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Managing Waste at Your Special Event

How to manage waste at your special event

Special Events on Council Parks & Reserves 

If you are organising an event to be held on one of Council's parks or reserves you must first receive Council approval for the event.

What you will need to do:

• Complete an Application to book a public park or reserve.
• Contact Council on 4980 0399
• or download the application form 

The application will ask you if you will require extra bins. To work out how many bins you will require use the following formula:

Assume your event will generate 1 litre of waste per person, per meal.

For example:

If you are expecting 2000 people to your event which will run over 2 meal times from lunch to evening, the formula to calculate the number of bins is as follows:

2000 x 2 meal times = 4000 litres of waste generated

Divide 4000 by 240 (a standard wheelie bin is 240 litres) = 16.6

You will require 17 bins

How to order bins for an event:

To order bins for a special event contact Council's Waste Administration officer on (02) 4980 0180. Bins must be organised five days in advance of an event.

Council provides 240 litre garbage and recycling bins only.

Cost:

Garbage bins =    $22.00 per bin

Recycling Bins =  $22.00 per bin

All prices include:

• GST
• Delivery and removal of receptacles
• Disposal of waste

If you are interested in using recycling bins at your event and would like some help contact Council's Waste Minimisation officer on 4980 0134.

Contact details
Waste Administration Officer
02 4980 0180 (ph)
02 4987 3612 (fax)
council@portstephens.nsw.gov.au

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