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March
02,
2011 |
Notices
for
Offshore Residents
of Pittwater, Australia
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Resurfacing works at CARGO WHARF
Church Point
8am Monday 7
March to 5pm Thursday 10 March (inclusive)
Pittwater Council intends to do some resurfacing works to the Cargo
Wharf parking spaces at Church Point.
Please see attached flyer indicating the area concerned. The
works will involve new profile to level the area.
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to load flyer
Could
residents who park in these spaces please NOT to park in this area
between 8am Monday 7 March to 5pm Thursday 10 March (inclusive)
Clean Up OZ Day !!
Clean Up
Australia Day is here again – Sunday, March 6, 2011
SIRA has
registered Scotland Island to participate once again!
This
event encourages and inspires thousands of Australians to take to their
local park, beach, bushland and streets and really help make a
difference to their local environment
If you would like to
help out, either by grabbing a bag and filling it, or helping to
supervise activities, please email cassgye@spin.net.au and put your
name on the list.
Come down to your nearest Wharf to collect a
bag between the hours of 9am and 12.00pm. Bring gloves,
sunscreen, hat, sensible clothes and footwear – and don’t forget to
bring some water too! Toby and his crew will be out on the
Laurel
Mae to collect material.
Here is a link to the Clean Up Australia website:
About the event - Clean Up Australia Day
Business Clean Up Day –Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Schools Clean Up Day – Friday,
March 4, 2011
3222 Clean Up Sites registered so far!!!
Elvina Bay Clean
Up
Lesley
Woods usually organises the bags to come to Elvina,
for
'clean up Australia Day'. He is caught up this week and unable
to
get a chance to organise it.
Can someone
from South Elvina please covered for empty bags
Thanks Lesley Woods
REMINDER: General Clear out -
Monday, March 7
General, Metals and E-Waste
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 – please remove from roadside
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
RECYCLE
ELECTRONIC WASTE
Electronic waste is defined as:
* Televisions, Computers, Printers,
Scanners, DVD and VCR players, Modems, Gaming Machines
Place E waste
in a separate pile to other general clean up materials
Download Flyer Here
Council
is recycling electronic wastes wherever possible and in this regard
Council is intending to undertake the collection of electronic wastes
in the same manner that occurred during the last offshore general clean
up.
Electronic waste is defined as TVs, computers, printers, scanners, DVD
and VCR players, modems and gaming machines.
The
waste contractor, United Resource Management (URM), have been requested
to carry out the following procedures for the collection and recycling
of electronic wastes from Scotland Island and the Western Foreshores:
- Collect any electronic wastes that are
presented at the roadside or at offshore public/private wharves.
- Store the collected electronic waste items in a
separate area at Cargo Wharf, Scotland Island, during the general clean
up week.
- The electronic wastes will be transported to
Rowlands Reserve boat ramp, Bayview.
- The
electronic waste items will then be transported to Kimbriki Recycling
and Waste Facility, Kimbriki Road, Terrey Hills, for recycling.
Please contact me if you have any enquiries regarding the collection.
Robina Warburton
Principal Environmental Health Officer
Pittwater Council
Phone: 9970-1141
Fax:
9970-7150
Office: unit 13/5 Vuko Place, Warriewood
NSW 2102
Mail: PO
Box 882 Mona Vale NSW 1660
DX:
9018 Mona Vale
Internet: www.pittwater.nsw.gov.au
Offshore a capella choir
All off shore residents welcome to suss out the newly formed
offshore a capella choir. Come along and suss it out to see if it’s
your kind of thing. Lots of fun. If you like to sing, you’ll fit right
in.
Professional choir master to lead the way. No experience necessary;
no necessity to read music.
Such is the power of singing, it:
- increases the fun and joy in our lives
- has the capacity to lower levels of stress
- boosts the immune system and well being
- is good for respiration and blood circulation
- puts a smile on your face, lifts the spirit
Scotland Island Community Hall on Saturday at 2:30 pm
$15 per session
For further information, contact Gordon Floyd: Tel. 9997 2035; 0419 012
103. Email: floydcbg@ozemail.com.au
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