By KATRINA BRANDON
THE time has come.
Latrobe City Council’s free hard waste collection is right around the corner, where locals in declared garbage collection areas, which have a kerbside collection, are able to put their collected items on the nature strip for collection.
With the first lot of hard waste collected in the first week of November, areas from Boolarra, Yinnar, Churchill, Traralgon South, Jeeralang and Hazelwood North are first on the list.
According to the council website, the elected start date may take several weeks to be collected.
Throughout the month, each town will have its turn.
Hard Waste items must be placed on the nature strip outside the front of your property for collection at the nominated time for your town.
Residents are still able to use the Hard and Green waste coupons issued with the 2024/2025 rates notice at any Latrobe City Council Transfer Station in Moe, Morwell Traralgon and Yinnar South.
Each coupon allows the free disposal of up to one cubic metre of general hard waste or up to one cubic metre of green waste.
All green waste must still be taken to PineGro Green Waste Recycling Facilities in Morwell, Moe and Traralgon.
The list is long for what can go on the pile, but there are also items that are not acceptable for collection.
Things such as liquid waste, anything that can’t be lifted by two people, anything longer than 1.5 metres, tyres, mirrors, windscreens, windows/glass, wheelie bin waste, silage wrap, netting, ash, whole car bodies, fuels, batteries, hazardous or flammable materials, asbestos, plystyrene or foam are not accepted.
For more information, go to https://www.latrobe.vic.gov.au/Home/Waste/New_Annual_Hard_Waste_Collection
