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Public skip bins for flooding debris removed

Underwater: Rubbish bins underwater at Victoria Park Lake during the flooding in October. Greater Shepparton City Council has since helped remove rubbish across the region with skip bins. Photo by Anna McGuinness

Greater Shepparton City Council has informed residents of Murchison East, Bunbartha and Undera that public-placed skip bins have been phased out and all skip bins have been collected.

Council resource recovery centres in Shepparton, Ardmona and Murchison are open and accepting flood-affected household waste for free.

“I would like to thank residents with their clean-up efforts, we are now moving to the next phase of flood recovery,” council’s infrastructure director Gary Randhawa said.

“Residents who still have flood-damaged household items to dispose of can do so free of charge, when showing proof of ID, until March 2.

“Council asks for residents needing to dispose of flood waste to fill out a flood-affect waste form online prior to disposing of waste.”

To access the flood-affected waste form, visit https://shepp.city/register-flood-waste to lodge intent to dispose of flood-affected waste.

Resource Recovery Centre trading hours can be accessed at https://greatershepparton.com.au/animals-environment-and-waste/waste-and-recycling/resource-recovery-centres

More information can be found at https://greatershepparton.com.au/flood-recover or by emailing council@shepparton.vic.gov.au or by calling the council’s customer service centre on 5832 9700.

Illegal dumping can result in on-the-spot fines of over $300 or legal action. If you witness illegal dumping please report it to council or the EPA.

More information on dumping can be found at https://greatershepparton.com.au/animals-environment-and-waste/waste-and-recycling/illegal-dumping-and-littering