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Bin collection days change for six suburbs

DUE to population growth across some areas of the ACT, bin collection days will be changing for six suburbs, says NOWaste acting director Petra Crowe. 

“Commencing Monday, October 2, Ainslie, Hackett, Gungahlin, Lyons, Yarralumla and Richardson will see changes to their general waste and recycling collection schedule,” Crowe says. 

The new fortnightly Recycling schedule will be as follows:

Suburb

New Fortnightly Recycling collection starts

Ainslie Friday, October 13, 2017
Hackett Friday, October 13, 2017
Lyons Monday, October 9, 2017
Richardson Tuesday, October 3, 2017
Gungahlin Friday, October 13, 2017
Yarralumla Monday, October 2, 2017

The new weekly General Waste schedule will be as follows:

Suburb

New Weekly General Waste collection starts

Gungahlin Friday, October 6, 2017
Yarralumla Monday, October 2, 2017

 

To help residents adjust to the new schedule the ACT government contractor, SUEZ, will be ready to collect any bins that have been missed in these suburbs during October. Call 6260 1547 or email [email protected]

Collection calendars can also be downloaded from act.gov.au

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