Fire Action Week is a whole-of-Victoria effort to encourage people to prepare for the bushfire season – a state-wide working bee to minimise fire risk.

Indigo’s Waste Management Officer  Mark Greene said the Council was providing the additional green waste services to help residents clean up around their homes before the coming bushfire season.

“Residents can bring their trailer loads of green waste, such as garden clippings, leaf litter and tree prunings to the Beechworth and Rutherglen Transfer Stations, and the former Chiltern and Yackandandah Transfer Stations on Saturday and Sunday, October 10 and 11, and Saturday and Sunday, October 17 and 18,” Mr Greene said.

Dates and times for green waste collections are:

Saturday 10 October

Yackandandah – former transfer station, Steel Road – 8am-12 noon.

Chiltern – former transfer station, Chiltern/Rutherglen Road – 8am – 12 noon.

Rutherglen – transfer station, Cornishtown Road – 1pm – 5pm

Beechworth – transfer station, Diffey Road – 1pm – 5pm.

Sunday 11 October

Yackandandah,  1pm – 5pm.

Chiltern,  8am – 12 noon.

Rutherglen,  1pm – 5pm.

Beechworth, 1pm – 5pm.

Saturday 17 October

Yackandandah,  8am – 12 noon.

Chiltern,  8am – 12 noon.

Rutherglen,  1pm – 5pm.

Beechworth, 1pm – 5pm.

Sunday 18 October

Yackandandah, 8am – 12 noon.

Chiltern, 1pm – 5pm.

Rutherglen, 1pm – 5pm.

Beechworth, 1pm – 5pm.

Indigo Shire has been working with the CFA and the Department of Sustainability and Environment to help residents prepare for the coming bushfire season and the extra green waste disposal services are part of that initiative.

Inquiries:

Mark Greene

02-6028 1100