Waste Management
Council is committed to achieving best practice in waste management across the Barkly region.
Consultants IOLAR delivered a waste management and resource recovery strategy to Council in November 2016 as part of Council's commitment to provide waste management and solutions for the region.
The waste management and resource recovery strategy was developed to ensure that the objectives and targets of the federal and Territory Government legislation and policies will drive and influence waste management in the community of Tennant creek and its landfill.
Special Purpose Grants are also being sourced to develop master plans for the strategic improvement of landfills in communities. This is to ensure that communities and their drinking water are safe from leachate, while at the same time making sure the landfills are not too distant from the communities which can lead to illegal dumping.
Robust analysis of landfill and waste resulted in Council for the first time hiring contractors to shred the very growing pile of rubber tyres (4455 in total) at its Tennant Creek landfill, eliminating the potential for mosquito breeding. Reusing the shredded rubber as soft-fall for playgrounds or for commercial purposes is now being investigated.
Car crushing (386 in total) stirred mutual interest in the neighbouring regional councils of central desert and MacDonnell and so through the Central Australian Waste Management Working group (CAWMWG) plans are underway to seek special capital funding to procure a metal baler to equitable service the three regions. A draft business plan has been proposed that sees the new equipment paid off in its first year of service at the current price of steel. This is a milestone for a joint partnership between the three regional councils.
Bin Collection Schedule (Tennant Creek)
Please see below for your street's collection schedule.
| Streets | |
|---|---|
| MON | Main Street, Pink Palace, Mulga Camp, Tingkarli Camp, Hobby Farms, Dump Camp, Abrose Street, Mary Ann Lake |
| TUE | Main Street, Haddock St, Kittle St, Staunton St, Schellite Cres, Bornite St, Limonite St, Turner St, Ford Cres, Back Lanes, High School, Peko Road, Child Care Centre, Primary School, Shamrock St, Ambrose St |
| WED | Main Street, Paterson St, Weaber Rd, Whippett St, Jubilee St, Meyes St, Wolseley St, Skipper St, Eldorado Cres, Caroline St, Shamrock St, Blackmore Rd, Casey St, Boag Crt, Chittock Cres, Cubagee Ct, Zingerbine Ct, Battery Hill, BSC Office, Peko Road, Back Lanes, Schools, Griggs St, Martin Ct, Cathleen St |
| THU | Main Street, Noble St, Schmidt St, Scott St, Leichardt St, Wilson St, Thompson St, Grey Ct, Stanley St, Hollis St, Randeo Ct, Udall Rd, Brown St, Maloney St, Windley St |
| FRI | Main Street, Paterson St, Sporties Club, Peko Road Park, All hotels |
| SAT | Main Street and Back Lanes |
| SUN | Main Street |
Remote Community Collection Days
For remote community collection days, please contact your respective council office.
To download a printable copy of our collection schedule, please click
button below.
The Council recommends that you place your 240L bin with
RED LID, on the kerbside for collection the night before your scheduled collection day, as some areas will be collected as early as 6am on the scheduled day of collection.
In the event that your:
- RED LID Bin has not been collected, please contact our office during business hours on 08 8962 0000 and provide us with your address so we can investigate. If the error is on Council's part, we will collect on the next business day, provided your bin is on the curbside. We are NOT authorised to enter properties for the purpose of waste collection.
- BIN NOT ON KERBSIDE = NO COLLECTION
- Scheduled bin day falls on a public holiday, the council will endeavour to collect your bin the following day. Please leave your Red Lid bin on the curbside for collection.
Once emptied, please remove from the curbsides as soon as possible.
PLEASE NOTE:
All other bins will NOT be emptied. Please see our
FAQ's on the Red Lid Bins for more information.
