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to household waste and recycling collection services on Monday 2 November 2020 Disruptions to household waste and recycling bin collections from Tuesday 17 November to Friday 20 November 2020 Household waste and recycling kerbside collections in a number of Canberra suburbs will be disrupted between Tuesday 17 November and Friday 20 November 2020. This is due to protected industrial action by drivers employed by collection contractor Suez. If you have a Tuesday waste and/or recycling collection * Parts of Tuggeranong and Woden which usually have a Tuesday collection will have their bins collected two days later than usual on Thursday 19 November 2020. Residents are advised to leave their bin/s on the kerb for collection. Your recycling bin will only be collected if this week is a recycling week in your suburb. If you have a Wednesday or Thursday waste and/or recycling collection * Parts of Belconnen and Gungahlin that have a Wednesday collection are advised that their bins will not be collected on Wednesday 18 November 2020 and missed collections will not be caught up. You can take your waste to the temporary drop-off sites and your recycling to a Recycling Drop Off Centre. * Parts of Belconnen and the inner north that have a Thursday collection are advised that their bins will not be collected on Thursday 19 November 2020 and missed collections will not be caught up. You can take your waste to the temporary drop-off sites and your recycling to a Recycling Drop Off Centre. If you have a Friday waste and/or recycling collection * Parts of the Inner North and Inner South which usually have a Friday collection may experience some missed collections on Friday 20 November 2020. Please put your bin/s on the kerb for collection. A temporary drop-off site will be available in the area for those that experience a missed collection. The impacted suburbs of Tuesday’s delayed collections are listed below. * Banks – waste * Bonython – waste * Calwell – waste * Conder – waste * Chisholm - waste and recycling * Fadden – waste and recycling * Garran – waste and recycling * Gilmore – waste and recycling * Gordon – waste * Gowrie – waste and recycling * Isaacs – waste and recycling * Isabella Plains – waste * Macarthur – waste and recycling * Monash – waste and recycling * O’Malley – waste and recycling * Phillip – waste and recycling * Richardson – waste * Tharwa – waste * Theodore – waste * Wanniassa – waste and recycling The impacted suburbs of Wednesday’s missed collections are: * Amaroo – waste * Bonner – waste * Casey – waste and recycling * Charnwood – waste and recycling * Crace – waste * Dunlop (north of Ginninderra Drive) – waste and recycling * Evatt (north of Clancy Street) – waste and recycling * Flynn – waste and recycling * Forde – waste * Fraser – waste and recycling * Hall – waste and recycling * Jacka – waste * Melba – waste and recycling * Moncrieff – waste * Ngunnawal – waste * Nicholls – waste and recycling * Palmerston – waste * Spence – waste and recycling * Taylor – waste. The impacted suburbs of Thursday’s missed collections are: * Aranda – waste and recycling * Belconnen – waste and recycling * Bruce – waste and recycling * Cook – waste * Dunlop (south of Ginninderra Drive) – waste * Evatt (south of Clancy Street) – waste and recycling * Florey – waste and recycling * Giralang – waste and recycling * Hawker – waste * Higgins – waste * Holt – waste * Kaleen – waste and recycling * Latham – waste * Lawson – waste and recycling * Lyneham (north of Ginninderra Drive) – waste and recycling * Macgregor – waste * Macquarie – waste * McKellar – waste and recycling * Page – waste and recycling * Scullin – waste * Strathnairn – waste * Weetangera – waste. Green waste bin services, bulky waste collections and the wheeled bin assistance service are not affected and will continue as normal. The following temporary rubbish only drop-off sites will be available from Monday 16 November 2020 until Sunday 29 November 2020 for suburbs affected in Belconnen and Gungahlin that normally have their bins collected on Wednesdays or Thursdays. Up to three large plastic bags of household waste (from the general rubbish bin) can be disposed of for free at: * Flynn – George Simpson Park, off Sanderson Close (9 am to 6 pm) * West Belconnen – West Belconnen Resource Management Centre, off Parkwood Road (9 am to 6 pm) * Nicholls – next to Hu Guo Bao En Temple, near the intersection of Kelleway Avenue and Anne Clark Avenue (9 am to 6 pm) * McKellar – McKellar Oval, off Bennetts Close (9 am to 6 pm) * Giralang – Giralang AFL Oval, Tucana Street (9 am to 6 pm) * Mitchell – Mitchell Resource Management Centre, Flemington Road (7.30 am to 5 pm). A temporary rubbish only drop-off site will be available from Saturday 21 November to Thursday 26 November 2020 for any missed collections in the Inner North and Inner South on Friday 20 November 2020. This site will be on Phillip Avenue in Ainslie at the start of the nature reserve, near the old Ainslie Transfer Station. Temporary drop-off sites in the Tuggeranong area will also remain open until Sunday 22 November 2020. View maps of the temporary rubbish only drop-off sites. South map (PDF 711KB) North map (PDF 711KB) Map of south drop off facilities Map of north drop off facilities Proof of ACT residency such as a driver’s licence will need to be shown in order to access the free drop-off service. Recyclable materials can continue to be dropped off for free at the ACT Government Recycling Drop-Off Centres, open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Eligible containers can be taken to ACT Container Deposit Scheme drop‑off locations to receive a 10 cent refund per container. 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