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Waste services - supply charges

Service Charges for waste Management.

Council provides a waste collection and management service to the community. Waste management charges are designed to recover costs from people who benefit from the availability, or the use of the waste management services.

Waste Management Services Charge (s.501)

All occupied, rateable assessments in the Bega Valley Shire pay a Waste Management Charge, to cover the cost of waste management services including operation and maintenance of transfer stations and landfills, delivery of waste minimisation programs, and rehabilitation of legacy landfill sites.

A different charge will be applied depending on whether the assessment is zoned business, rural, residential or mixed development. For the purposes of this revenue policy, charges labelled as ‘commercial’ are applied to ‘business’ rated property assessments.

Waste management charges also apply to occupied non-rateable properties, regardless of whether a waste collection service is provided. The value of the charge will vary depending on the use of the property (commercial, residential, or rural). For the purposes of this charge, halls, schools, and churches are all considered business.

Domestic Waste Management Service Charges (s.496)

These charges help recover the cost to Council for provision of domestic waste collection services for residential, rural, and multi-unit dwellings, as well as the associated costs of waste disposal, processing, and recycling of domestic waste.

Each eligible property is provided a specific domestic waste collection service depending on its location and property type. Collections will only be conducted from Council supplied mobile garbage bins, and only on the specified day. One domestic waste collection service charge is applied per assessment. A standard residential collection service, for instance, would consist of the following:

  • fortnightly collection, removal, and disposal of residual waste in a 140L mobile garbage bin (MGB)
  • fortnightly collection, removal, and processing of commingled household recyclables in a 240L MGB
  • weekly collection, removal and processing of household food and garden organics in a 240L MGB

A standard domestic waste collection service for an eligible rural property would ordinarily consist of the following:

  • weekly collection, removal, and disposal of residual waste in a 140L mobile garbage bin (MGB)
  • fortnightly collection, removal, and processing of commingled household recyclables in a 240L MGB

If additional bins are required (e.g., for large families), these can be requested at any time, and once provided will be charged to the property at the respective annual charge.

Where a domestic waste collection service is available but not used by a customer, that customer will still be charged for a standard domestic waste collection service applicable for that type of property.

A domestic waste collection service charge will be applied to each occupied residential unit which includes dwellings and each separate occupancy in any flat, townhouse, duplex, secondary dwelling, dual occupancy, or similar type multi-unit residential development, including non-rateable residential premises.

Domestic Waste Management Services Availability Charge (s.496)

This charge will apply to vacant rateable assessments where the domestic waste collection service is available, but no service is provided. Note: if a property is occupied and the domestic waste collection service is available, the domestic waste management charge will instead be applied.

Commercial Waste Management Services Charges (s. 501)

Costs incurred by Council for provision of commercial waste collection services are also recovered under the Waste Management Charge. Each serviced business-rated assessment is charged for a specific waste collection service. A standard commercial waste collection service would generally consist of the following:

  • weekly collection, removal, and disposal of residual waste in a 240L mobile garbage bin (MGB)
  • weekly collection, removal, and processing of commingled recyclables in a 240L MGB

If additional bins are required, these can be requested at any time, and once provided will be charged to the property at the respective annual charge.

Mixed Use Development Waste Service Charges

Where a property includes both a commercial and residential component, the following charges shall be made:

  • A commercial waste management charge
  • A commercial waste collection service charge, and
  • A separate mandatory residential waste collection service charge for each residential dwelling at the same site.

Examples of such premises include a shop with a dwelling at the rear or upstairs, a premise incorporating shop top housing, or a caretaker’s unit in an industrial area.

The estimated yields for 2024-25 are as follows:

Category Amount
Domestic waste management $10,547,745
Commercial waste management $1,043,168

 

Function

Waste Mangement

Charge Description Value Information
s. 501 Residential Waste Management 331 Mandatory charge per residential-rated (non-rural) assessment (excl vacant land).
s.501 Rural Waste Management 156 Mandatory charge per rural-rated assessment (excl vacant land).
s.501 Commercial Waste Management 355 Mandatory charge per commercial - rated assessment (excl vacant land).
s.496 Waste Service Availability Charge 99 Mandatory charge per assessment for land where waste collection service is available, but no service is provided.
s.501 Waste Contamination charge 225 Charge applied in accordance with contamination procedure.

 

Landfill - Weekly

Charge Description Value Information
s. 496 Residential Landfill 80L 145 Subject to assessment of need.
s. 496 Residential Landfill 140L 206 Subject to assessment of need.
s. 496 Residential Landfill 240L 278 Subject to assessment of need.
s. 496 Rural Landfill 80L 215 Mandatory minimum for rural.
s. 496 Rural Landfill 140L 277 Standard service offering.
s. 496 Rural Landfill 140L (Bin Bank) 277 Mandatory minimum for bin bank customers.
s. 496 Rural Landfill 240L 352  
s. 501 Commercial Landfill 80L 155 Mandatory minimum for commercial.
s. 501 Commercial Landfill 140L 206  
s. 501 Commercial Landfill 240L 278 Standard service offering.
s. 501 Commercial Landfill 660L 739  

 

Landfill - Fortnightly

Charge Description Value information
s. 496 Residential Landfill 80L 81 Mandatory minimum for residential.
s. 496 Residential Landfill 140L 112 Standard service offering.
s. 496 Residential Landfill 240L 149  
s. 501 NC Landfill 80L Fortnightly -  
s. 501 NC Landfill 140L Fortnightly -  
s. 501 NC Landfill 240L Fortnightly -  

 

Recycling - Weekly

Charge Description Value Information
s. 501 Commercial Recycling 80L 59 Mandatory minimum for commercial.
s. 501 Commercial Recycling 140L 88  
s. 501 Commercial Recycling 240L 128 Standard service offering.
s. 501 Commercial Recycling 360L 161  
s. 501 Commercial Recycling 660L 739  

 

Recycling - Fortnightly

Charge Description Value Information
s. 496 Residential Recycling 80L 56 Mandatory minimum for residential.
s. 496 Residential Recycling 140L 60  
s. 496 Residential Recycling 240L 63 Standard service offering.
s. 496 Residential Recycling 360L 88  
s. 496 Rural Recycling 80L 103 Mandatory minimum for rural.
s. 496 Rural Recycling 140L 115  
s. 496 Rural Recycling 240L 125 Standard service offering.
s. 496 Rural Recycling 240L (Bin Bank) 125 Mandatory minimum for bin bank customers.
s. 496 Rural Recycling 360L 149  
s. 501 NC Recycling 80L Fortnightly -  
s. 501 NC Recycling 140L Fortnightly -  
s. 501 NC Recycling 240L Fortnightly -  
s. 501 NC Recycling 360L Fortnightly -  

 

Food organics and Garden organics - FOGO

Charge Description Value Informaton
s. 496 Residential FOGO 80L 108 Mandatory minimum for residential.
s. 496 Residential FOGO 140L 111  
s. 496 Residential FOGO 240L 117 Standard service offering.
s. 496 Rural FOGO 80L 126 Optional. Only supplied where truck already passes collection point.
s. 496 Rural FOGO 140L 131 Optional. Only supplied where truck already passes collection point.
s. 496 Rural FOGO 240L 138 Optional. Only supplied where truck already passes collection point.
s. 501 Commercial FOGO 80L 106  
s. 501 Commercial FOGO 140L 111  
s. 501 Commercial FOGO 240L 117 Standard service offering.
s. 501 Commercial FOGO 140L second weekly service 111 Optional. Only supplied where truck already passes collection point.
s. 501 Commercial FOGO 240L second weekly service 117 Optional. Only supplied where truck already passes collection point.
s. 501 NC FOGO 80L Weekly -  
s. 501 NC FOGO 140L Weekly -  
s. 501 NC FOGO 240L Weekly -  

 

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