More bins will remain on the kerb this week as garbage truck drivers strike for a second time over a pay dispute.
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Household waste and recycling will be impacted on Monday and Tuesday across another 20 southern suburbs.
Suburbs which normally have their waste collected on a Monday will have their bins collected on Tuesday, November 10, instead.
Residents are encouraged to leave their bins on the kerb until collected.
Recycling collection missed last week due to the ongoing strike will be picked up next week.
Suburbs which have their waste and recycling collected on Tuesday will not have their rubbish taken this week and these collections will not be caught up.
The suburbs affected are:
- Banks - waste and recycling
- Bonython - waste and recycling
- Calwell - waste and recycling
- Conder - waste and recycling
- Chisholm - waste
- Fadden - waste
- Garran - waste
- Gilmore - waste
- Gordon - waste and recycling
- Gowrie - waste
- Isaacs - waste
- Isabella Plains - waste and recycling
- Macarthur - waste
- Monash - waste
- O'Malley - waste
- Phillip - waste
- Richardson - waste and recycling
- Tharwa - waste and recycling
- Theodore - waste and recycling
- Wanniassa - waste
Green waste bin services, bulky waste collections and the wheeled bin assistance service and collections are unaffected by the industrial action and will continue as normal.
Residents of the affected suburbs can drop-off up to three large garbage bags for free at sites open until Sunday, November 15, between 9am and 6pm.
- Woden - Easty Street, Between Smith Family Carpark and Callam Offices
- Gordon - McGilvray Close, near Point Hut Pond District Park
- Calwell - Calwell Neighbourhood Oval off Outtrim Avenue
- Waramanga - Walpiri Place, off Namatjira Drive
- Kambah - 66 Springbett Street, near the tennis courts
- Gowrie - 7 Finlay Place, near the Scout Hall
- Weston - Weston Neighbourhood Oval, off Hilder Street.
Rubbish can also be disposed of for free at the Resource Management Centre until Sunday, open between 7.30am and 5pm.
- Symonston - Mugga Lane Resource Management Centre, Mugga Lane
- Mitchell - Mitchell Resource Management Centre, Flemington Road.
The sites are staffed during their open hours. Proof of ACT residency such as a driver's licence will need to be shown in order to access the free drop-off service.
Reycling can be taken to 24-hour recycling drop-off centres.
- Jolly Street, Belconnen
- O'Brien Place, Gungahlin
- Baillieu Circuit, Mitchell
- Botany Street, Phillip
- Scollay Street, Tuggeranong
