Free drop-off for flood waste extended until 18 April

Tweed Shire Council

Rain and storms wreaked renewed havoc across the Tweed this week, especially for those still cleaning up after the February flood.

To assist residents further, Council has extended the period for flood waste to be dropped at the Stotts Creek Recovery Centre (the Tip) for free, until close of business on Easter Monday 18 April.

Deputy Mayor Reece Byrnes said this extension would give residents still mopping up after the devastating February flood some extra time to continue the process.

“Our kerbside clean-up crews will continue to collect flood waste around affected streets across the Tweed, however we want to offer the community the option to take their flood-affected items to the tip for free if they choose to,” Cr Byrnes said.

“It’s still unclear how the latest weather event will impact residents and this will be assessed as soon as possible. If there is the need for any additional flood clean-up, we will certainly support the community with this.

“It’s a very trying time for our residents. We want the community to rest assured we are here to help in any way we can.”

Due to floodwater blocking access roads, the Tip was forced to temporarily shut this week. As soon as it is safe to do so, the site will reopen.

This week’s extreme weather event also forced our flood clean-up to be put on hold, with crews recommencing their rounds today. This is expected to be completed by mid-April, weather permitting.

More than 13,000 tonnes of flood waste has already been accepted at the Tip since the February deluge.

Bin services are operating around the Tweed as normal, subject to access. Council is asking residents to continue to place bins on the kerb on their normal bin collection days, and leave them on the kerb until serviced. There may be delays in accessing properties in flood-affected areas and these bins will be collected as soon as it is safe to do so.

The date to register for the second pass of flood-affected kerbside waste has also been extended due to the rain event. If you are in a flood-affected area and we haven’t been to your suburb yet, or if you need a second collection, register with Council by calling 02 6670 2400 before Wednesday 6 April.

Council is urging the community not to place any new flood waste on the kerb after this time.

Only materials that were flood-affected will be accepted for free at the tip and collected as part of the kerbside clean-up. For example, gyprock that has been flood-affected is accepted. However, other building materials such as cement fibre sheeting, bricks, and builder’s rubble will not be accepted as flood waste.

Asbestos can only be accepted from Tweed Shire addresses and it must be treated appropriately. Visit tweed.nsw.gov.au/asbestos for more info on transport and disposal.

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