Waste Management

Waste management is an area of core business for Councils. It encompasses all activities and services that revolve around collecting, disposing and reducing waste. In dealing with waste management, council uses the most effective technologies and methods available while also striving to protect environmental and public health.

All Tasmanian Councils run some form of garbage collection and recycling services and operate waste transfer stations and/or landfill sites. There is a waste transfer station at Bridgewater which is operated by Council.

If you require a new or replacement mobile garbage bin or recycle crate please contact Council's Works Depot on (03) 6268 7030 or download "Request for issue of waste container" and fax to Council on (03) 6268 7031 or email admin@brighton.tas.gov.au

Council offer a delivery service for mobile garbage bins and recycle crates each Wednesday.  You are not required to be home to receive on these bins/crates.  If you require your bins/crates earlier than Council can deliver, you may call into our Works Depot to collect in person.

Please note that Council will not deliver these bins/crates or allow them to be picked up without having received a signed "Request for issue of waste container" form as mentioned above.

Council is also a member of the Southern Waste Strategy Authority. This authority, involving twelve southern Tasmanian councils, works to implement a Waste Management Strategy for Southern Tasmania. It runs a number of programs and educational activities focused on:
- reduction of waste
- re-use
- recycling/reprocessing to recover resources
- responsible waste disposal

Details of the Authority's Business Plan and Programs are available for viewing - Southern Waste Strategy Authority

Mobile Garbage Bin Collection Dates

Click here to view the dates for Mobile Garbage Bin Collection Dates for 2009-10

A weekly kerbside recycling collection service is provided to households in regular garbage collection areas.

Collection runs begin at 6.00am and finish at 6.00pm. Collection days are each Tuesday for residents in Old Beach and Fridays in all other regular garbage collection areas. Residents are asked to put crates out before 6.00am.

Items that can be collected are:

• Cardboard
• Newspapers
• Milk cartons
• Glass bottles
• Aluminium
• Steel cans
• PET and HDPE plastic bottles

Recyclable products are only collected if placed in the Council marked recycling crate. Newspaper, cardboard and magazines must be tied and flattened in separate bundles and placed on top of the crate (like a lid) or beside the crate.

Items that cannot be collected are:

• Car batteries
• Engine oil
• Soiled paper
• Soiled cardboard items (eg pizza boxes)
• Plain paper and envelopes

If recycling is not collected because it does not comply with requirements, a sticker detailing reasons will be attached to your crate. Please dispose of these items in your wheelie bin. However, car batteries, engine oil and paints can be recycled if taken to the Waste Transfer Station.

For more information on collection days, missed collections or replacing a recycle crate phone (03) 6268 7030.

Hours of operation:

Friday, Saturday, Sunday & Monday - 8:30am to 4:30pm
Christmas Day & Good Friday - CLOSED

Site Location:

Cove Hill Road
Bridgewater

Disposal Charges 2009/10 as of 1st July, 2009 as follows:

Waste Oil Collection Facility

Brighton Council operate a bunded oil recycling facility to be located at the waste transfer station. The purpose of the bunded oil recycling facility is:-

• To increase the volume of recycled oil collected at the waste transfer station
• To increase the service provision to the general community of the type and nature of services to the waste management facility in general; and
• To add protection to the pristine environment including the Derwent River.

This facility at the waste transfer station was funded by the Product Stewardship for Oil Programme an Australian Government Incentive.

Brighton Council is pleased to provide a FREE Green & Hard Waste collection service to help residents dispose of unwanted items and green waste.  This service is free for residents who currently receive kerb side collection of rubbish.

As of 2010, collections will be done on the 1^st Tuesday of every 2^nd month (February, April, June, August, October, December).

The following dates are for the Collections of 2009:

November 3rd

How to get your Green/Hard Waste collected:

• Waste must be placed on the nature strip the night before collection is due
• Items must be able to be lifted by two men
• All hard waste items must not exceed 2 metres in length
• All items such as tree branches & cuttings must be tied in 20kg or less bundles and a maximum of 1.5m in length and 20cm in diameter
• Loose materials must be bagged
• Tyres will be collected (a maximum of two (2) to be placed out for collection)
• Items such as rubble, soil, rocks and concrete will not be collected
• HARD WASTE & GREEN WASTE ARE TO BE KEPT SEPARATE
• Total volume of items must not exceed 2m³.

Please do not endanger Council Staff by leaving broken glass, asbestos & chemicals out for collection (these items will also not be collected).

Bookings are not required.
If you have waste to be collected please place the waste outside on your nature strip the night before the Collection is due. For more information, please contact the Works Depot on (03) 6268 7030.

Remember, this service is only available to residents who currently receive kerb side collection.