| What is the Service?
The commercial service includes the weekly collection of 240 litre mobile garbage bins and 60 litre recycling crates.
Collection Arrangements
Your bin and crate will be emptied by different vehicles on the same day once a week and must be placed on your kerbside prior to 6.00am on your usual collection day.
Positioning Bins & Crates
Your mobile garbage bin should be placed:
- on a flat surface, close to the kerb, at your normal collection point.
- with the bin parallel with the road and wheels closest to your house.
- clear of trees and overhead obstructions.
Your recycling crate should be in a similar location to your bin but at least one metre to the side of it.
What to Recycle
| Glass |
All glass bottles and jars. Rinse and place in crate. No crockery (cups, saucers or plates) please.
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| Aluminium & Steel |
Cans e.g. soft drink, pet food, baked beans, tins, alfoil & aerosol cans. Please rinse.
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| Plastics |
Soft drink bottles, milk containers, all plastic bottles marked 1, 2 or R. Please remove caps and rinse.
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| Paper/Cardboard |
Newspapers, magazines, cardboard boxes, telephone books, junk mail , old letters and egg cartons. |
Items NOT to go in your bin or crate
- Hot Ashes
- Heavy Objects e.g. car parts
- Building materials & rubble
- Paint or flammable liquids
- Tree stumps or rocks
- Corrosive materials
- Sand or garden soil.
Please Note: Hot ashes will damage the bin and can cause fires in the vehicle, risking the safety of the driver and causing damage to the vehicle.
Service Days
For the Lithgow City area, please view this colour coded map
For other areas:
Monday - Clarence and Dargan
Tuesday - Rydal, Portland, Cullen Bullen, Capertee and Marrangaroo
Thursday - Wallerawang and Lidsdale
Friday - Hartley and South Bownefels
Who to contact
If you have any problems or require additional information please contact
Lithgow City Council on 6354 9927
or
JR Richards & Sons Lithgow Office 6351 2065
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