To minimise smoke nuisance and air pollution concerns, landowners/occupiers are encouraged to explore alternative avenues for fuel reduction (other than burning) where possible, these include:
- use the fortnightly green waste collection.
- use the bundled branch collection in November/ December.
- Hire a fire prevention contractor to help with the cleanup.
- The yearly hard waste collection. The hard waste collection can contain some green waste, however there are some restrictions on what timber/ wood can be collected.
- Mulching smaller material for placement on garden beds or placing small amounts in with compost to aerate the compost mixture.
- Chipping branches for placement on gardens beds.
- Removal of green waste and tree branches to one of Council's Waste Transfer Station sites.