Residential Property 4ha+ Waste Services Exemption Application

Before you start

  • It is not an option to opt-out of only one bin or one of the Council waste services.
  • This is an application to be exempt from all Council waste services. 
  • In Victoria, it is illegal to dump or bury any kind of waste at a location that isn’t licensed to accept it. This includes private land.
  • Burning or incinerating household waste is banned.
  • It is not appropriate to use public street and park litter bins for household wastes.

Our waste services maximise the material we can recycle or compost and minimise the amount that goes to landfill. 

The waste services comply with the Victorian legislation (Circular Economy (Waste Reduction and Recycling) Act 2021) and our Community Waste and Resource Recovery Plan. 

If you meet the criteria, you may be eligible for an exemption to these services under our Resource Recovery and Waste Services Policy 2023.

Our residential waste services include:

Kerbside Bin Services 

FOGO (food and garden organics)

FOGO includes all food scraps and garden organics which can be composted and turned into new products.

This includes:

  • dairy
  • meat
  • bones
  • citrus
  • mouldy food
  • lawn and plant clippings
  • weeds, leaves, twigs and small branches.

Recycling

The following items can be recycled and turned into new products:

  • paper and cardboard
  • hard rigid plastics
  • metals  
  • glass.

Rubbish 

All rubbish goes to landfill.

This includes:

  • nappies
  • sanitary products
  • soft plastics
  • window glass
  • Pyrex
  • animal faeces and more.

We continue to look for alternatives to landfill.

Read the full list of what can go in each Council bin.

Hard Waste & Bundled Branches Services

Find out what can go out for hard waste and bundled branch collection.

  • Your property must be 4-hectares or larger and rated residential
  • You must have another appropriate way to dispose of waste. This method must:
  • not cause a nuisance
  • comply with Victorian Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations
  • comply with the resource recovery intentions of the Recycling Victoria A New Economy Policy 2020
  • meet Council's approval (including Local Laws, Planning Permit requirements and Environmental Health considerations).

 

 

An exemption is not guaranteed, please wait for Council approval. 

We will review your application and let you know the outcome within 2 weeks.

If successful, we will update waste service records for the property and we will collect the bins.

Apply now

Apply for a waste services exemption

Visit or call us

You can also visit one of our Community Links or call us on 1300 368 333.

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