Newsletter for Offshore Residents of Pittwater, Australia

CLEAR OUT – MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27
PLEASE READ COLLECTION GUIDELINES ATTACHED BEFORE PUTTING YOUR MATERIAL OUT!

The total quantity per household should not to exceed 3 cubic metres (3m x 1m x 1m)


UNACCEPTABLE ITEMS

•         Asbestos, batteries and household chemicals
•         Building materials – wall linings, gyprock, studs, timber beams, tiles, concrete
• ·        Car, motor and boat parts, rubber tyres – rims are accepted
•         Food, full gas bottles (open valve), glass including windows, panes, mirrors, panels, shower screens, picture frames, liquid paints, oils, fuel, soil, earth, fill, bricks
•         Recyclable materials – paper and cardboard, soiled wrappings, vegetation, plants

Unacceptable Items will not be collected

 
IMPORTANT NOTE:  NO ASBESTOS TO BE PLACED OUT FOR COLLECTION

•         Asbestos is extremely hazardous to everyone’s health.   This includes what is known as “fibro” which is an asbestos based product.
•         URM is legally bound and reserves the right to close down the collection should any asbestos be found thrown out for the Clear Out

ACCEPTABLE ITEMS

•         Appliances such as stoves and fridges – remove doors; frames with glass removed – break glass into newspaper, wrap securely and put in household garbage
•         Paint tins and fuel containers – with the lid off and no liquid
•         Manageable quantities of: delivery pallets, wooden stairs, decking, gates, fencing, guttering, down piping, iron sheets and water tanks – cut down to 1.2 metre lengths and able to be lifted by one person; nails must not stick out – please hammer down; hot water systems – emptied
•         Metals to be kept separate, where possible, to be taken to Kimbriki Recycling & Waste Facility for re-processing and re-use

Place metals in a separate pile to other general clean up materials

Clear Out! Offshore Cleanup.pdf