Mosman Municipal Council

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• What to do with unwanted household items?
  Batteries, printer cartridges, fridges, light globes and even the kitchen sink can all be recycled for free! View Council’s A to Z of waste disposal for full list of easy recycling options, or call Council’s Waste Information Line on 9978 4076.

Council currently offers the following household clean up collection services:

Service	Collection Frequency	Bin Type & Size
Clean up	Bi-annual collection dates	not applicable
Clean up	Pre-paid	not applicable

Customer requests and additional services

Report a missed service

Please call Council’s Waste Line on 9978 4076.

Request an additional clean up collection service (pre-paid)

If you have excess material and can’t wait for your free bi-annual clean up collection service, you can arrange for an additional collection by booking a prepaid service. Payments for prepaid services may be made by contacting Council’s Waste Line or by visiting Council’s Civic Centre.

Cost: $43 for up to 3m³ of material with 2 working days’ notice. Where the volume exceeds 3m³ an additional charge of $15.00 per m³ shall apply.

What material is collected?

Please place metals and whitegoods in a separate pile to non-metal clean up material.

Metal and non-metal clean up materials are collected from the kerbside in separate vehicles to maximise the opportunity for recycling and reprocessing the metal material.

Accepted		Not accepted
metal/whitegoods	non-metal
Whitegoods (e.g. fridges, stoves, washing machines) Bicycle frames and other metals Doors must be removed from refrigerators and freezers.	Furniture and small appliances Carpet and linoleum (up to 1.5m long)	E-waste (e.g. computers, televisions) see below Vegetation Excavated materials such as dirt Commercial builders waste Car parts and tyres Putrescible matter such as food scraps Liquid wastes such as paint, oils and chemicals Bricks, concrete and guttering Ceramics and tiles Hazardous waste (e.g. asbestos)

Did you know that all items collected during the household clean ups end up as landfill?

Sending waste to landfill causes environmental pollution, but you can prevent this from happening by sorting your unwanted household items for recycling or reuse:

• Place metal items such as bike frames, whitegoods, and clotheslines in a separate pile to be recycled
• Clothes can be donated to charities by placing them in the charity bins located in Mosman
• Mattresses can be recycled through Dreamsafe (1300 551 245)
• Refrigerators can be recycled through the Fridge Buy Back Program (1800 708 401)

For more options, check the A to Z of waste disposal.

Electronic (e-waste) recycling

E-waste contains invaluable resources that are lost if sent to landfill. 98% of these resources are recyclable. E-waste also contains toxic chemicals such as lead and mercury which are a risk to human and environmental health when disposed of in landfill. That’s why the Shore Regional Organisation of Councils (SHOROC) has now placed a ban on e-waste to landfill. Bans apply to TVs, computers, printers, scanners, DVD/VCR players, modems and gaming machines. E-waste items will no longer be collected in general household clean ups or pre-paid services from 1 January 2010.

• Check the e-waste page for e-waste recycling collection dates