: www.midwaste.org.au
What goes in the Bin?
The guide below tells you what materials can
and can’t be placed in each of the three bins.
Household Waste
✓✓ Plastic bags and general waste
✓✓ Meat scraps and seafood
✓✓
Any plastics ( except containers with codes 1 – 6)
Not Acceptable:
✗✗ Gas bottles and Fire extinguishers
✗✗ Hazardous materials such as acids, chemicals
or medical waste
✗✗ Soil, rubbles, concrete or fill
Recycling
✓ ✓
✓✓
✓✓
✓✓
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Glass bottles and jars (no lids)
Milk and juice cartons
Newspapers, magazines, books & cardboard
Aluminium/Steel cans, spray cans & empty paint tins
Plastic containers with codes 1 – 6 (Please remove
caps & lids, rinse and do not squash bottles)
Not Acceptable:
✗✗ Ceramics or pyrex glass
✗✗ Scrap metal, leads, wire or appliances
✗✗ Any glass except bottles and jars
Vegetation
✓✓
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✓✓
Prunings, twigs and small branches
Small timber off cuts
Grass clippings, leaves, flowers and weeds
Food, fruit and vegetable scraps (Can be wrapped
in newspaper or Council-supplied cornstarch bags)
Not Acceptable:
✗✗ Meat scraps or bones
✗✗ Treated & painted timber, chipboard, Fibro or MDF
✗✗ Hazardous materials
The Three-Bin System
Avoiding contamination,
reducing landfill and embracing
the waste challenge

Waste Management tips and Simple Rules
Hastings residents are required to separate waste
into three different streams.
Contamination causes health and landfill problems
and costs our community. There are a number
of simple rules, which will ensure the successful
collection of your bin;
• Only place acceptable materials in each of the
three bins
• Bins must not weigh more than 55kg
• Bins must have the lids completely closed
when they are out for collection
• Bins must be at the kerbside by 6am on the
morning of scheduled collection day
• Bins must be placed on the kerbside facing
the road and be spaced 80cm apart
• Avoid placing bins near trees or parked cars
• Goods such as books, clothing, furniture
appliances and building materials should be
separated and taken for reuse to opportunity
shops, secondhand dealers and building
material recyclers
Other Waste Services
Kerbside ‘Junk’ Collection: All residents with a
domestic waste collection service are entitled to
one general waste ‘junk collection’ each calendar
year. This collection is for household junk, furniture,
bedding, small white goods or any single item
capable of being easily lifted by two people. To book
go to www.pmhc.nsw,gov.au/domesticwaste or call
1300 787 223. This does not include; builders
waste, bulk motor vehicle parts, greenwaste,
household garbage, tyres, industrial or farm waste
Rural Waste Pickup: This service is provided
on the last Saturday of the month between
8.30am – 10.30am at Byabarra Hall and
11am – 1pm at Ellenborough Reserve.
Hazardous materials: Materials, such as used
batteries, oil, chemicals and fluorescent bulbs
should not be placed in domestic bins because
they are dangerous to residents, waste collectors
and landfill staff. Residents can drop off hazardous
materials for FREE at Council’s Kingfisher Road
waste facility.
Household Kitchen Tidy: Council provides a free
kitchen tidy with compostable cornstarch bags
that can be placed into the green organics bin
to be composted. Call 1300 787 223 to order
kitchen tidy and a year’s supply of bags or go to
www.pmhc.nsw.gov.au/domesticwaste
Recycling Jackpot: A Council created incentive
scheme to reward residents that ‘do the right
thing’ when they recycle. Each yellow bin is in the
running with an address randomly selected and its
yellow bin contents checked when it is collected.
If the yellow bin has no contamination then the
resident wins $100. If contaminants are found the
prize will jackpot to the next week.
Midwaste: A forum made up of eight member
Council’s located on the mid north coast of NSW.
The focus is on regional cooperation in waste
management and waste minimisation.
For fact sheets and more information about
services see www.midwaste.org