December 3, 2021
Gunnedah Shire Council is offering free waste collection and disposal to help residents clear flood damaged residential and household goods from their properties.
Items eligible for collection include old furniture, whitegoods and general sorted domestic waste.
Ineligible items include chemicals, liquid waste, commercial waste, mixed building waste, asbestos containing materials and medical waste.
A bulky waste collection will be conducted next week between Monday and Friday for flood impacted Gunnedah streets. Residents should ensure waste is left kerbside before Monday.
Bulky waste will be collected from flood impacted parts of the following streets between Monday December 6 and Friday December 10:
- Maitland St
- Bloomfield St
- Warrabungle St
- Tempest St
- Abbott St
- Conadilly St
- Little Conadilly St
- Little Bloomfield St
- Conadilly St
- Chandos St
- Marquis St
- Elgin St
- Henry St
- Osric St
- Old Tamworth Rd
- Finch St
- Weaver St
- Talibah St
- Lochrey Rd
- Wenworth St
- Rosemary St
Disposal fees will also be waived for those in rural areas and others wishing to take flood waste directly to the Gunnedah Waste Management Facility until December 18. Residents will be required to complete a declaration form before depositing their waste.
Anyone who has already deposited flood related waste at the Waste Management Facility will be eligible for a refund. Please take your receipt to Council’s Elgin Street Administration Building or phone (02) 67402100 to arrange this.
A copy of the declaration form is available here. Please note residents will need to provide a declaration form in order for someone to deliver material on their behalf.
