A kerbside green waste collection service is available to all residents on a user pays basis. This service is available from SITA Environmental Solutions  -phone 03 5339 1970 or

5334 2621.

Greenwaste is collected from 240lt bins which customers must provide to dispose of unwanted weeds, lawn clippings, garden prunings and other approved organic matter.

Cost is $34.20 which covers you for six (6) consecutive collections and $68.4 for twelve (12) consecutive collections on a fortnightly basis at $5.70 per collection.

Your green waste collection will occur on the alternate week to your recycling collection day.

• sweep leaves from gutters and footpaths into small piles and place them on the nature strip or kerbside. Contact Customer Service by phone 03 5320 5500 or email ballcity@ballarat.vic.gov.au who will arrange for a crew to collect the leaves
• compost and mulch the leaves from your property - if you don't have composting facilities, store leaves in large plastic bags with handfuls of blood and bone meal, and dampen with water for future use
• if you have a lot of Plane Tree leaves, go over them with a mower with a catcher attached to create some mulch as these leaves do not compost well
• leaves can be taken to Council's Gillies Street Transfer Station.

Don't:

• please don't put leaves in the garbage bin
• please don't burn leaves, you could risk a fine of up to $500.00.

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