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Green waste annual collection service for Muswellbrook Shire

Garden waste throughout the towns of Muswellbrook, Denman and Sandy Hollow will be collected from residential kerbsides.

Your waste will be converted to mulch, saving landfill space and ensuring this valuable resource is recycled.

Garden Organics pickup date scheduled for
15th to 19th October 2012

Getting your garden waste ready for collection

Place your garden waste neatly towards the edge of the kerb, ensuring the footpath is unobstructed. Secure your bundles to avoid windblown littering. Do not place your waste in plastic bags.

Your green waste bundle must not exceed a standard (6x4) level box trailer load.

Acceptable Clean prunings Leaves Lawn clippings untreated timber Garden prunings and tree limbs no longer than 1.8 metres and 250mm diameter. Lawn clippings and loose vegetation which must be in sturdy cardboard boxes. All green waste must be tied securely with rope or string into bundles and must be of manageable size for one person to lift (max 30kg approx.)

NOT Acceptable Items in plastic bags (including woven poly bags) Loose items Tree stumps larger than 250mm diameter Timber with bolts, brackets, etc Bundles secured with wire Any other items other than Green Waste Treated timber

Council and the Contractor have the right to reject any material that they consider unacceptable.

Call 6549 3840 for more information.

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