Waste management
Kempsey Shire Council offers a comprehensive range of waste management and education services, including fortnightly recycling and green waste collection, operation of the Waste Management Centre and transfer stations, community information sessions, school visits and an annual Waste into Art Competition for local schools.
The three bin kerbside recycling service is provided to the most accessible densely populated parts of the Shire but all residences are entitled to have a new HandyBin for diverting all food-waste out of landfill (Red-lid bins). Council also provides specialist-recycling collection points for many potentially hazardous wastes our community does not want going into landfill (Red-lid bins). These include mobile phones, batteries, e-waste (TVs, PCs), tyres, mattresses and household chemicals.
Kempsey Shire is committed to the reduction of waste to landfill and in 2008/2009 achieved 10,967 tonnes of waste being diverted to recycling out of a total 27,500 tonnes of material received at the Waste Management Centre. Strategies to assist the process of minimising waste and protecting the environment will continue to be developed, implemented and improved to enable the downward trend of volume of waste to landfill to be maintained.
