Yarra Ranges residents are being encouraged to make the most of their annual hard waste and Bundled Branch collection, by disposing of old appliances, bulky items and branches.
Between January and March, every household will have a collection of hard waste, metals and whitegoods and bundled branches.
Hard rubbish collection dates vary from property to property.
Yarra Ranges mayor Jim Child encouraged community members to check their collection week and what can be put out for collection.
“Hard waste is the perfect opportunity to get rid of items that can be more difficult to dispose of,” Cr Child said.
“You can get rid of appliances and e-waste, metals, bundled branches and bulky items, all in the spot where your wheelie bins are usually collected.
“Collections in the Yarra Valley will start in late-January, while the Dandenong Ranges will have collections closer to March. You should always check yarraranges.vic.gov.au/hardwaste for your collection week so you don’t miss out.”
Items for hard rubbish collection must be placed on the nature strip by the Sunday evening prior to the start of your collection week.
Materials must not be placed out more than one week prior to your collection week.
Late materials will not be collected.
Before considering items for hard waste, consider offering usable items to charity or advertise them online.
Items we will collect at your allocated hard rubbish collection time include:
– Unwanted furniture that cannot be donated or reused by others
– Metals
– Whitegoods
– Electronic waste – eg. computers, televisions, monitors, all other battery and power-operated items and items with an electrical cord
– Mattresses
– Help to minimise waste in our community – please don’t put useful items out in your hard rubbish collection!
Donate your useful items to charities, sell or giving away items via websites like Facebook Marketplace or Gumtree, or give to a friend.
This will help to reduce the natural resources used to make new items and protect the environment.
‘Hard Waste’ means household waste items not suitable for collection in the regular kerbside bin garbage and recyclables collections.
These items are often large, bulky or otherwise difficult to dispose of in regular bin collections.
To ensure your items are collected your waste must be separated into distinct piles: hard waste, metals, e-waste, bundled branches and mattresses.
Each pile must be no more than three cubic metres.
Hard waste
To ensure your items are collected, your hard waste must be:
Up to 10 pieces of timber (not fencing)
Glass, shower screens and mirrors must be wrapped and clearly marked as glass
TV’s, computers and electronic equipment
Metals, whitegoods and equipment (fridge doors removed)
To ensure your metals are collected, your metals must be:
Maximum length of 1.5 metres for each individual item
Maximum weight of 50kg for each individual item
Branches
To ensure your branches are collected, your branches must be:
Up to 20 bundles of branches
Each bundle is no larger than 1.5 metres long and 200 millimetres wide
Tree limbs (75mm – 200mm diameter). Straight clean logs with side branches removed. Maximum 1.5m long.
Branches (up to 75mm diameter) tied with non-plastic string. Maximum 1.5m long.
Cr Child said that hard waste collections should be the last resort for getting rid of items.
“Though our contractor sorts through collected items for recyclables, like metals, items that are in good, working condition could be donated, given away or sold on a community noticeboard,” he said.
“Your unwanted appliance might make someone’s day if they got it for free, or could help support one of our many local charities or op-shops.”
Additional information
Community members can place up to three cubic metres of hard waste out for collection.
Household waste, paint, building renovation materials, untied branches and chemicals cannot be placed out for collection.
Over your collection week, different materials will be collected by trucks, to ensure they can be sorted.
If your hard waste hasn’t been collected by the end of your collection week, call us on 1300 368 333 before the end of the following week.
For a detailed list of what can – and can’t – be put out for the hard waste and bundled branch collection, visit yarraranges.vic.gov.au/HardWaste
