10 August 2021: Waste & Recycling Service Update

Residents and businesses are asked to follow the NSW Health Restrictions at all times. Please stay at home unless you have an essential reason to leave home.

https://www.nsw.gov.au/covid-19/rules/affected-regions

To comply with the restrictions, the Lismore Recycling & Recovery Facility and Nimbin Transfer Station are both now closed to the public. Council is also implementing measures to ensure all residents and businesses have access to contactless waste disposal services.

Residents and businesses who already have a kerbside waste collection service are requested to make use of this service, and to not travel to or attend Council’s waste facilities to dispose of waste.

Residents and businesses who do not have a kerbside waste collection service will have access to a contactless waste drop off service at the Lismore Recycling & Recovery Facility. This will be a cashless transaction-based service and is expected to be available from 11 August 2021. Information on access to the facility will be updated by Council daily.

An electronic booking system is being re-introduced to ensure social distancing requirements can be maintained once the facility is reopened to essential public access, and consider the possibility of the lock down being extended.

The NSW Health Restrictions will apply at all times. Customers unable to comply with these restrictions will not be permitted access to site. This is a necessary measure to ensure safety of council staff and all members of our community.

Some of the usual sorting arrangements within the Lismore Recycling and Resource Recovery Facility have been temporarily suspended and customers without kerbside collection will need to unload their own vehicles.

Residents and businesses without existing waste collections services may also wish to consider an interim collections service by engaging a waste collections business locally.

The Nimbin Transfer Station will remain closed until further notice.

We will keep you updated via Facebook and Council’s websites.