Attachments of Ordinary Meeting

Ordinary Meeting – Tuesday 04 October 2016

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Total responses to Q4a: 345

Total responses to Q4b: 242

Total responses to Q5: 340

Further suggestions/comments for Question 4:

These waste facilities are running at a significant and increasing annual loss. Please number in order of preference (1 through to 10) which of the following options you consider appropriate to improve the efficiency of the facility, with one (1) being your most preferred option and ten (10) being the least preferred option. Please number all boxes. Do you have any further suggested options?

1	1 weekend per month
2	1) Have a 'general waste' council clean-up / domestic collection every 3 months. 2) Provide domestic properties with large green waste bins for collection weekly
3	1) Necessary to open - school holidays when most people are there and clean-up 2) Also one day week and certainly not to go to Nowra, Huskisson or Ulladulla
4	2 day decrease is a 50% decrease. Friday for commercial and local users, and Saturday allows residents to utilise the tip. We prefer afternoons as it allows morning to work and clean up and afternoon to tip.
5	8,9,&10 are all equally the worst options
6	A local facility is mandatory. If the operation must be reduced use the options above please
7	A regular green waste pickup from kerbside in Bawley Point area
8	Absentee owners are not always there for regular kerbside pickup - bins are left out etc. These people should be able to use the waste depot as an alternate to the kerbside service at no cost to them.
9	Absentee owners given access to the local street garbage bins particularly when departing for home
10	AS a ratepayer who uses the facilities of garbage collection in peak periods only, I am entitled to have a facility to dispose of rubbish excess to garbage collection. My house is not rented and only used by family
11	As absentee owners we do periodic clean-ups- usually on weekends - and need access to a reasonably close facility to dispose of garden waste or building material on a weekend.
12	As population increases so will the amount of waste increase. There needs to be more thought put into allowing growing for growth through the Shoalhaven, not less services
13	Ask community for a more detailed survey of what’s needed
14	Bawley/Kioloa get comparatively less value for rates than Nowra & Ulladulla - to stop collection of green waste would not go down well
15	Be aware that closing the facility would result in more expense for council as people would dump waste in ???? reserves/ bushland and thus require more labour and equipment to service at present.
16	Be careful of dumpers
17	bring back buyback at the tip
18	Bury heads in the sand
19	Business model for green waste seems wrong. Why not drop off for free and sell the mulch? You get your raw materials free of charge and make the profit on the final product. Individually they may not be 'cost-effective' but council is providing a service for all residents. The notion of cross-subsidising is not a problem when looked at the whole operation.
20	Buy back already closed which is a huge waste, lots of people in the area used the facility.
21	By closing Kioloa transfer station will encourage people dropping waste in reserve thus causing more costs to clean it up.
22	Charge for collecting mulch, free drop off of garden waste.
23	Closing or severely restricting the service would likely lead to a big increase in illegal dumping in the local environment which would be a big negative for our locality.
24	Closing the facility is not realistic - Kioloa is simply too far from centralised facilities to be practical. People will go back to dumping in the bush and on the beach
25	Closing the facility will increase illegally dumped rubbish into reserves, as is already the case. Cost to council for these clean-ups would increase
26	Closing the Kioloa facility will lead to illegal dumping in the area. Therefore council will need to employ more rangers to police dumpers
27	Closing the tip will lead to illegal dumping. What are our rates for? The current services to the Bawley area are poor.
28	Considering the number of absentee owners (all paying full rates) & the significant increase of visitors to our local area (4 caravan parks in area) all ??? to a major increase of waste material. How could we not have a local facility? Cost verses tourism?
29	Considering the rates paid by owners in our immediate area based on land value compared to rates paid in the centres where the main waste facilities are located and the lack of services and facilities provided by SCC to our immediate area, the subject proposal is disgraceful.
30	council should become more efficient not take facilities away try limiting jaunts etc. Bawley point Kioloa population has increased over years centre should open 5 days every week, maybe reduce hours, if centre closes or is unavailable the bush areas will become dumping grounds council should work smarter, not cut facilities or just put up charges
31	Council’s role is to service residents. Return the tip how it use to be i.e. no attendant and gates open 24/7 with distribution bins.
32	Delete tip vouchers Place a charge on mulch Provide household with green waste bin
33	Do not change
34	don't charge rate payers for green waste drop off instead charge to get mulch receipts to customers for drop offs
35	Don’t close the tip!!!
36	Encourage to recycle own waste, such as garden waste, kitchen waste in home compost systems
37	Give Bawley Point a fair go. Bawley has been on the end of the line with the Shoalhaven Shire with regard to services before.
38	Give each household a green waste bin pick up fortnightly and a bi-annual house clean up. This will allow the closure of Kioloa.
39	Green household waste bins and 6 monthly household clean-up campaign of large waste items e.g. washing machines, old furniture, mattresses etc.
40	Green waste collection bin service every other week. This could also include food waste as they do in Coffs Harbour to reduce waste in red bin (General waste) collection
41	Green waste for mulching - should not be a charge. This would bring Shoalhaven council in line with most other councils in NSW/Aust.
42	Green waste removal otherwise green waste is going to increase into general waste bins thus creating another problem
43	Half day per week may 2 day in holiday periods
44	Have a green bin collection once a month.
45	Have another look at your 'independent, external review'. I don't believe a transfer station such as Kioloa can be over $400,000 in deficit annually. Is it possible to see the criteria and findings of that review? Regards Alan
46	Have gates permanently open for recycling and increase cost for general waste and sell green waste composite and lessen cost for green drop off.
47	Have large bins for general waste & recycling - This would suit people who own holiday houses etc.
48	Having the tip open more during our busy season Christmas till Easter and closing to maybe only one day a fortnight or week during the off peak!!
49	Here is Kioloa we are 30-45min away from Ulladulla. 'Too far'
50	I am happy with the current situation, but can accept a reduced operating programme. closing will create waste dumping
51	I can see finding an acceptable balance between reducing costs of operation and maintaining a viable community service but I don't understand the operating at a loss bit. It’s a service not a profit making business like a factory or retailer etc.
52	I think that expecting stupid thinking. Let’s close the railways. My preferred option is to reduce the wages of the bureaucrats rather than kit citizens
53	I would not like to see anyone lose their job, but maybe use volunteers to man the site 2 days and pay workers 2 days, rather than close the facility
54	Ideally 1-2 days p/week with one day being a weekend. Say Friday and Saturday
55	If a green waste bin was provided reduce TIP hours
56	If closed, gate entrance will be a stockpile for dumped rubbish or it will be dumped somewhere else locally.
57	If facility is closed I envisages a serious increase in illegal waste disposal. Road side bins are often overflowing.
58	If Kioloa closes we will need pick-ups from home
59	If my ticks above were considered it may help reduce operating costs enabling Kioloa tip to remain open, avoiding the illegal dumping of rubbish in other areas, around Bawley and Kioloa
60	If no operation some people may dump rubbish
61	If our exorbitant illegal rates were not wasted on junkets and councillor vehicles, perhaps there would be extra funds to actually fix the goat track into Kioloa. Do the jobs our illegal rates pay for
62	If the Kioloa facility is closed or made beyond the financial reach of residents the local area will become an unsightly rubbish tip. Citizens should be encouraged to responsibly dispose of rubbish by the provision of an accessible waste disposal facility
63	If the tip closes the rubbish etc. will be dumped in the Murramarang national park
64	If there is no waste facility, people will start either dumping illegally &/or burning off.
65	If this is closed, I predict you will see even more rubbish dumped in the national park off Forest Rd.
66	If you close the tip, dumping in the state forest will increase.
67	Impractical to take green waste all the way to Ulladulla. Please maintain a green waste option.
68	improve the productivity, culture and attitude of employees - more money could be made from reclaimed/recycled items if it was done better use internet, have sales days etc.
69	In our opinion it is not an option to close waste transfer facilities
70	In our opinion it is not an option to close waste transfer facilities
71	Include a garden/green waste bin in the fortnightly collection
72	Increase gate fees over summer holiday period this won't penalize local ratepayers as much. Kioloa is an important facility for this part if the coast as transporting green waste and recyclables on busy highway to Ulladulla is highly dangerous
73	Increase kerbside recycling
74	increase rates
75	Increase rates to cover costs - removing the service or making it too difficult to access (e.g. up front cost) will result in cost transfer in terms of illegal dumping and spread of rubbish along roads during private transfer to more remote facilities
76	Increase services in holiday periods.
77	Increased days during holidays. Consistent receipts fees
78	It works okay now.
79	Keep annual vouchers & just reduce hours or days - ensuring that at least one day on the weekend remains open
80	Keep something open or rubbish will be dumped in the reserve and forest
81	Key to gate be controlled by local man shed at entrance to depot at Kioloa. Same procedures as at Ariah Park NSW
82	Leave as is, no change
83	Leave it the same
84	Maintain the voucher system, our rates at work.
85	Make green waste tipping free and pay for mulch as in Sydney
86	Make the ratepayer suffer decline of services
87	Many in our community are weekend residents, we at least need Saturday operational
88	May I comment that as a member of Kioloa bush care we already spending time and effort collecting dumped waste. Some people dump their waste in the bush, then take an empty trailer to collect free mulch. Charge for the mulch
89	Maybe council could start a proper green waste collection service like other councils in Australia
90	Means unregulated dumping, including my box number 7. The current service is brilliant, it means residents do not stock rubbish in their yards or leave on the footpath when otherwise they might. It allows people to dispose of rubbish themselves other than rely on council clean up days
91	Must be convenient living in a large town
92	My preference is to have Kioloa facility open for 2 mornings, 2 days per week with all parts of operation open and possible increased fees. If green waste is stopped, it is likely that people will start burning it to get rid of it, therefore less mulch, more pollution and increase bushfire risk.
93	No
94	No, but it's great that you are asking for input.
95	None - We have increased numbers of locals here every year and we like our tip service to remain as is.
96	None - Why should we as rate payers travel 60km+ to and from Ulladulla to use a tip when the Kioloa tips works effectively on limited hours and days
97	One weekend every 2 weeks
98	Operate all day Friday for commercial waste, then operate Sat & Sun 1pm - 5pm for domestic waste. Most people do gardening on the weekend and go to the tip middle to afternoon time of day.
99	Our concern is if council decides to close the waste facility some members in our community may dump their waste in the bush. e.g. Ulladulla to far etc.
100	our rates pay enough already for employees keep it open longer hrs each day
101	Owner’s rate payments should at least partly subsidise operating costs at Kioloa. It is a community service, not a luxury
102	People won’t drive to Ulladulla to dump. Our bush will become the tip.
103	Please can we receive more than 2 free vouchers yearly? I am 81 years old, love gardening and have to visit tip many times at a cost of $5.40 each time for car full of garden refuse
104	Please ensure public landfill and recycling bins for the general public in town for routine small volume collection
105	Please keep open - maybe charge more fees
106	Provide a bin for green waste
107	Provide green waste bins to residents for fortnightly collection
108	Provide Large bins to all Premises
109	Really would like to keep this (Green waste)
110	Recycling be open for the general public 7 days a week should the facility be closed - least desirable outcome.
111	Recycling bins are inside secure gate put so accessible to people. Centre only open till one - some days a week, surely that can remain
112	Re-directing to Ulladulla will result in significant dumping of waste around the village.
113	Reduce days open but maintain socially responsible services i.e. -recycling, disposal of toxic materials, return facility to responsibly dispose of fluorescent tubes
114	Reduce significantly the excessive grass mowing beside footpaths and foreshore reserves and divert the monies then saved to the continuance of the smaller waste facilities
115	Remember that there are 4 Caravan Parks in this area not service by council.
116	Residents cannot carry green or general waste to other waste transfer’s facilities. We expect this service as part of our rates. Please charge more rather than mess with it
117	Reverse green waste payment system. Should be free to drop off green waste and pay to take mulch. Current system results in waste being dumped in local bush
118	Running efficient recycling shop (Charity Op shops make lots of money from free clothes and goods)
119	Sack 2 fat cats. Will pay for this community asset.
120	Scheduled bulky waste collection or on call bulky waste.
121	Sell mulch made from the green waste.
122	Stop sending 4 council workers to put a bucket of 'hot mix' in a pothole. Maybe the council will save money instead of trying to cut back our services
123	Supply residents with green waste bin - to be collected like garbage bins
124	Supply skip and public recycling
125	Surely one of the functions of council is to provide garbage collection and waste disposal facilities. If you close our facility, I'm sure that there will be an increase in illegal dumping
126	Take no action. Tip to stay open
127	taking no action is not an option that will improve the facility, there are very few council services in Bawley and Kioloa already e.g. local community built the footpaths , This contrasts with other areas e.g. Huskisson Vincentia rates are high never the less It would be unreasonable to further reduce our services.
128	The best is comprehensive, but the point to keep in mind is that we pay our rates and should not be disadvantage relative to other communities
129	The population is increasing both permanent and holiday weekenders, retirees etc. and council wants to 'cut back'. Why? Would the people of Nowra put up with these cut backs! To cut costs take away perks for elected officials and management staff of SCC.
130	The tip is a service to the community. Given our isolation and lack of other services, the tip is vital. It services the local caravan parks and yard maintenance people. Without it local jobs will go
131	There are 3 tourist’s parks and a camping park at Pretty Beach. I don't see how closing Kioloa will achieve a cost effective solution
132	There are no other options. Not everyone lives near Ulladulla, or West Nowra. Kioloa is needed as people have to travel west of Termeil (and often North Durras)
133	There are none. We have lived here over 30 years. I do not believe closing this tip is an option
134	There is no option but to keep open otherwise you will have illegal dumping in the area
135	this is a community service not for profit, helps keep our bushland free of dumping
136	This is a service you need to provide as a Council
137	Tip and rubbish removal is one of council’s primary responsibilities and must be maintained running at a loss or not.
138	Tip are core council responsibility, paid for by rates. No increase charge.
139	We are very happy with our tip days, time and vouchers, but have suggested minor changes for efficiency improvements.
140	We cannot really comment on the above time suggestions, but have had to answer before we could continue the survey - not a good option to be forced into making a selection! However, we would like to see some facility retained at Kioloa. Our residence in Bawley Point is not a permanent living place. We only avail ourselves of the free vouchers for landfill and green waste. We consider the cost of taking the green waste is much too high. Also forcing residents (permanent or otherwise) to take rubbish to Ulladulla will only increase the likelihood of people dumping waste on roadsides or in the SCC public park bins. In spring, when the garden is growing well we make at least fortnightly visits to Bawley Point to mow lawns and there is a great temptation to put the clippings into our landfill bin, but we don't. We have been piling the clippings and pruning’s until we have a trailer load to use our voucher. Also, on some occasions we have even taken a trailer full of clippings and pruning’s back to Canberra where green waste disposal is in most cases free! We also notice the paper survey questions differ from the on-line questions - there are 10 here and only seven on our paper one!
141	We feel if you close this tip, the place will look like a pig sty, and I can’t see the caravan parks, taking their waste to Ulladulla daily. People will dump there rubbish in the forest, and there will be an even bigger problem.
142	We need a large green bin for green garden waste which would keep it separate from landfill. VIP The council also need to recycle AA size batteries and long life globes
143	We pay rates for services, so closing the facility should not be considered. Council has annual losses from the entertainment centre and other facilities but disposing of waste should be made easy so no-one dumps in the bush.
144	We pay rates to support public services including a local waste facility. This should not be seen as a profit centre but a public service to rate payers
145	Weekend visitors might prefer Sun & Mon but tradies could possibly prefer Fri/Sat. Maybe fewer days of operation in winter, more in summer
146	Which is 4 days a week or open more days which would keep workers/ small businesses. Recycling shouldn't have to be cost effective. Pay for it in the rates. This society has to pay for the amount of while good. TV etc. they keep tossing
147	Work with the caravan parks to establish an option to drop off general waste and recycling there. The caravan parks already manage large quantises of general waste and recycling on site and dispose of those through council facilities
148	You cannot close down, if so people will go bush
149	You have it covered above

Comments for Question 5:

If waste facilities were closed, what services would you like to see in the area?

1.	"on call" bulky waste collection days as well
2.	$50 Reduction in rates to cover petrol to Ulladulla. Use land for community combined skate park for kids & dog off leash & agility area etc.
3.	2 half days per month
4.	5or6 scheduled waste collections per year
5.	A reduction in the outrageous council rates I pay for which i get pretty much nothing back for. Total rip off for absentee owners
6.	Add green bins for vegetation
7.	Add green waste collection
8.	And see above
9.	And you will see a lot of dumping of all sorts of rubbish.
10.	As above
11.	As Above. Stop wasting money on street scapes
12.	AS long as there was some form of bulky waste disposal. Can we get green bins?
13.	At no fee, or allocate 2 vouchers for free pickup
14.	Autumn and spring green waste bulky collection and major storm green waste collection. We keep our streets and sidewalks clear, after a significant storm green waste needs a pickup and shred. Thanks for the opportunity to put in feedback.
15.	Availability to take green waste to a recycling facility or have "green" bin collections.
16.	But how would we get rid of green waste? Introduce vegetation (Green) bins
17.	Closing the facility is unacceptable. We pay rates, provide the service.
18.	collection out the front the same as Batemans bay
19.	continue issuing tip vouchers if we have to travel to Ulladulla
20.	Council clean up days with pick up on kerb
21.	Council provide regular clean-ups of local bush because that's where rubbish will be dumped if facilities closed
22.	Currently its good
23.	Do not change
24.	Do not close
25.	Do not close the facility
26.	do not close the facility
27.	don’t close
28.	Don’t close
29.	Don’t see this as an option
30.	Drop off centre for green waste
31.	Either
32.	Expect major electoral consequences if tips are closed. how about providing rubbish compaction equipment to those who use transfer facilities and open a little less frequently
33.	fortnightly green waste bin alternate to yellow bin like most other councils
34.	Fortnightly green waste collection similar to other councils
35.	Fortnightly green waste pick up
36.	Free 2 pick-ups a year
37.	Free tipping at Ulladulla
38.	Free tipping of green waste and mulching of this.
39.	Garden material bin collection
40.	Garden waste bin for collection say once a fortnight
41.	Garden waste bins for all households.
42.	Garden waste bins, or trash bags
43.	Garden waste collected once a fortnight from September to the end of March
44.	Garden waste collection at least once a month
45.	Garden waste collection especially tree and shrub cuttings. Alternative is a mulching service
46.	Garden waste days
47.	Garden waste pick up
48.	Garden waste pick up frequently or a green bin for garden waste
49.	Green and general waste collection once a fortnight
50.	Green Bin
51.	Green bin
52.	Green bin
53.	Green bin collection monthly/fortnightly
54.	Green bin fortnightly
55.	Green bin fortnightly for garden waste
56.	Green bin supplied
57.	Green bin. As above
58.	Green Bins (but we would need Green Skips!)
59.	Green bins for garden waste
60.	Green bins for recycling garden pruning’s, leaves etc.
61.	Green bins provided then people would stop putting green waste in their red landfill bins. Lots of people do this
62.	Green waste
63.	Green waste
64.	Green waste
65.	Green waste bin
66.	Green waste bin
67.	Green waste bin
68.	green waste bin
69.	Green waste bin
70.	Green waste bin. Skip bins for public use
71.	green waste bin/ skip bins
72.	Green waste bins
73.	Green waste bins
74.	Green waste bins
75.	Green waste bins
76.	Green Waste Bins
77.	Green waste bins
78.	Green waste bins
79.	Green waste bins collected with recycle bins
80.	Green waste bins like Nowra. Remember there is an election this year, please beware of voters
81.	Green waste bins or pick up service
82.	Green waste bins per household picked up every fortnight
83.	Green waste bins provided
84.	Green waste bins with on call collection closure of the tip would increase illegal dumping especially in busy holidays periods
85.	Green waste collection - there is none at present. Will save expected dumping by persons if facility closes.
86.	Green waste collection
87.	Green waste collection
88.	Green Waste Collection
89.	Green waste collection
90.	Green waste collection
91.	Green waste collection
92.	Green waste collection
93.	Green waste collection
94.	Green waste collection
95.	Green waste collection available weekends
96.	Green waste collection either weekly or fortnightly
97.	Green waste collection from residence
98.	Green waste collection service
99.	Green waste collections
100.	Green waste collections on a fortnightly basis
101.	Green waste facility is a must for the area.
102.	Green waste fortnightly
103.	Green waste Option
104.	Green waste pickup, provision of bigger bins
105.	Green waste. If there is no green waste facility, I fear many residents will dump their green waste on crown land with the view it is Biodegradable (eventually) and if Local Government removes the facility then Local Government is tacitly endorsing dumping.
106.	Green/Garden waste collections
107.	Have bins in certain locations to allow residents to use. We are in a fire zone area and need to get rid of branches and green waste
108.	Have green waste bins or street hoppers
109.	I'd like it to stay open
110.	I’m happy the way it is - its good
111.	In our opinion it is not an option to close waste transfer facilities
112.	In our opinion it is not an option to close waste transfer facilities
113.	Increase recycle pickup to every week instead of fortnightly
114.	Increase yellow bin collection.
115.	It can’t get closed!
116.	It is a long way from Kioloa to Ulladulla to take rubbish, recycling, garden clippings etc. By closing Kioloa waste station, we feel that the council will then have a big problem with illegal dumping!
117.	It should not close or you will get dumping in the bush.
118.	Keep it open
119.	Keep Kioloa open
120.	Kerbside garden waste collection
121.	Kioloa to remain open. Any other solution would not meet the amount of waste generated by the number of tourists visiting the area.
122.	leave as is
123.	Leave it alone
124.	Leave it alone. Its worked well
125.	Leave it as it is please
126.	Leave it the same as is
127.	Like some other councils that collect bulky domestic waste every 6 months
128.	Maintain schedule collections - add garden waste bin
129.	Metal recycling & green waste recycling very well used at Kioloa
130.	Minimum of 4 general bulky waste collections from kerbside for annium and tip vouchers (free) continue
131.	More rangers to check illegal dumping
132.	N/A
133.	No closure of our local tip
134.	None of these options. Replace the necessity of being able to take our own prunings to a nearby facility.
135.	Not Applicable.
136.	on call garden collection
137.	once a month scheduled bulk waste collection and additional post storm damage (trees) collection days
138.	Our concern is if council decides to close the waste facility some members in our community may dump their waste in the bush. if Ulladulla to far etc.
139.	Particularly green waste
140.	Phone booking for household clean waste as Sutherland council does. Weekly yellowing recycling pickups instead of bi/weekly
141.	Plus green waste bins
142.	Provide a green waste collection service via another bin for green waste, collected fortnightly. Red, Yellow, Green
143.	Provide green waste bins
144.	Provide green waste bins for bi weekly kerbside collection as in Eurobodalla shire
145.	Provision of green waste bins collected fortnightly
146.	Recycling
147.	Recycling bank areas & green waste collection.
148.	Recycling centre not to be closed. Distance to far to other locations
149.	Recycling every week
150.	Recycling facilities
151.	Recycling stations - allowing Kioloa residents to drop off materials to be recycled at their convenience
152.	Regular green waste collection
153.	Regular placement of skips around town for 2 days then removal
154.	Removal garden waste
155.	rubbish will be tossed wherever to travel to Ulladulla and return is approx 90-100km will council reduce my rates my rates accordingly
156.	Same
157.	Scheduled green waste collection
158.	Schedule toxic waste materials and chemicals collection days
159.	Scheduled bulky waste collection
160.	Scheduled bulky waste collection days.
161.	Scheduled bulky waste collection days. Green pick up
162.	Scheduled green waste collection
163.	School holiday collections
164.	See above
165.	So long as it doesn’t matter what kind of bulky waste saves us going to tip in Ulladulla for one item and rest pick up at curb side.
166.	stay the same
167.	Stop the 'Free' vouchers for tipping to help with costs
168.	Storm damaged trees etc. removed free of charged.
169.	Storm damaged trees, shrubs etc. picked up free of charge.
170.	Supply green waste bins. Off week collection to recycling bins
171.	Television, mobile phone service, improved roads.
172.	The same as it is
173.	These types of services are unacceptable
174.	These will make a mess, most are holiday homes so above may not work
175.	This would need to take into account significant quantities of green waste
176.	Waste facilities should remain open
177.	Weekly recycling
178.	Weekly recycling
179.	Weekly recycling
180.	What about garden waste? This isn’t a solution.
181.	What services do you provide in our area as part of rates anyway?
182.	Will council pick up in rural areas?

Comments for Question 7:

Do you have any other comments on how your local waste facility could provide a better customer experience for you?

1	If waste facility was closed we will see more dumping in the forest and bush area that surrounds our locality. Council could look at cutting other loss making services that are not deemed 'essential' services it provides
2	Would this not increase illegal dumping? What is the cost of this? Why is this a problem? Nowra also has more facilities than Bawley Point, explains why it is more successful.
3	If facilities were closed it would only encourage people to illegally dump in the bush so it would end up costing council to clean up. We don't want rubbish in our backyard.
4	Unfortunately dumping will become the norm, with waterways & gully’s ultimately the ocean being the losers. We have a responsibility to ensure the safe deposit & removal of waste & opportunity to recycle.
5	I would not like to see illegal dumping. That could increase if local facility closes. ON occasions we see cases of illegal dumping now, we could expect this to increase in the absence of the Kioloa facility
6	Not having this facility would result in more bush dumping
7	AS part of the local RFS Brigade we already come across rubbish dumped in forest etc. If this facility is closed this will increase
8	If tip was closed, I believe you would find people dumping in bushland rather than travel to next nearest tip.
9	We must have a local facility as the trip to Ulladulla is too far and a cost in time and petrol.
10	All rate payers in the Shoalhaven shire should have access to waste transfer facilities in their area without having to travel extra distance to an alternate site.
11	People will dump in the bush (what a shame)
12	We routinely need to dispose of grass clipping, pruning’s and occasionally broken/old furniture equipment and appliances. So the service would need to be comprehensive. Suggest a 3rd good size (same as yellow top) bin would centre for green waste - grass, pruning's etc., so bulky items could be collected less frequently.
13	We have lots of trees down in storms in this area, and we need the mulch generated to save water on our gardens and the community garden at A.N.U campus. If not this, then a third bin for green waste. (The latter would surely cost council more, hiring yet another contractor)
14	My property is a battle axe entrance. It is no easy for trucks to access it.
15	We don't live there as yet in Kioloa, so we don't use the facility. I'm sorry we can’t be of further assistance
16	Major risk of illegal dumping in bush areas if facilities are not provided. Particularly during holiday period.
17	This facilities should not close. Running to Ulladulla puts more cars on the road, going to Ulladulla.
18	There are very few services provided to rate payers at Bawley Point and surrounding areas. Waste services should be kept.
19	Facility should not be closed as we fear that people will throw waste away in surrounding forests. We already have to clean up after extensive visitor times i.e. schools holidays, Christmas, Easter, Long weekends etc.
20	New contact details
21	You idiots will now have to employ rangers to protect our surrounding bush and forest from illegal dumpers.
22	You will be faced with having to collect rubbish dumped illegally - that's what happens - You would also have to bear brunt of commercial premises Bawley shop/terminal BP having their bins filled every weekend by visitors/campers etc. They will generate a lot of rubbish and don't sort recyclables. Perhaps recycling drop offs for general public with plenty of education along with cameras and fines for recalactrants
23	We need to be able to clean up when we go to the coast, otherwise the town will be very dirty and unkept. Keep Kioloa looking loved.
24	Don't touch it - Its good as it is
25	Fence the national park as the amount of waste dumped there will turn it into the tip.
26	Before Christmas and Easter the place looks like paradise, after the holidays there's rubbish everywhere. Some people live like pigs and don't care
27	Closure of the site will DEFINITELY see an increase in rubbish dumping throughout whole area. People will not travel to Ulladulla. We don't even have Green bin collection.
28	Closing facility increase illegal dumping of rubbish and green waste
29	Could understand commercial being directed to Ulladulla but if you don't have domestic service will start dumping waste anywhere they shouldn't e.g. side of road or bush
30	Much less unnecessary grass mowing beside footpaths and foreshore reserves.
31	We pay our rates, same as everyone else. Just because our facility runs at a loss, this is no reason to reduce our access to waste disposal. We are already working hard to provide a footpath to link our villages. I note that in Ulladulla, footpaths are replaced without assistance from residents
32	Given we get very little services for our rates, it is outrageous that the council is considering closing the station
33	Because we don't live in Bawley Point we would have difficulty keeping our tree and shrubs trimmed and our garden tidy if we were away from Bawley around scheduled collection days.
34	What about our rates? Ulladulla is too far and 'employment' for locals
35	Something will have to be done regularly to remove illegal dumped rubbish in the bush as this is already a problem and closing the transfer station will only add to the problem
36	Please don't disadvantage Bawley/Kioloa ratepayers any more than necessary.
37	Green waste collection or the maintenance of tipping facility for green waste only would not have to be manned only processed on a demand basis. We feel that residents are sufficiently responsible as to not abuse such a facility
38	Do not close waste facilities
39	Closing the facility or increasing gate fee only leads to more illegal dumping
40	Some form of green waste collection
41	If you close the tip, there will be a problem with holiday people and dumping. They don't care because they get to leave their rubbish for other people.
42	Weekly recycle collection
43	Reinstate buy back facility
44	Free green waste disposal
45	To be kept open, if it is shut it will lead to more illegal dumping.
46	No
47	I think it is great - love being able to have garden waste facility close and also to be able to collect free mulch - I would worry about illegal dumping if the facility closed - and costs associated with that clean up - people will just dump stuff rather than go a distance up or down the highway.
48	No - Kioloa works well for us as holiday home owners with mostly green waste
49	The facility is currently providing good service. Significant reduction in service will have negative outcomes on the community and environment through illegal dumping and spread of rubbish along roads during private transfer to more remote facilities.
50	Allow free dumping of green waste and normally charge for mulch (value added). This would be fairer and potential minimise illegal dumping of GW
51	Service to stay the same or more hours. We pay our rates, NOW continue the service.
52	If the Kioloa waste tip is removed how do they expect local Bawley, Kioloa residents to drive 35 minutes with ute full loads of waste into Ulladulla
53	No, the Kioloa depot meets all our needs.
54	Enable better trailer access to bins. We don’t have bin services, so all our waste comes in via trailer
55	It is a long way to Ulladulla to take loads of rubbish. If you take these facilities away, or keep charging there will be more dumped rubbish around the area
56	Do not close the facility or cost associated with illegal dumping will be much higher. The service could be a lot better and cheaper to run if staff oversighted correct unloading and recycling and got more active with 2nd hand/reclaimed items. Refund on bottles and cans is coming in and will help with income if managed correctly
57	It seems to provide everything for those living in the area - as I will shortly be living in the area I anticipate using this facility on a regular basis.
58	Kioloa is a great operation and this local infrastructure should not be lost
59	no
60	We are a holiday area and as such, we think that there must be adequate waste facilities provided for visitors and absent owners, such as every day during school holiday periods. This could be something like mornings only.
61	Actually the employee at the Kioloa site is thorough but fair. He is diligent in checking loads and ensuring waste separation. Best we have had so far.
62	The permanent population of BAWLEY Point is increasing so closing the Kioloa facility is short sighted and stupid
63	No problems in the past
64	Allow trailers of green waste to be piled as high as is safe.
65	Remain open on weekends
66	Service is always excellent

Ordinary Meeting – Tuesday 04 October 2016

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Total responses to Q4a: 909

Total responses to Q4b: 474

Total responses to Q5: 915

Further suggestions/comments for Question 4:

1	1 weekend per month except holiday periods, because visitors commonly dump waste in the bush, if the tip is close (or not) during the holidays
2	1) Remove councillors and staff who outsource their surveys to 'green based' survey companies instead of making decisions that the rate payers paid them. 2) Ignore state government demands
3	1) Retain the excellent services of Gary 2) As a bush care volunteer 3 days per week, I think it is vital to keep Sussex Inlet facility open so that: (a) weed waste from bush care can be disposed of, & (b) So as to discourage illegal dumping in the bush
4	1) Run 5 days per week. Tuesday to Saturday and close Sunday and Monday 2) Only need one person to operate site 3) Stop giving vouchers to residents
5	1) There is a big enough population in Sussex Inlet to warrant a tip. 2) It would take too long and prove costly to drive to another trip. 3) People tend to dump their rubbish in the bush 4) Tip provides employment 5) Used to love the 'Tip Shop'
6	1. Run the buyback shop properly to generate income. 2. Give men's shed access to timber that is dumped 3.Accept that waste collection is expensive and run at a loss, otherwise illegal dumping increases which is also expensive, bad for ecology and wildlife. Looks bad and bad for tourism and a little illegal dumping cause by frustrated locals encourages more people to do it
7	1/ Establish a 'free cycle' service on council website. 2/ View whole region united, if W Nowra can afford to subsidise then you are not operating at a loss overall. Closing sites will lead to illegal dumping which damages local environment and land value and incurs costs
8	180 more houses to be built near golf course - means operation needs to be continued as is or increased.
9	2 or 3 pickups a year from home
10	2nd hand dilapidated books (past usable). We are a voluntary organisation who donates takings to S.I organisations and others. Much valued in our village.
11	4 days per week is not necessary. 2 days per fortnight is all that is needed. Please do not close the facility.
12	700 new home sites approved, waste facility essential. No waste facility will mean increased dumping in bush. Not all council services have to run at a profit, rates should cover tips. What would caravan parks do with their summer waste?
13	800 new home sites have been approved by council. All your doing is encouraging dumping in the bush - there's plenty of bush to do it in
14	A facility is definitely needed otherwise people will dumped things in the bush nearby
15	A 'Green' bin as well as the red and yellow.
16	A local tip is a service to the community. If elderly residents have to pay to clean their yards it will add min 2 and half to 3 hours travel time to other tips ( I think I just wasted my time writing this)
17	A lot of Sussex residents are aged pensioners more likely to use buyback but much more unlikely to travel to distant buyback centres.
18	A majority of people in susses are aged pensioners with a restricted licence and also if there isn't a tip, tourists will leave rubbish everywhere
19	A reasonable rates increase
20	A tip should remain in Sussex Inlet, otherwise we will see people disposing of rubbish along the road side etc. At least once a month
21	Absolutely ridiculous - this will cause major illegal dumping. Most people wont travel to dump - it will be in our bushlands
22	Action to reduce services means more dumping of rubbish in bushlands. We already see it happening.
23	Add green waste bin for collection and increase everyone's bins to 240L for waste, recycle and green like other councils do.
24	All the above will cause roadside dumping
25	Along with the reduced operation of Sussex Inlet it could be useful to get access one weekend per month to the closest facility such as Ulladulla or Nowra
26	Alternate weekends open with West Nowra, Huskisson and Ulladulla.
27	Always wondered why there is no large green bins supplied to households as in Sydney. Is it a cost factor or would it overall save money if bins were supplied and collected?
28	Any alterations will only increase illegal dumping. Most cost to council and ratepayers
29	Area growing lot more, land open for housing. Closing would result in rubbish being dumped in our national parks and reserves. Does council realise Sussex has 23 caravan parks in area and 2 clubs and a tavern and supermarket.
30	Areas of low population density have to be subsidised when it comes to community services like garbage tips. If the tip at Sussex were closed, council would be required to come and collect rubbish dumped in the bush at considerable cost.
31	As a rate payer the current operations at Sussex Inlet must not be reduced at all AND buyback facility must be re-instated. Any change in this essential service will result in illegal dumping and risks to health and safety. Sussex Inlet waste facility is a basic local govt. service not a vehicle for cost saving.
32	As an absentee owner - as most people are in Cudmirrah - the tip Is a vital source
33	As rate payers who pay the same as people in more central centres, we deserve close facilities without losing services. Otherwise we should be discounted for inconvenience.
34	As this is a service the council needs to recognise that such facilities don't have to run at a profit. That's why we pay rates.
35	At least 4 scheduled bulky waste collection days per year. If there are no other options than closure of the facility.
36	Be aware that if the tip is closed permanently, there will be an increase in illegal dumping
37	Be aware you may start an illegal dumping problem in a national park area, so a complete closure is a risky decision.
38	Being open weekends only is easier to remember than for example reducing hours or making it one weekend a month. Sussex Inlet also has a new subdivision so more people. It is worth keeping it open definitely, otherwise people may dump illegally
39	Bring back Buyback
40	Bring back buyback. Need green waste bin
41	Bring back the buyback. Consider allowing a local community group to run this.
42	Builders need to use the tip on week days Mondays to Fridays.
43	Burn you own waste or put it in the bush
44	Buyback should be reinstated at Sussex facility, it was great for getting items that could be reused.
45	By closing this facility will result in dumping of rubbish between Sussex and the nearest dumping facility. Any consideration given to council’s approval of increased population for Sussex area?
46	Caution - Unfortunately residents/holiday makers will resort to dumping waste in bushland or national parks effecting the environment. Retrieving waste maybe difficult and costly.
47	Changing things only leaves more mess or rubbish. Old mattresses all over the place even now are an eye sore for visitors. Prices are too high so some people throw them everywhere
48	Charge more for commercial waste. Add green waste bin to weekly collection in town.
49	close and get scheduled bulky waste collection days service and we need regular garden waste bins
50	Close Bendalong, Lake Conjola, Kioloa & Kangaroo Valley. Leave open Berry, Sussex, Nowra, Husky, Ulladulla
51	Close Berry, Kangaroo Valley, Bendalong, Lake Conjola
52	Close Kioloa, Lake Conjola, Bendalong & Kangaroo Valley. Leave open Berry, Ulladulla, West Nowra, Callala, Huskisson & Sussex Inlet
53	Close my house on Fri, Sat and Sun. I take waste back to Wollongong
54	Close the facility for domestic users but retain on reduced hours for our commercial users. We must assist our caravan park owners and operators as they bring vital economic pluses to our area.
55	Close the library (or other similar underutilised service). We actually utilise the 'tip' & consider a fundamental service provided by our rates
56	Closing any of the above will result in illegal dumping and cost council to remove anyway. Closing the Sussex tip will discriminate against the many elderly residents who are unable to drive safely to alternate locations
57	Closing Sussex Inlet will result in more pollution (Extra Fuel to access alternative facilities) and will encourage dumping
58	Closing Sussex tip will cause an increase in illegal dumping. Many people, pensioners, low income families, could not afford or would not have a trailer to travel to Huskisson and it would cause financial hardship to many small businesses who use the tip on a regular basis. What would happen I’d Sussex had no tip and we had another flood event like August 2015 - would the entire township and the caravan parks on the river have to travel to Huskisson to dispose of flood damaged property? I am a caravan park owner - our tipping times vary due to the seasonal nature of our business. We definitely need a tip open 7 days a week (as it is now) during periods 20th Dec - to end of January and Easter, long weekends etc.
59	Closing Sussex will result in an increase in general litter and illegal dumping to its isolation. Please don't.
60	Closing the facility will lead to more illegal dumping. What is the breakdown of the $3 million
61	Closing the tip will lead to rubbish being dumped in bushland
62	Closing the tip will only encourage more dumping which will cost the council even more so that is not an option
63	Closing this tip will cause an increase in illegal dumping
64	Closure of the facility will result in the dumping of waste material in national parks and waterways plus additional roadside dumping. The Sussex facility is a service that rate payers are entitled to by council regardless of both financially viable or not.
65	Council are there to provide a service to ratepayers. This is one of the most important services council provides. Just do it. Run the tip and recycle centre again
66	Council could learn to manage the operation and our council fees without wasting money (Council rates pay for this service)
67	Council should provide full and accurate cost break up to enable residents to make an informed decision not just a questionnaire (loaded at that)
68	Council should support a state wide system of cash deposits on all recyclable containers (e.g. S.Aust) to encourage less into landfill. Low income earners could be state govt subsidised for the initial cost outlay
69	Council to subsidise tip remaining as is. With the new developments occurring in Sussex, the tip will get busier. Leave it as is
70	Current major development and recently approved rezoning for future development in Sussex will certainly change the usage over the coming 5 years
71	Cut back on office staff and their entitlements like the struggling small businesses do otherwise there will be no taxes to pay their wages
72	Cut council expenses at its admin levels
73	Dear enough, that's why only 2 times a year with vouchers
74	Def no increase in fees rate payers should be exempt from fees
75	Definitely do not close facility. Leave operations as is. Decrease opening hours has majority of votes
76	Discontinue free vouchers
77	Do not close facility. You know what will happen to all the extra waste generated by additional occupants during weekends and holidays.
78	Do not close Sussex inlet waste transfer facility service is already limited to a few days per week. No green bin garden waste (lawn & tree/scrub) clippings are collected by council regularly from kerbside. What do we pay rates for, if not a regular convenient waste collection service save money elsewhere?
79	Do not close the tip. People will dump everything on the side of the roads and in the bush. The whole area will become a tip.
80	Do not shut the Sussex inlet Recycling and Waste Facility as it will significantly increase the illegal dumping in the adjacent National Parks
81	Do your job and keep providing services for our area. What are you doing with the money - garbage collection rates? From the houses that are not used expect during holidays. No bins put out 80% of the year
82	Does it really have to run at a profit? Does the library service run at a profit? Does the mayor or councillors run at a profit?
83	don't change the service facility
84	Don't close our tip. People & builders will just dump rubbish into the environment. Other tips are too far away.
85	Don't close Sussex Inlet tip! The local need it! The town is growing in size!
86	Due to the size of the population this service will never be profitable. Not knowing the number of employees to reduce the numbers may be and answer
87	Due to transport problems it is not possible to go elsewhere. Closing Sussex Inlet tip is not an option
88	educate people to recycle more efficiently way to many recyclable goods end in landfill
89	Eliminate waste vouchers and use fee for use. Too many people trade or sell the voucher. Also the increased cost is better than not having a local tip.
90	Everyday service
91	Everything at Sussex is good the way it is. Given the approved future developments, Sussex Inlet needs their own waste facilities or you will see this area of the Shoalhaven with increased illegal dumping
92	Expand the buyback centre and shed to protect items such as lounges, timber furniture from the weather
93	First option would be a household collection of residents kerbside either councils dates yearly or as Wollongong does- 2 kerbside clean-ups per year at their convenience
94	For goodness sake, catch up with other councils 90% offer green waste bin pick up. Your tips costs are overpriced at present. Remember this is a service not a profit making business. We pay rates for this.
95	For old people green waste is a must as one can’t cope with it without a green bin as in other council areas.
96	Fortnightly green waste bin collections. Free yearly curb side waste collection.
97	Get rid of the overpaid dead wood out of the Taj Mahal council chambers if you want to save money
98	Given the amount of recycling items littering the area now a regular, free pick up service for bulky goods
99	Given what little service we get from the Council overall, a reduction in service will never be a surprise.
100	GO back to providing crushed concrete and brick for driveways and soil to public
101	Green bins emptied fortnightly
102	Green collection. 3 quarters of my red bin is garden waste every week
103	Green Waste bin for fortnight collection would help
104	Green waste collection or bin
105	Green waste collection would be useful say fortnightly in summer.
106	Green waste should be free and recycled into potting mix for resale.
107	Green waste will be an issue, hopefully dumping will not increase
108	Half days as above would suit most locals
109	Happy with services
110	Have a buyback centre like Moss Vale tip and employ dole people
111	Have a free council collection services from the front of all homes, every 2 weeks. Same as we already do with the recycling bins. Less likely to have people dumping rubbish in the bush, parks, soccer fields, boat ramp etc if there's a free service
112	Have a third green waste bin.
113	Have heavy users pay more. Have an after-hours drop off point, have the facility unmanned. Must be opened on weekends or users will dump along the road
114	Have metal recycling bins
115	Have regular green waste collections on the alternate 'recycling bin' week as happens at Sutherland Shire council.
116	Have you factored in the cost of rubbish etc? dumping in the bush etc. Bet you haven't this is what will happen roadsides will be defector dumps you won’t save anything
117	Having moved here from Bankstown, over the years the tip function was reduced from free to ratepayers to closed and moved out of the district & fully charged - resulting in roadside dumping
118	Hold car boot/trailer sales/exchange on regular basis at tip. Involve local artists in recycling 'found' material workshop at tip. Provide delivery service (at cost) for composted/mulch green waste. Not everyone has means to collect bulk. e.g. I have a very large garden and could take very large amount of mulch but do not have truck or bobcat etc.
119	How about due to the proposed increase in population to Sussex inlet you leave the tip as it is.....There's that and also supply a green waste bin would help too
120	I am a bit worried if the tip is closed people may start using the bush track to dump there rubbish
121	I am really impressed with the available service. The guys there are excellent! It’s always neat and tidy. They are friendly and helpful. Well done
122	I can see no alternative to keeping this S.I facility open. Should it close, I am sure residents (especially seniors) will not travel at least 35km to the closest waste facility at Huskisson. Also there would be surely be an increase in illegal dumping in the surrounding bushland, especially during holiday times
123	I currently live in the ACT. Want to move permanently to Sussex, the loss of waste disposal facilities would be a huge mistake. There's no bulk waste collection here and it costs a fortune to go to the tip. Trust me you will have problems if there's no facility
124	I don't agree with any of the options other than keeping the tip open in its present form. How will the data be used to get the outcome you are looking for?
125	I don't agree with reduction of any kind. Of course it’s going to run at a loss, its waste. Increase Buyback to generate income. Buyback is successful at other facilities because it is considerably larger
126	I don't drive as I'm in my 90's & have to rely on the generosity of friends to take my rubbish to the tip, & this is when they have spare time to do so for me. I certainly could not ask them to travel longer distances as they are doing me a favour. Why do we not have green waste bins like other councils?
127	I don't think the Sussex Inlet tip should close as it is extremely well run. I don't think every department within the council needs to be a money making concern. If the tip was to close there would be an increase in rubbish being dumped in the bush. Our property has a lot of trees around it constantly dropping branches and leave so we always have a lot of vegetation to dispose of. Fortunately I have a ute so I can easily take a load to the tip
128	I don't want to find that people dump rubbish in the bush because council close the tip
129	I have not numbered '7' as I don't agree with closing parts as all parts reduce landfill and help the community especially the buyback with so many rental properties. The other parts are also needed and reduce dumping of rubbish/recycling and green waste.
130	I really like the way Sussex Inlet tip is operated. 100% better than the local tip at Bargo in the Wollondilly Shire
131	I think it is vital that the tip is open but maybe weekends only.
132	I think we should have a green bin for plants and cuttings
133	If closed people will dump more in bush areas we think. We have people on restricted licences who need this facility
134	If closed people will start to dump in bush and that is not good.
135	If closed some people will dumped rubbish etc. in our bushlands. We do not wish for that to happen
136	If closing is the only solution, why not have 'over a month' green bin collection or increase vouchers. The other tips are far away and we will see an increase in 'dumpers' if nothing is provided
137	If council makes any changes it will attract residents to dump unwanted items and rubbish in the bush, which in turn will cost council ( or should I say rate payers more in the long run) to clean up.
138	If council takes away the facilities they will surely have higher costs from cleaning up waste being dumped on the side of roads or in our beautiful bushland
139	If facility closes Sussex residence receive more tip vouchers
140	if green waste bins were supplied the need for going to the facility would be greatly minimised but would need to be collected weekly through the summer months
141	If green waste is to be shut down then add a green bin to collection alternate weekends to recycling bin. Twice yearly pickups of tree branches esp after storms and twice yearly removal of house wastage eg furniture, mattress
142	If open only 1 day a week, the hours would need to be 8am - 5pm
143	If Sussex Inlet waste facility is reduced ratepayers should expect a reduction in our council rates
144	If Sussex tip is closed where would the rubbish go? By the road? In the bush? Too far to travel to other options
145	If the facility is closed the bush will be filled and the environment 'pays'. We would not object to an extra cost
146	If the facility is closed there will be more dumping of rubbish in our national parks and surrounding bush. We need plan to stop this
147	If the facility is closed, illegal dumping will increase dramatically generating an even more expensive clean up.
148	If the Sussex centre has to close, it will only increase the illegal dumping in the area - not all council services are able to operate cost neutral.
149	If the Sussex Inlet facility closes there would be an increase in dumping in the bush and roadsides. An area of this size of Sussex Inlet needs a waste facility. Surely there are areas where 'losses' can be minimised - council vehicles for e.g.? Why reduce services to a growing area.
150	If the tip at Sussex Inlet is closed or have reduced hours, the bush surrounding the area is the alternative for rubbish dumping. This happened the last time hours were reduced.
151	If the tip is closed more and more rubbish will be dumped in the national parks and council areas. Who will be responsible for the removal of the rubbish?
152	If the tip was closed, Sussex Inlet would turn into a tip. I’ve seen it happen all over the past 25 years when the tip closes.
153	If the waste facility were to close people would dump rubbish in bushland and isolated streets, costing council a lot of money to clean up the mess
154	If tip closes what is cost of clean up after dumpers?
155	If tip is closed our bush areas & streets will be littered with debris. Locals who cannot drive to Huskisson will have no other options - discrimination
156	If tips close all together, than we will see more people dumping rubbish.
157	If we do not have this it will go back to everyone dumping anywhere
158	If we don't have a waste depot there will be a lot of rubbish around the area that would be a BIG problem
159	If you close any of the tips there would be a lot of rubbish in the bush as people would not travel
160	If you close it unfortunately many idiots will dump in the bush. We don't want this
161	If you close it will only lead to dumping
162	If you close Sussex Inlet tip, it will end up in the bush we get it now.
163	If you close the tip are you willing to clean up the bush, springs road, Sussex road
164	If you close the tip you better have plenty of workers to collect the rubbish on the side of the roads.
165	If you close these facilities it will lead to our streets and area turned into dumping areas.
166	If you close this tip completely you will have a major increase in dumping in the national park
167	If you do not have some sort of local facility available- they will just dump it in the bush, as they did before.
168	If you provide green waste to houses fortnightly, you could then operate tip at lesser opening times. Green is biggest issue
169	If you shut down this service, it will no doubt result in more unlawful dumping in the bush - a most unwelcome prospect
170	Improve efficiency in other councils areas e.g. road works take a ridiculous amount of time using excess wages and other costs - improve other areas - leave waste depots alone.
171	Improve weekly waste pickup alternate 1) Waste/recycling 2) Waste/green Provide larger bins for recycling/green waste Quarterly council clean-up
172	In local paper it stated that a new local development off Sussex Inlet Rd will be constructed. As a result more people will be in this area. If it is closed down a lot of people will be travelling a long distance to drop off waste.
173	In some other areas there is provision (unmanned) to drop cardboard/paper for recycle 24 hours/7 days a week
174	In such a large council area multiple facilities for waste/recycling are essential. Closure will almost certainly result in illegal dumping of waste. Profitability of the facility is not paramount. Council rates are for paying for these facilities. Reduced days and hours is a compromise that at the very least, must be considered.
175	In summary it does not matter what we say. The Council shall look for the most cost effective way to solve this problem. whilst our land rates continue to rise
176	In the event of the facility being open on 3 days, hours of operation should be 7:30am - 4 pm
177	Include green waste collection in home garbage service
178	Increase commercial charges i.e. obvious trucked builders waste. Reduce staff
179	Increase operation to 5 working days. This is a growing region in a sensitive area (National parks, state forest) to reduce waste management. Beggar’s belief council couldn't employ enough rangers to police illegal dumping.
180	Increase operations to 5 days per week. This is a growing region surrounded by national parks. No price can be put on priorities to keep this area rubbish and litter free
181	Increase price of buyback items slightly
182	Increase service to 7 days a week, 365 days per year and reduce gate fees.
183	Introduce a green waste bin with fortnightly pick up
184	Introduce a large green bin facility for green waste, on a fortnightly basis to replace reduced operations.
185	is this facility was to be closed there would be more illegal dumping costing the council more
186	Issue 1 free voucher per year to rate payers but allow these to accumulate over 2-3 years. I am concerned that closing the facility or increasing fees will see more rubbish being dumped in our bushland.
187	Issue a windscreen sticker for local waste operations e.g. Sussex inlet rate payers and increase the gate fees for people not displaying one.
188	Issue the 240L green waste bin to all premises. this will reduce the need for ratepayers to visit the facilities
189	It would be very inconvenient to have to travel 40 minutes to get to a tip from Sussex just to take a trailer load of rubbish to the tip....
190	It’s going to cost more for council to employ staff to remove waste dumped on the side of the road or in the bush, that's what will happen if you close the tip. It’s happening now with all the doles around here
191	Just keep things as is because the town is getting bigger
192	Keep as existing or reduce your rates and subsidise ratepayers to travel to up to 20kms to do something. Council is obliged to supply.
193	Keep as is. Tip is cleanest and tidiest I have ever visited. Current employee should be congratulated.
194	Keep facility open to prevent illegal dumping
195	Keep Gary at tip at Sussex
196	Keep open to reduce junk dumping in other areas
197	Keep services as is but carry out street waste pick ups
198	Keep the facilities open and avoid dumping and littering keep our Shoalhaven beautiful I was not and still not sure recycling has to be a profit orientated business. Its original and stated benefit was to save land fill and re-use resources Plus reduce dumping a littering
199	Kerbside Pickups
200	Large skips bins placed around area at regular times. Left for a day or two and then removed
201	Large waste bins at each residence - same size as recycle bin.
202	Larger residential lot (1650m2) with sizeable quantity of green waste, with a green bin service. Local tip essential
203	Leave as is
204	Leave as is
205	Leave as is
206	Leave as is
207	Leave as it.
208	Leave Garry there to keep the facility running smoothly
209	Leave it alone. It is a community asset that minimises illegal dumping and keeps the community clean and tidy by being low cost
210	Leave it alone. We (the town) need somewhere to take our waste. The added amount of trailer traffic to other facilities would be terrible
211	Leave our tip as is
212	Leave Sussex tip and buy back open.
213	Leave the service as it is, as it is a service that is required by the local residence.
214	Leave the tip as it is. Many residents in Sussex Inlet have 'Sussex 'drivers licences so cannot leave town to go elsewhere.
215	Leave tip opening days the same. More houses are being built so demand will increase.
216	Lobby state government to assist council in managing waste thru subsides for rural councils to fund their waste facilities - the waste levy money government collect could be used for this
217	Lobby state government to reduce cost of disposal, so it does not affect the residents of lower socio-economic areas and pensioners who can't drive to Nowra/Ulladulla
218	Local development will increase, need for tip to remain and hope this could just be an excuse for developers for more money.
219	look at costs in other councils for waste management and perhaps an increase in that cost with 4 rate instalments ratepayers could budget the increase
220	Look, you have not provided details of cost implications of any of the options above, and the forced 1-10 ranking strongarms all respondents to select reduced hours of operation as the options of least harm. Couldn't you just be honest and say "we need to reduce opening hours across the seven regional facilities to reduce total cost of operations. Your Sussex Inlet facility is currently open on these days/times, we need to cut out a full day or two half days, tell us which is the least painful option". Council has the information about usage patterns, Council has details of operational costs, if you want an informed response then give us the information so we can provide informed feedback, otherwise give us an options paper with the cost/benefit information to support an informed dialogue. This survey is poorly designed, it is incapable of providing meaningful information and has the community running around in a panic that Council is closing these regional facilities. That may not be the intention but that is how I heard about the current consultation process, I was told "Council wants to close the Sussex waste facility". Cue the hysteria. Come on, you can do better than this.
221	Make greens free - you sell it as a compost
222	May reduce the days but make them alternate days and hours of the weeks/fortnight. E.g. one week Fri, Sat, Sun. The Sun, Mon, Tues the next. 1pm - 5pm to give people time to get up and clean up. 9am - 1 pm for the elderly early birds
223	Maybe have items for buy back again to recoup some small costs?
224	More free dumping days, better signage when facility is open
225	Most Definitely take no action Leave tip service as is this is what our rates are supposed to cover and it is a service council is elected to provide
226	most of our waste is put in the bins supplied we are only two elderly people so do not make a lot of waste when we moved to this address we went to the Sussex tip 47 times to clean the garden and other rubbish that we inherited items , were trailer loads of course now we only use the tip once a year during the time we clean up the yard etc. Thank goodness the tips were free then.
227	My wife & I are very happy for the (waste facility) tip to operate one day a week so as we can keep it in Sussex Inlet
228	N/A we only come down occasionally and don't really use the tip
229	Need green waste bin
230	Need the tip, otherwise rubbish is dumped in the bush
231	Need to consider and place a value on environmental impact of illegal dumping which will occur in event of facility closing.
232	Needed during holiday periods
233	Nil
234	No
235	No
236	No free vouchers or increase gate fees
237	No money ever gets spent on Sussex Inlet. Just another blow to our little town. Watch out councillors in the next elections
238	No other options 'given we pay our rates the same as the other areas' mentioned. We strongly object to any reduced services given the distances mentioned as options. What do our rates and tipping fees cover? If not for operating costs?
239	No other options to consider. Tip should be as above and tip vouchers to be still sent.
240	No other options. The rate of illegal dumping will increase significantly with the clean-up bill being left to council.
241	No tip will increase illegal dumping and damage to the environment
242	None
243	None, unless you will pay my petrol costs to drive to Huskisson 60km, 30km each way, to Ulladulla/ Nowra 100km, 50km each way
244	Note: Closing the tip will only generate illegal dumping which will in turn cost the council further costs which would exceed the cost of running the tip.
245	Note: If you make it difficult, people will dump in the bush. Cross subsidisation (e.g. Civic Theatre) occurs for other services. Waste services are essential for the environment.
246	One weekend One day per week per week, no preferred days
247	Open 3 x half day/week e.g. Mon, Wed Fri pm.
248	Open 5 days a week and charge more for landfill waste (Double the price) but build larger shop and encourage more sales
249	Open buyback up
250	Open every day top. Stop rubbish been dump in our bush area. Drop the gate cost. To many old people cannot drive to Nowra Do not close our tip
251	Open facility in holiday periods
252	open for a week or month every 6 months
253	Open from 10am to 4pm
254	Open the buyback/recycling again
255	Open the tip 7 days per week. It is a major inconvenience not having the tip open during the week for business operators. This is a service that should be run by council for rate payer’s weather running at a profit or a loss. With the gate prices charged it is hard to believe that the tips run at a loss. Shoalhaven Council is one of the few councils that do not offer a green waste bin to residents.
256	Open twice a month all day (Fri & Sat)
257	Open up the Buyback again
258	Operate Buyback system - Council closed it.
259	Operate half day on several days a week including weekends & holidays (school & others) periods.
260	Or: Rubbish out the front once a month, or green waste bins/grass No charges for having larger bins More vouchers if service moves to Husky
261	Our major concerns are if partially reducing or closing Sussex Inlet waste depot may create issues with people dumping rubbish. We participate in clean up Australia day regularly and are amazed by what we find.
262	Our tip at Sussex Inlet should be kept open as this is a holiday town and when these holiday makers come here and we have no tip what is going to happen to their rubbish??? also lots of pensioners live here how are some of them expected to get to the other places to dump their rubbish.
263	People are only going to drop waste in the surrounding bushland there needs to be a functioning tip.
264	People with holiday homes pay the same rates as owner/occupiers full time but cannot avail ourselves of many services. What can council do for us?
265	Perhaps common sense could prevail here. A waste depot is an essential service. Without it you/we would see a drastic increase in the illegal dumping of all measure of rubbish on our roadsides, parks, and the bush. If we don't have the facility or if fees are increased - poor &/or ignorant people will not prioritise rubbish disposal responsibility. If reducing days is to be an option - the facility must include at least a Saturday &/or Sunday to provide for the many absentee owners who utilise their cottage during holidays and weekends. I also believe that Christmas holiday and Easter holiday operational hours remain exactly as they are.
266	Permanent residents need green waste collection if tip closed. Perhaps communal waste deposit area in Cudmirrah/Berrara (small villages) for holiday house users to leave small volumes of general waste/recycling/green waste in skips. Would avoid part filled bins left on street before and after collection. There is no alternate collection for green waste. Limited 'on-request' pick up services for garden waste are inadequate.
267	Plan for the future - Sussex Inlet is going to grow and this is an essential service.
268	Please do not close this facility. There would be even more waste dumping in our town.
269	Please do not shut our tip! We already deal with so much illegal dumping (which we take to the tip ourselves) this will only make it worse
270	Please don't close it. Has been there forever and there are always multiple cars there each time we visit which is once or twice a month
271	Please don't close the facility. Closure would be a backward step for the community. Closure could encourage illegal dumping
272	Please find copy from the In letter inside. we agree whole heartily with it
273	Please introduce domestic green bins to Sussex and Shoalhaven
274	Please note, that if the local facility is closed there will be a lot of dumping in the bush which will in turn cost significantly to clean.
275	Prefer at least 1 day operation per week
276	Prefer to keep as if but if needed make 3 days a week. This is highly needed in the township of Sussex inlet.
277	Proposed now approved development at golf course will necessitate increased use.
278	Provide a green waste bin to all full time residents collected fortnightly in summer
279	Provide a weekly or fortnightly green (garden waste) bin collection service to reduce need for attendance at facility.
280	Provide fortnightly green bin.
281	Provide green bin for garden refuse. Council to provide bin to be collected and emptied fortnightly
282	Provide green bins and you will have less visits from ratepayers. In an area with so much vegetation, it is ridiculous that there is no bin provided to householders for this purpose
283	Provide green waste (large) bin and collect fortnightly If tip closed, waste dumping will increase dramatically
284	Provide green waste bins collected fortnightly, and then reduce number of facilities to Nowra/Ulladulla etc.
285	Provide green waste bins like most other councils
286	Provide green waste bins to households the same as other councils. Composting not an option for most residents
287	Provide green waste bins. Buyback is recycling as those needing the item pay & take it home to use. Buyback facilities are already in place no set up problem, & little waste.
288	Provide weekly green waste bin pickup
289	Put a levy on rates call it "Environmental Waste Management Fee"
290	Put our SCC rates to better use by keeping these facilities open rather than road site picnics/camping areas where tourists abuse the facilities & put no money into the community
291	Put recycling into general waste
292	Recently I registered and dumped 'suspected' asbestos sheeting at Nowra tip in accordance with council requirements. Later I observed many fibro sheets dumped in local bushland. Council now must have removed these at some cost. I suggest council provide a more efficient asbestos dumping process as there is a lot of fibro dwelling in the area.
293	Reduce bureaucracy, increase size, reduce restrictions
294	Reduce Christmas opening to 2 days per week
295	Reduce hours as specified. Put up gate fees to $2-0.0 and over. The council would surely get someone to work 5 hours per day and weekends, one per month
296	Reduce labour from 2 to 1 person
297	Reduce the cost of tipping fees, so that people would be encouraged to use the local tip more, and stop legal dumping
298	Reduce the number of free waste vouchers (that arrive with rates notices) from 2 to 1.
299	Reintroduced Buyback at Sussex waste transfer station
300	Remember we do pay council rates and you are obligated to provide a service. Staff at Sussex tips are fabulous
301	Rent out buyback centre so if you need parts or steel or wood etc. or cycle parts like a garage sale, all day
302	Retain Sussex Inlet direct Lake Conjola to Sussex Inlet withdraw holiday and voucher concessions.
303	Review operating processes - staffing, cost structures. The big issue with closure is increase distance, cost of travel time to another tip. Need full details of operating costs to answer further
304	Roadside Collection
305	Run all waste facilities in a similar fashion to Moss Vale, and use charitable organisations and work for the dole subsidised staff. Closure or reduction in services results in increase illegal dumping which will be more expensive to clean than running the tips
306	Run at a loss. As this is a holiday area council rarely empties all household bins. The profit from charging for a service that isn't used must be huge.
307	Sack councillors, Gash & all the other no good grubs. Where all excess rubbish is at peak holiday times going to go, caravan parks etc. Roadside don't work over bush periods, from experience
308	Save money by stream lining the councils work efficiency. There is a lot of time wasting compared to private sector.
309	Scavenging should be allowed for true recycling
310	Sell more through by back crush brick and concrete for road base and sell. Set aside more bottles and cans for next year 10c rebate
311	Shame on you. What next - cancel road mending in areas too far away from Nowra because it’s 'too expensive'? Cross - subsidies keep communities together. Increase all rates if necessary
312	Should these facilities close, our forest will become a tip. Maybe the EPA or forestry might think of investing some money to protect our forests
313	Some actions will increase illegal dumping's. Council must remember they are there to provide services to the community. Not a profit making centre
314	Sometimes I feel if residents can’t afford to pay for fees, they tend to leave it on the roadside.
315	Sometimes you have to have a loss to win Leave our tip at Sussex alone
316	Stop the waste depot vouchers with rates
317	Stop wasting rate payer’s money on councillors. Reduce their rate of pay. Sussex needs a tip
318	Sub-contract the facility to a private company - make it just for recycling only
319	Supply a green waste bin.
320	Supply green bins to households
321	supply green waste bin
322	Supply green waste bin collected fortnightly and increase the kerbside recycling to 4 per year and on-call garden and bulky waste pickup and this could be offset by cancelling 'No charge' domestic tip vouchers
323	Supply green waste bins
324	Supply green waste bins at no extra charge
325	Supply green waste bins for fortnightly pickup
326	Supply households with a green bin
327	Supply our homes with separate green waste bins to be collected fortnightly
328	Supply residents with a green waste bin
329	Supply residents with green waste bin
330	Supply trailers and petrol vouchers for what is a Council responsibility - since when is Council supposed to make a profit
331	Surely council doesn't want rubbish dumped into the bush &/or water. Some council services may run at a "loss" in the smaller areas that's why Sussex is part of the Shoalhaven council, to equalise cost across the community
332	Sussex has a lot of elderly residence that cannot travel out of town, closing the tip would only make things difficult and also that we don't have green waste bins. I personally wouldn't like to drive all the way to Husky to go to the tip.
333	Sussex has already gone from a waste depot to transfer station and reduced to 4 days a week
334	Sussex Inlet has 23 caravan/camping sites. What happened to their collective garbage and green waste if the tip is closed? I understood the tip to be a council service to ratepayers, what has changed. Some services do not make profits - it is a service
335	Sussex Inlet is only to get larger with new building planning and also no dump will cause illegal dumping
336	Sussex is growing - I do not want to drive to Huskisson. Dumping will increase. This is a service, not a profit making scheme. If people want it ten should pay a little more to share the load.
337	Sussex tip cannot close. Council has just approved 700 new house lots. There will be more and more people. We do not want to see waste dumped into the Nat. Park. Pensioners who can’t drive to Ulladulla or Husky. What do they do??
338	Sussex tip should be making money not losing with the amount of usage it gets. Do your sums and get better management as the alternative will be disastrous.
339	Take no action
340	Take the gate off. If money is a problem, people will dump in bush and side off road.
341	Thank you for consulting but surely some council services can run at a loss, otherwise we would not need to pay rates (the other option)
342	the $3 million cost is creative accounting
343	The council business and the rate payers should get together to find ways of recycling the waste
344	The current tip services are a must to limit illegal dumping of garden waste and waste goods in our bushlands areas. This is a holiday village and many private holiday homes. Owners need access to the tip on the weekends.
345	The facility needs to be retained. Customers would not have 50km + to dispose of waste, they will dump it nearby.
346	The inevitable result of closing or even severely reducing the Sussex Inlet tip will be to encourage more illegal dumping in the bush
347	The operation at Sussex is very well run. Hard to believe that is a 'significant' loss. Cost of illegal dumping "clean ups" will be significant and be eyesores.
348	The option for on call clean ups is good if council allows at least 12 pickups every calendar year.
349	The recycle/tip is an essential service to the area and our services should not be reduced. Litter and illegal dumping is enough of a problem now.
350	The tip is a service for local communities not a profit making or break even business of council. I pay council rates in order to receive council services. I will not drive 90km round trip to go to another tip. With another housing development planned for Sussex Inlet, services should be increased.
351	The tip should be open 4 days a week for households, tradespeople and holiday makers Fri- Mon (ind)
352	The tip should stay open over the Christmas period as it does now, for garbage/paper/bottles as we always have to take the above at least twice in this period as well of having the normal pickups.
353	The town is increasing rapidly in size. We must produce the amenities to suit.
354	The town needs the tip. Try only opening at the end of the week and alternate Sundays
355	There are no other options. The building of new estates equals increased population, no one will drive 45mins to a tip, instead of reduced services we should be getting improved services
356	There are no other options. We demand this basic right. Make your 'financial adjustments' elsewhere in the council budget, for example - EXCESS STAFFING in Administration/Management positions
357	There is a need for a local waste station otherwise people will became irresponsible and dump illegally, which will cause more problems
358	There is no other options we can see for our area, as our waste facility is a vital part of our community, otherwise we will be seeing our bush filled with rubbish.
359	There should be green waste bins like most other councils have.
360	There's already a lot of dumping of illegal waste in the area. Closing the tip or increasing fees will only exacerbate the problem
361	Think of our rights. We pay rates. If you change our dump times you must reduce our rates.
362	This should be a service provided by the council and covered by the rates
363	this survey is not easy to fill in, was it deliberately designed to exclude seniors who are the majority down here
364	this waste facility is very much needed by the local community who the majority are elderly there is also an 800 lot submission planned to go ahead in the next 12 months
365	This whole area would become a dump if residents are expected to travel over 40kms (each way) there and back to a tip. A large holiday area where holiday home owners would not appreciate not tip!
366	This whole cross subsidy is literally rubbish. Council cross subsidises playing fields, libraries and nearly every other service and they are funded from rates. If you really want to save money close the entertainment centre which is funded by millions from the general funds
367	Tip at Sussex is needed. There are a number of elderly residents and having to travel elsewhere would be unacceptable
368	Tip is only open now Fri, Sat, Sun, and Mon. If it closes or reduced people will just dump it in the bush or on the side of the roads. Yes - this will happen. People will not travel to Husky
369	To close would be council’s best option and stuff. The business and rate payers and holiday residents, they can go elsewhere. You must look at other alternatives, gate cost yes, used days, shorter hours per day
370	Too far to travel, it would increase illegal dumping
371	To look at when people most use the depot/recycling - waste e.g. school holidays/ summer and winter operations. What they are there for
372	Twice a month
373	Un manned transfer station
374	Unlimited green waste for ratepayers
375	Use 35 years of past wharf fees collected to help with finances, as no maintenance has been carried out on canals
376	Use a 'green waste' bin as in Sutherland Shire and Eurobodalla - maybe once every 2 weeks or once a month (it works for me at Eurobodalla)
377	Use Sussex Inlet rates for Sussex Inlet facilities only. So what, holiday homes owners pay the same rates as permanent residences & therefore are subsidised such other residents
378	Very well maintain friendly staff always willing to help. Buyback is best to be open as people will start to dump on side of road. There is needy people that use this buyback. Better than going into landfill. Council does make a profit on buyback as no cost to council to buy.
379	Waste collection should be a natural part of council services funded from rate payments. It is not naturally expected to be other than an expense (day to day) of council operations
380	We are a holiday accommodation service. With no tip facility in town would add to time away from job. Cost increase for recycling etc. Absolutely ludicrous
381	We are not in Sussex Inlet that often so we could if necessary fit in with the second part of Q4
382	We are pleased with the management of that facility.
383	We are self-funded pension. Too expensive to go to other towns for tip. The buyback at Sussex is fantastic and staff. The buyback has helped us over time in Sussex and many residents in Sussex too. Council will see illegal dumping around our town. There is a lot of building subdivision in Sussex consider the extra population coming.
384	We believe closure of Sussex Inlet facility would result in huge increase in illegal dumping of rubbish in surrounding bushland areas.
385	We cannot leave our bins out as it is not secure. Please keep the facility open to provide us with a way to remove rubbish even though we have to pay extra for a service that we don't receive.
386	We cannot travel 60 or 100km (return trip) with waste in our station wagon. Closing tip will mean 'dumping'. Prices are already high (tip fees). We are seeing more dumping now.
387	We feel some services should be provided by council irrespective of cost, tips are definitely an essential service, otherwise dumping will happen in surrounding bushland
388	We have a clean responsible town. Closing our tip &/or recycling buyback facilities would not be in the best interest of our town. Owner occupier ?? not the rates are paid. We are not going to be the poor cousins to Nowra or Husky
389	We need a regular green waste collection i.e. fortnightly. This would also discourage the dumping of domestic green waste in bushland which has increased markedly since tipping fees were introduced.
390	we need green bins
391	We need the Sussex Inlet facility to take out overflow household and garden waste to this site. Needs to stay open all day 9am - 5pm
392	We need the tip, keep it the same because not only for domestic waste. I am a local concreter and need to drop my old concrete and waste materials there. It costs too much for me to take it to Husky or Nowra tip.
393	We need the tip, other too far away
394	We need the waste depot as Sussex Inlet is a growing area. If it shuts the bush will be full of illegal dumping
395	We need this tip facility especially in holiday times as people just dump their rubbish at the gates or on the road/in bush
396	we pay our rates for services this is a service if you close Sussex tip all that would happen is people would dump illegally that would cost council money
397	We really value this service. We would be really disappointed if this service was cancelled. We don't really use a lot of services in our community and this is one that we want and use.
398	We seem to do ???? about this a lot. Introduce green waste bins like the rest of Australia
399	We want buyback, Sussex is going backwards, does council have to make a profit and tax payers get bugger all. Just cost risers only, and I have to say no action
400	We want our tip - it is a service and if it costs us, so be it. It does not needs to make a profit. S.I is growing and we need this tip
401	We would like our local tip hours and days to remain they are. As a growing community and more land leasing opened up for housing blocks, the need for our tip will only need to be open more often not less. If our tip closes rubbish will be dumped in the bush
402	What is the cost going to be for the dumping of rubbish. No one is going to do a 100 km round trip to then also pay for tip fees.
403	Why close tip when there are another 1000+ homes planned for Sussex
404	Why do we pay rates? It's not meant to make money it's as service not a business.
405	Why is Sussex Inlet facility running at the highest loss? When it is only opened 4 days per week & opened by one person
406	Why should Sussex Inlet be a target for recycling & waste disposal expenses? Higher council rates that we pat should cover any operating cost of this necessary community service.
407	With Berrara/Cudmirrah surrounded by national park, I'm concerned that illegal dumping will happen if all services disappear at Sussex
408	With Buyback reopened
409	With future development of the Ralph Lucas estate (800 homes + commercial + retirement villages) Sussex Inlet tip needs to be kept open. Waste will be dropped in bushland if the tip is closed. This is a health issue for our area.
410	With the number of housings proposed at Sussex, the tip will be required more and cutting services is not a progressive council. We have worked to get swimming pool, ambulance service and others
411	Without this valued service, it will lead to illegal dumping of all our pristine bush and coastline, costing the council more to clean it up.
412	Would like itemised list of income and outgoing plus a meeting with EPA justifying how our $ are spent
413	Yes
414	Yes it's disappointing to know that SCC are willing to let go of long standing experienced and knowledgeable staff for the sake of a drivers licence. With the future increase of residents and tourists to the Sussex area over the next 5 - 10yrs especially aged residents and it's isolated location, it's disappointing that SCC would consider closing down the waste facility.
415	You forget that council is employed to service the rate payers - not to make profit on everything they do. We deserve the same rights as rest of the Nowra community & pay the same rates with less services
416	You know if you close these facilities, waste will end up in the waterways and bush as people will not travel far to dump.
417	You must allow local tradies regular access to the tip to avoid waste dumping in the national park, forestry land or near beaches & reserves. Most have 4 x4's to access these areas.
418	You must continue to have a dump at Sussex Inlet (at any cost) otherwise people will dump into the National Park. Also the recycling helps to make our planet sustainable.

Comments for Question 5:

If waste facilities were closed, what services would you like to see in the area?

1.	"Community service" To Sussex does not include trips to west Nowra- we are a community and should be serviced. Recycling shed at Sussex must have, cut down on landfill.
2.	1) All residents be given the larger red lid waste bin. 2) Introduction of green lid, green waste bin
3.	1) Bulky recycling collection 2) Regular green waste collection in separate bins
4.	1) Green Bins, 2) Paper/cupboard, 3) Glass/Plastics, 4) General waste. 4 bins like other councils, e.g. Warringah- Northern Beaches
5.	2 Annual collection days a year and free in pickups
6.	2 clean ups per year as per Sydney
7.	2 'On Call' bulky waste collections like Wollongong City Council provides there rate payers.
8.	2 vouchers per year
9.	3 Bins: 1) Garbage - weekly collection, 2) recycle bin - fortnightly, 3) Green bin - fortnightly. Alternate bins need to be large size to accommodate families
10.	3 month clean up including green waste as it’s dumped in the reserve behind us now and council do not seen to even look after either.
11.	4 'Clean up' days per year ( as in Metropolitan areas)
12.	A bin for green waste
13.	A council restructure ASAP
14.	A dedicated green bin - our lawn clippings fill the red bin therefore wasting landfill space, could go to recycle garden waste
15.	A free green waste bin
16.	A green waste bin, like most other councils have
17.	A green bin for garden waste
18.	A green bin, as well as yellow bin collected alternate weeks.
19.	A green waste bin to be provided and emptied on opposite day/week to recycling bin
20.	A green waste bin collected weekly
21.	A large size domestic waste bin in each residence - not the present small bin - collected once a week
22.	A service to pick up rubbish which is already being dumped in the bush because of tip costs
23.	A service where you can put out your unwanted items twice/three times a year and you call council to arrange pickup- free service
24.	At what cost?
25.	Add a green waste bin for vegetable scraps, lawn clippings and pruning wastes, same as Shellharbour council has just introduced
26.	Add green waste bin to collected weekly
27.	All other
28.	All services. Leave the Tip open
29.	Also scheduled bulky waste collection days - Important for absentee owners to have flexibility to still remove waste when required. i.e. after storms - green waste etc.
30.	And green waste bins. Every other council has them, why not us. With all the bushland it is urgently needed to help fire reduction. Garden waste is a fire hazard from embers in backyards.
31.	And hours out of my work day just to dump my rubbish.
32.	and on call option
33.	And recycling
34.	And we would need Green bins. I think people would use bush as a tip
35.	As above
36.	As is now
37.	AS is. We should not be penalised with a reduced service. The tip is not supposed to be a profit making organisation
38.	as we have a lot of holiday makers with houses in our area there should be some service for them and not having to travel to Nowra and taking time and money
39.	At least 2 or 3 a year
40.	At no cost
41.	Bulky kerbside collection will only produce rubbish in the streets
42.	Bulky waste & recycling
43.	Bulky waste should include green waste
44.	Bush clean up after everyone dumps illegally in natural bushland, ocean and foreshores.
45.	But I wouldn’t want the council charging for this service
46.	But include on call request pickup
47.	But not limited to small bundles.
48.	Collection at least 3 times per year.
49.	Collection bin provided for green matter (garden waste).
50.	Collection of garden waste using green bins fortnightly
51.	Collection of green waste as well as bulky waste.
52.	council would not be doing its job if the Sussex inlet waste facility was completely closed
53.	Current waste facility is essential
54.	Daily pickup service for rubbish dumped on roadside because we do not have a tipping facility in this area
55.	Definitely need something over holiday time e.g. Christmas & Easter
56.	Do not close
57.	Do Not close
58.	DO NOT CLOSE SUSSEX INLET WASTE FACILITY
59.	Do not close the tip
60.	Don’t close
61.	Don’t close any facilities
62.	Don’t close them
63.	Don’t close this necessary facility to save a few bucks
64.	Don’t close this useful facility
65.	Don’t close tip.
66.	Don’t want tip close
67.	Due to the volume of commercial waste I generate, no waste services, apart from the current facility, would suit my needs
68.	Employ more council employees to clean up the bush tracks - where people will begin to again dump rubbish.
69.	Extra recycling/ green waste collection in summer busy months
70.	Extra services will also be required to collect what will be dumped
71.	Extra tip vouchers, if we have to travel half an hour each way to take rubbish to any of the other facilities
72.	facility to remain open
73.	First make our streets look like rubbish tips
74.	For weekend visiting owners
75.	Fortnightly collection of green waste bin
76.	Fortnightly garden waste collection
77.	Fortnightly green waste bin collection ( as per Sutherland council)
78.	Fortnightly green waste bin collection, storm debris collection
79.	Fortnightly green waste collection (alternate with paper recycling), & provide green top bin for this
80.	Fortnightly or Monthly Scheduled Green Waste Collection
81.	Free
82.	Free council collections every 2 weeks. Free garden waste bins for all houses, shops, businesses etc.
83.	Free green bin
84.	Free Hi temp incinerator. Replace small household bins with large ones at no extra cost
85.	Free vouchers valid for other tip
86.	Garden waste collection
87.	Garden waste collection
88.	Garden waste collection
89.	Garden waste kerbside bin as in other areas ie Eurobodalla
90.	Gee, don't tell me the decision is already made as indicated by these questions?
91.	get green waste bins and truck collection for recycling bins to be changed from fortnightly to weekly
92.	Get real.
93.	Give us a green bin so a lot of garden stuff won’t go into landfill
94.	Green waste collection
95.	Green bin
96.	Green bin
97.	Green bin
98.	Green bin collected every second week (alternatively with yellow bin). This is needed even if the waste facility remains open.
99.	Green bin collection as per yellow bin (Once a fortnight). 6 monthly kerbside clean up
100.	Green bin collection for garden waste on regular (fortnightly or monthly basis I cannot understand why this green bin collection is not already in place. Bushfire prone area needs regular means to dispose of tree, leaves for safety reasons Shoalhaven is a very large area. It is understandable you need several waste transfer sites Waste collection is a basic council function. We do not even have kerb a guttering. What are we paying for?
101.	Green bin collection for green waste on a fortnightly basis
102.	Green bin collection of green garden waste
103.	Green bin for garden waste. Kerbside pickups
104.	Green bin fortnightly
105.	Green bin' would be needed if services were closed.
106.	Green Bin, Chemical and hazardous pickup i.e. engine oil, batteries etc.
107.	Green bin, we need somewhere for green waste
108.	Green bins
109.	Green bins
110.	Green bins (large) for lawn and garden clippings collected fortnightly in summer and monthly in winter
111.	Green bins and twice yearly large throw-out waste.
112.	Green bins as well as waste and recycle bins. Bulky waste would need to be at least once a month.
113.	Green bins emptied fortnightly
114.	Green bins for garden waste every 2 weeks.
115.	Green bins for grass
116.	Green bins for green waste
117.	green bins for recycling green waste
118.	Green bins for Sussex Inlet
119.	Green bins should be provided
120.	Green bins suppled and emptied alternate weeks to yellow bins as done in Sydney and to be implemented in Blue Mountains in July
121.	Green collection bins
122.	Green recycle bin (fortnight collections)
123.	Green topped bins at no cost to owners
124.	Green waste
125.	Green waste
126.	Green waste
127.	Green waste
128.	Green waste
129.	Green waste
130.	Green waste (perhaps monthly)
131.	Green waste (scrub tree branches) mulched on the spot
132.	Green waste 240 Litre bin and increase waste bins (red) to 240 Litre
133.	Green waste as above
134.	Green waste because we are not allowed to burn it at our residential property
135.	Green waste bin
136.	Green waste bin
137.	Green waste bin
138.	Green waste bin
139.	Green waste bin
140.	Green waste bin
141.	Green waste bin
142.	Green waste bin
143.	Green waste bin
144.	Green waste bin
145.	Green waste bin
146.	Green waste Bin
147.	Green waste Bin
148.	Green waste bin
149.	green waste bin
150.	Green waste bin
151.	Green waste bin
152.	Green waste bin
153.	Green waste bin
154.	Green waste bin (no fee if tip closes)
155.	Green waste bin collection
156.	Green Waste Bin Collection
157.	Green waste bin collection (fortnightly), 6 monthly collection (clean ups) of rubbish, Building materials (as in city suburbs)
158.	Green waste bin collection service
159.	Green waste bin collections fortnightly
160.	green waste bin every second week
161.	Green waste bin no charge
162.	Green waste bin or collection
163.	Green waste bin or scheduled green waste collection days
164.	Green waste bin supplied
165.	Green waste bin supply and collection
166.	Green waste bin, collected fortnightly or monthly
167.	Green waste bin.
168.	Green waste bin. For free pick up
169.	Green waste bins
170.	Green waste bins
171.	Green waste bins
172.	Green waste bins
173.	Green waste bins
174.	Green waste bins
175.	Green waste Bins
176.	Green waste bins
177.	Green waste bins
178.	Green waste bins
179.	Green waste bins
180.	green waste bins concerns about illegal dumping in our area as is already evident
181.	Green waste bins (once a fortnight or once a month)
182.	Green waste bins collecting every fortnight
183.	Green waste bins for fortnightly collection
184.	Green waste bins for garden waste
185.	Green waste bins introduced. Chemical free disposal days- 2 times per year.
186.	Green waste bins like they have in other areas. People are not going to travel to Nowra to dump branches and lawn clippings. It will create a bigger problem with people dumping stuff in the bush
187.	Green waste bins per week
188.	green waste bins provided and collected bi-weekly ( same as recycling)
189.	Green waste bins!!!
190.	Green waste bins, collected fortnightly as in other council areas and 'enviro' as done in Kiama
191.	Green waste bins. Don’t charge any. We need green waste bins
192.	Green waste bins. If the tip is closed, other services should not be free to prevent dumping
193.	GREEN WASTE BINS???????????
194.	Green waste collection
195.	Green waste collection
196.	Green waste collection
197.	Green waste collection
198.	Green Waste Collection
199.	Green waste collection
200.	Green waste collection
201.	Green waste collection
202.	Green waste collection
203.	Green waste collection
204.	Green waste collection - green bins provided
205.	Green waste collection - monthly
206.	Green waste collection bin
207.	Green waste collection bins
208.	Green waste collection fortnightly
209.	Green waste collection on a regular basis
210.	Green waste collection on a weekly basis.
211.	Green waste collection once a month
212.	green waste collection or bins provided, more chemical drop-off days
213.	Green waste collection. Would reduce red bin landfill
214.	Green waste dumping at any time
215.	Green waste especially for those that front or back onto vegetated areas.
216.	Green waste kerbside bins at low cost or no extra cost
217.	Green waste pick up (Green lid bins)
218.	Green waste pickup
219.	Green waste pickup
220.	Green waste recycle bins re introduced
221.	Green waste recycling bin
222.	Green waste recycling bins. Also I will place me 'recyclables' in garbage for landfill if recycling closes.
223.	Green waste removal
224.	Green waste removal
225.	Green waste service to homes
226.	Green waste, garden rubbish to be introduced
227.	Green/Garden waste service
228.	Green waste mulching on call
229.	Have a green waste bin to be emptied fortnightly
230.	Have used Huskisson on closed at Sussex Inlet
231.	I do not consider that any of these options are realistic to replace our local waste facility at Sussex Inlet
232.	I do not support the closure of Sussex Inlet tip, so no other option is needed.
233.	I don’t won’t the facility closed. But we need a green waste bin pick up system
234.	I expect the tip to remain open and bulky waste collection days implemented at least twice a year
235.	I sell security cameras to detect illegal dumping if you are interested. www.wildlifemonitoring.com.au
236.	I would like to see green bins that are collected fortnightly & kerb side clean-up that is collected quarterly.
237.	I would prefer to have the council have the tip open 1-2 day(s) a week or even 1-2 days a fortnight rather than have rubbish on the residential streets - which makes the streets look disgusting and lowers morale.
238.	If you close our tip I am sure that you will find people dumping our waste all over the area. So I hope you will make a sensible decision when you finally decide what to do with our tip. Sussex inlet resident RS Priestley
239.	If you close Sussex Inlet, we need garden waste pickup.
240.	Improved easier to use green waste pickup
241.	Including Green waste
242.	Increase in deterrent for illegal dumping
243.	Increase yellow bin service
244.	Increased road and parkland patrols to collect dumped rubbish
245.	Increasing rates to cover cost of running tip.
246.	Introduce a green bin service and be collected alternate week of the yellow bin
247.	Introduce a green waste bin
248.	Introduce a Green waste collection service
249.	Introduce fortnightly green/garden waste collection bin-opposite week to recycle as operated in Sydney areas
250.	Just don't remove it!
251.	Just remember No tip, The s*!t will end up on the road, in the bush. Like they do now.
252.	keep the facility open
253.	Keep the same
254.	Keep the tip open
255.	Keep the tip open
256.	Kerbside clean-ups
257.	Kerbside collection green waste bins
258.	Kerbside green waste collection via large bins say fortnightly
259.	Kerbside green waste collection. Certainly don’t want rubbish on the council verges to be picked up.
260.	Kerbside Pickups
261.	Large Green waste bin.
262.	Large size red bin
263.	Larger bins as a standard at no extra cost. Green waste bins
264.	Larger bins with no extra cost (to rate payers) or extra free disposal tickets for other depots
265.	Larger bins, 1 x waste, 1 x green waste 1 x recycle
266.	Larger red bins, increase pick up days to twice a week & recycling to once a week. Also supply residents with a green bin like Eurobodalla shire council with pickup once a week
267.	Leave as is
268.	Leave as is - Sussex has already been 'downsized' with reduced hours.
269.	Leave as it is
270.	Leave it
271.	Leave it along
272.	Leave it as is. Council should be looking after the local rate payers
273.	Leave the facility as is
274.	Leave the facility alone
275.	Leaving bulky waste out for collection would leave our lovely town look like a tip and very untidy. Not a good look
276.	Left it open
277.	Metal recycle program. Perhaps local contractor regularly services the area to recover metal and white goods.
278.	Monthly schedule pickup to avoid dumping
279.	More green waste services
280.	More roadside bins in shopping centre.
281.	More yellow bins and green waste bins
282.	Most people fill their red bins with green waste or burn off, which seems ridiculous when we are trying to reduce land fill and greenhouse gases. As such, a solution to green waste is required. Free disposal of green matter at a tip would seem the way to go.
283.	MUST NOT BE CLOSED or we'll see illegal dumping and many elderly and business owners cannot manage distance to alternative facility
284.	Natural disaster debris collection, fortnightly green waste bin collection
285.	Needs to be collections for close to weekends.
286.	No cost
287.	No other option would be suitable
288.	No other services would work
289.	None of these options are feasible.
290.	None of these options take into account holiday home owners
291.	None of these services offers an alternative to the facility. You need to minimise green waste/vegetation drop off fees otherwise acreage landholders have a price incentive to burn stockpiles, and that is dangerous and is the worst environmental option.
292.	Non-scheduled bulky waste collection days (On-call) for both waste and green.
293.	Not an option
294.	Not an option
295.	Not Sure
296.	Not useful, a problem
297.	On call bulky green waste collection.
298.	On- call bulky waste collections
299.	On call garden waste
300.	On call green waste collection - unlimited
301.	On call recycling waste collection or days for this.
302.	On-call if that means a bulk pick up at front of home, perhaps yearly
303.	once a month bulk recycling goods
304.	Once a month council pickup days (should not cost at all and should not increase rates)
305.	Or a large green waste bin with a monthly collection maybe. Being in a large bushland area we have a lot of green waste.
306.	or Scheduled bulky waste collection days
307.	Our annual rates should cover the cost of this basis and essential service
308.	Our tip to stay open
309.	Perhaps shop could open restricted advertised hours of reasonable goods ratepayers have discarded to their kerb.
310.	Perhaps you need to introduce a green waste bins? We pay enough rates for it & they have it in Sydney
311.	Personally I would prefer to see a complete closure to this oversight. I would also expect to see a significant drop in my land rates
312.	Pick up of heavy recyclable items. Plus general weekly garbage collection. 2nd weekly recycle bin collection
313.	Please advise when calling
314.	Please don’t close the tip.
315.	please keep in mind Sussex has a large retirement age population and many of these people do not have the ability to transfer rubbish a distance e.g. to west Nowra
316.	Prefer tip to stay open
317.	Provide a green bin
318.	Provide 'Green bin' for garden waste as par other local gov't areas
319.	Provide green waste bin. Have your 3 bins picked up together every week.
320.	Provide green waste bins like most councils have.
321.	Provide green waste large bin and collect fortnightly
322.	Provision for green waste
323.	Provision for the disposal of garden waste
324.	Quarterly 'clean up' days - Not all ratepayers can take waste to the tip so need to have items picked up from the kerb
325.	quarterly or monthly hard rubbish and garden refuse collection
326.	Recycle centre including building waste - mattresses etc.
327.	Recycling bins
328.	Reduction in rates
329.	regular green bin collection
330.	Regular green waste bin kerbside pick-up e.g. alternate weeks to recycle bin pick-up
331.	Regular green waste bon collection, similar to other Municipal councils i.e. Sutherland Shire.
332.	Regular green waste collections
333.	Regular pickup of dumped rubbish because of tip closure
334.	Retain same service
335.	Same as in Sydney. 2 council clean up on kerbs
336.	Schedule green waste collection
337.	Scheduled bulky waste collection days
338.	Scheduled bulky waste collection days
339.	Scheduled bulky waste collection days
340.	Scheduled bulky waste collection days green bins for green waste only shire I know that does not have them
341.	Scheduled bulky waste collection days and more tip vouchers
342.	Scheduled bulky waste collection days green bin no more co mingle bins separate recycles glass clear brown green steel aluminium paper cardboard
343.	Scheduled bulky waste collection days green bin for garden waste leaves grass clippings
344.	Scheduled bulky waste collection days green waste collection more regular recycling collection
345.	Scheduled & On call bulk waste does not work, illegal dumping will occur
346.	Scheduled bulky waste collection days.
347.	Scheduled recycle collection days (perhaps through local community groups)
348.	Scheduled waste pickup fortnightly at least.
349.	See comment above
350.	Separate green waste bin
351.	Some way of disposing of garden waste to make it less likely that in a bushfire my garden will be a hazard - it is unrealistic to expect people to drive from Sussex to Nowra for this purpose. Fire is the biggest hazard in this area and should be a council priority.
352.	someone to clean up the roadside rubbish from road side tippers which would eventuate if the tip was closed
353.	Suitable assistance to be provided for our caravan park owners/operators
354.	Supply a large bin for green waste with collection monthly
355.	Supply a regular green waste bin, equivalent to the recycling service currently operating
356.	Supply garden waste bin
357.	Supply green waste bins to all households
358.	Sussex Inlet does not have any other means of collection waste/rubbish other than tip collection
359.	Sussex Inlet suffers enough don’t take anything else from us.
360.	Take fee off for rubbish
361.	take no action service remains the same seriously no service with 23 caravan parks in Sussex inlet
362.	The fortnightly use of green bins to remove green waste
363.	The tip cannot close
364.	The tip needs to remain open as also of the Sussex population are elderly with limited vehicle access due to restricted movement due to their age. Also use pay rates and should receive the some luck of council services as other rate payers.
365.	There is no other option, the tip has to stay open, and none of these other options would even come close to the service provided by the tip.
366.	There would be an increase in illegal dumping in bushland so waste officers would be needed to clean this up
367.	These things never happen and rubbish is left around for weeks and people don’t care how bad it looks for other people or visitors.
368.	These would need to be done frequently
369.	These would not involve any additional fees.
370.	this facility should remain open on a regular basis
371.	This must include all waste collection i.e. recyclable, garden
372.	This must include green waste.
373.	This operates quite successfully on the Blue Mountains - only problem i see - collections are dependent on timing. Sometimes one person’s collections is left for a period of time, due to co-ordination with other collections in the same area - not a good look for a tourist area
374.	This should NOT be an option!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
375.	This wouldn’t work. We'll have litter everywhere and there'll be no recycling. This is an essential service
376.	Tip remains open
377.	Tip to remain open
378.	To have a green waste bin
379.	Twice a year pickup of unwanted items - owners contract council and this service to be free of charge
380.	Twice a year roadside pickup would work well
381.	Twice yearly bulky waste collection
382.	Two large Green Waste Bins
383.	Unlimited
384.	Waste & recycling collection at least twice a week during holiday periods
385.	Waste collection days is more expensive than keeping the dump open.
386.	Waste collection service schedules every 3/4 weeks including 'garden waste'
387.	Waste facilities should always be open in this area.
388.	we do not want it closed, we pay rates to maintain services, which one short down here
389.	we love the buyback part of the facility
390.	We travel sometimes and it would be hard to have a date given to us to use. We would like to ring up and organise a time that is convenient to us. We don’t want the tip to close.
391.	Weekly Green waste bin
392.	Weekly or fortnightly green waste bin
393.	Weekly or fortnightly green waste service.
394.	Weekly recycle collection. Green waste Bin
395.	Weekly recycling collection, green waste collection each month
396.	Weekly waste collection. If not collected on a regular basis - it would be dumped in the bush.
397.	What do we do with our garden waste?
398.	What happens to green waste collection (Non compostable material)
399.	What we need is a garden waste service as 80% of our needs fall into this area
400.	Where would we? Buyback?
401.	why can’t we have a green waste bin
402.	With growing population and new sub division opening, service needs to be retained.
403.	With the rates we pay there should be no need to close the waste facilities
404.	Would not like to see bulky collection days again. Rubbish litters footpath and is unsightly
405.	Written posted letter 1 mth in advance adverting scheduled bulky waste collection day, plus have on call as a second service
406.	You cannot close the facility. The Shoalhaven area as a whole, relies on tourism as its main income source. We a one of approximately 30 tourist facilities in the Sussex Inlet area that need to remove domestic and green waste on a regular basis and removing this facility would mean the end for a lot of small businesses in the area.
407.	You cannot close this facility

Comments for Question 7:

Do you have any other comments on how your local waste facility could provide a better customer experience for you?

1	Please keep our waste facility in Sussex Inlet. It was a meeting place as well for a lot of older Sussex Inlet people to meet and buy back treasures they needed and everyone got on very well with Gary who is a very good operator who represents the council.
2	Surely waste services are run on 'not for profit' basis
3	We really like the tip & would be very upset to see its closure
4	As a daily user of Conjola Nat. Park, I am always finding dumped items. Closing/dramatically reducing tip accessibility is going to increase local dumping in the bush - more expensive to remove overall
5	Sussex Inlet needs our tip. If Shoalhaven city council will be so called debt free by 2020 you can’t be making too much of a loss. As I said before sometimes have to lose a little to have a big win
6	Sussex Inlet - A retirement town. A lot of people have restricted licences and will not be able to travel to other tips. It’s a service, not a profit making venture. Wake up
7	No access to website, please notify by mail
8	Closing the tip will mean significant increase in dumping - especially green waste
9	We live on Sussex Inlet road & every Monday night we clean up rubbish thrown out windows of cars & trucks & put it in our bin. If we didn't do this, the length of this road would look like a tip & council would be employing people to clean it up. Closing the tip is a sure way to fill the bush with rubbish. We recycle all our own garden & kitchen waste & have done so for about 30 years, but still need a recycling & rubbish service. Thanks
10	We have no waste collection, only recycling & we don't want waste dumped in our bushland as will happen if tip closes.
11	Has the council thought about the increase in population when stage 2 of Sussex ?? is completed & the golf course subdivision goes ahead
12	Don't close it, our once pristine town, will not benefit by your outlandish schemes, dumping in bush or/& every other area they can litter because of council.
13	As an irregular owner we don't have council take away our weekly rubbish as we leave Sun nights and bins are collected Tues morn. So our rates don't provide that service for us, even though we pay council for it. Therefore the Sussex Inlet facility provides a place easy for us to remove rubbish that council should be collecting
14	* People will dump rubbish in the bush if they have to travel too far. * With the increase in illegal dumping - tip fees should be reduced to stop it.
15	This is a tourist village, council should be enhancing services to support and encourage tourism not decimate it.
16	There are more properties in the township and more rates collected so council is well compensated for this service.
17	Council should not expect every operation to run at a profit. If transfer station is closed we will see rubbish dumped everywhere/anywhere
18	No need to close the tip Residents need green waste bins. Council needs to do a clean-up for residence.
19	The environmental impact of storing garbage on site - the smell alone would be dreadful from prawns, bait and fishing refuse and the fly and vermin problems would increase considerably. It is not a good option in a holiday area and I feel would impact on tourism in the area in the long term.
20	If the tip is closed people who have restricted licences cannot drive to other areas, also the number of lawn mowing services in S/I would they be expected to drive over 100km to get rid of waste. P.S You could be sure most to all of this rubbish will end up in the bush. Is that what council is about?
21	Sussex facilities must remain in place. Fly tipping will increase in surrounding bush
22	I have just been here for 12 months to a beautiful town that I feel is slowly closing down. And when flooded can’t get out of Badgee. We need a dirt or gravel road out of Badgee.
23	If you close this facility, illegal dumping will increase dramatically in the Sussex Inlet area.
24	I have heard that staff at the tip have been given notice and the tip is definitely closing, if so why bother with this survey?
25	The bean counters should visit the area before even suggesting closing a public convenience such as this. This is part of the service which should be provided for health and safety.
26	It would be sad to see the tip closed. Our national parks and bushland would be full of rubbish
27	If tip closes, don't see why we should pay for bulk waste removal. Council could save by maybe cutting the over staffing at office
28	How can a one man operation at Sussex cause a million dollar loss? Suggest modelling spreadsheet be checked Plus Sussex Inlet is expanding
29	I think it is unfair for previous worker Garry Clifton to be redundant as it makes a day to the tip a pleasure to be meet by a helpful and happy person, if the tip goes and Garry it would be sadly missed.
30	With changes to tip operations we will see an increase in rubbish dumping in the national park & surrounding bushland. The waste collection service is already under servicing the community
31	Scheduled bulky waste days finish up leaving a lot of unsightly rubbish on the streets.
32	Sussex Inlet has always had a tip! What's going on?
33	Regular clean-up of waste illegally dumped in bushland.
34	Just don't close it. Bring back the Buyback scheme - This is recycling at its best.
35	Please leave tip as is. We want to Sussex Inlet clean & tidy
36	Don't close - We pay rates for a reason. Closed you will have large amounts of waste thrown in the bush - a more expensive problem.
37	You will have people dumping rubbish everywhere. Use some common sense.
38	As a pensioner there is no way I can get to other depots, would have to let extra waste accumulate
39	This 'survey' arrived in mail in early July.
40	The absence of Sussex Inlet tip will only increase in roadside dumpage along and around Sussex Inlet roads and in the national parks and bushlands as people will not travel far to go to the tip.
41	As is. Any further downsize of Sussex will increase dumping in bushland and roadsides. While to recent contractor issue was unforeseen by SCC (though you get what you pay for) that shouldn't be to the detriment of ratepayers and result in 'rationalisations'. Any further reduction will result in illegal dumping
42	Should not close, you are building new suburbs and housing, it is only getting bigger not smaller. Once again government who cut services to save money, rate payer’s disadvantage.
43	The facility should Not be closed. Sussex Inlet is a growing town. Where would the waste go? Into the bush? Dumped on the side of the road? No one wants to go to 60 - 70 km to dump rubbish/waste. Thought the council was for rate payers to give services and not to make a profit where rate payers lose a service. We pay enough
44	I think closing this facility would generate a lot of illegal dumping
45	Also, bushfire risk if no effective way for green waste to be locally taken for collection. Need to encourage holiday house owners to keep properties trim and discourage dumping of green waste in bush. P.S Now frequently see mattresses dumped in nearby bushland so need more effective service for disposal.
46	Would not like to see facilities closed, if something had to happen would prefer reduced days and keep people in jobs.
47	Holiday people find it hard to dispose of rubbish
48	I hope it’s realised that if facilities are closed and residents are forced to travel that there will be more illegal dumping on the sides of our roads.
49	I cannot take these options. I need other details i.e. ??? running with like transport, wages etc. to make an informed and relevant decision. On call would be best, cost covered by council for say 2 per year.
50	Do not close it. We already see dumpers going past out house into the bush
51	This facility is a true service ad if closed people will dump rubbish in the bush
52	I went to a lot of trouble to wrap the sheets and transport them to Nowra. Maybe a local drop off point for suitably wrapped asbestos might encourage others to do the right thing. If you shut the Sussex tip I fear our pristine bushland in the area will be used as a dumping ground by some thoughtless residents/contractors.
53	This facility should stay open, our area is increasing with new housing proposed in the future.
54	Risk will be if it is closed illegal dumping will dramatically increase as travel distance to other location are too far.
55	None of the above is appropriate - keep Sussex tip operating as is it is needed here and services a wide area.
56	Coming from the concrete jungle of Sydney where everyone has a green bin, I find it ludicrous living in an area as bushy as ours. We don't have one. Consequently people without a trailer fill their red bins or dump it in the bush. No tip at Sussex will see people dumping garbage in Conjola national park rather than drive to a tip further away.
57	Please make provision for a daily run to collect the dumped rubbish that will occur in our bushlands.
58	Please be aware of this rubbish dumping in public area which will take place.
59	Council to employ more people to clean the highway in, as more people will illegally dump on the side of the road.
60	If this facility is closed the only thing that I see happening is that the surrounding bushland will become a huge tip site as elsewhere.
61	If tip is closed be prepared for more roadside dumping which will ultimately cost council to clean up.
62	You will need a service to pick up rubbish being dumped in the bush especially by weekend people on holidays
63	I would be very annoyed if you decide to close Sussex tip. The town is growing at an alarming rate, to close our waste facility is total madness
64	Closing of the waste facility at Sussex Inlet would be silly. People would just dump rubbish on the side of the road or in the bush.
65	If the transfer station is closed rubbish will be tipped in tracks in and around the area.
66	I do not want the tip closed under any circumstance. We need to reuse and recycle better and smarter. Illegal dumping will ruin our beautiful community and effect tourism etc. Please do not close our tip and please resume recycling.
67	Increase service of tip as population grows. This survey is negative. Council has a responsibility to the community for overseeing the services to our town.
68	To close the local transfer depot would be an act of stupidity, second to none
69	To close the local transfer depot would be a bad decision
70	You will have to have regular bush clean-ups to collect the rubbish that will be dumped due to the closure.
71	By closing the Sussex Inlet facility we feel this would lead to dumping of rubbish in bushland which in turn would cost money to clean up.
72	If facilities closed there will be a lot of rubbish dumped in bush as the other facilities are too far away. Leave it as is
73	Use to be a tip without operator where you could just dump waste, could go back to that and just have an inspector/controller once a month
74	As an absentee owner the above are not useful but may be useful for permanent residents. Absentee owners need weekend access to waste depot that isn't too far away.
75	Do not close. It is an essential service to the locals and visitors alike. Dumping would become common place in the surrounding bush areas
76	I take multiple trailers of green waste for myself and neighbours. How could council do this? You will be inviting illegal dumping which will cost to rectify.
77	We have a town that has many visitors each holiday and long w'ends especially to have no facilities/waste and buyback would not be responsible council practices.
78	Keep tip open. It is our right to dispose of refuse at tips, or more rubbish will be illegally dumped in bush, near roadside etc.
79	Leave Sussex Inlet tip working'
80	As a low socio-economic area rate payers will no doubt dump rubbish in our bushland. A lot of people rely on the buyback system to help their financial positions - surely this is an important element of recycling. Rate payers and residents of Sussex deserve - AND DEMAND this depot remain in service.
81	If you close our Sussex Inlet facility you will have waste dumped in the streets (not a threat from me) but a reality you will keep for greater waste collection services.
82	Funny this becomes an issue now about costs. Maybe should have merged. Kiama has an excellent service all round given we were residents there for 14 years and been here for 2 years.
83	If there are no tips in Sussex, the 'dumping of rubbish' will become a lot more prominent.
84	If tip is closed it would be a disaster for this area. People would not go to Nowra
85	This is a fundamental ??? council service and should not be subject to making a profit. Cost neutral or moderately subsidised is equitable.
86	As a 'holiday house' owner it is not easy to access Sussex waste disposal and I'm a single widow who relies on 'her' mover man to deal with branches, grass etc. but I also have useable household goods to dispose of.
87	Council should be mindful that making waste disposal more difficult will sadly but inevitably result in rubbish being illegally dumped, all too often in pristine bushland
88	This will be a disaster. We pay rates for service. If you don't provide a decent service then Sussex will end up like Wollongong which looks like a third world dump. People will just dump waste in the bush and on the street. Ordinary people will not take waste to Huskisson. It will be scattered around town. Please improve the efficiency but do not abandon the facility
89	Please put results in the Sussex Inleter. No computer, so no website.
90	This is not an option for Sussex Inlet. The closest centre is Huskisson approx. 80km round trip. If Sussex Inlet closes completely there will definitely be an increase of 'illegal dumping'
91	If S.I facilities were to be closed it could create havoc with people dropping their waste anywhere.
92	If you close the tip the bush areas will fill with rubbish. Illegal dumping will become a major issue.
93	If you close there will be waste dumped all over townships. It is already occurring with mattresses, and at public garbage bins
94	The closing of the waste facility is a no solution. The population continues to increase this it is imperative that Shoalhaven Council provide waste facilities for the people to dispose of their waste responsibly. If anything - Sussex could expand its operations and encourage increased recycling & buyback & green waste
95	If facility closes rubbish would be left anywhere large amounts of holiday makers need somewhere to deposit rubbish
96	My concern would be for local tradesman and business owners
97	Un manned transfer station to operate the same as they do in the ACT or more skip bins
98	Give people in Sussex area and other areas a green waste bin and stop wasting money on stupid sculptures in parks etc. Everybody has no box trailer
99	The 'services money' should run the tip: Keeping it open
100	If the local tip was closed, how would people on a restricted licence get the rubbish to the tip as that applies to a lot of Sussex Inlet people including me?
101	I lived permanently in the Wollondilly Shire we had scheduled bulky waste collection days but residents put their bulky waste out before nominated time or after collection days in there is waste on footpaths, roads, yards, etc. I really like the 2 vouchers tip system provided with rates notices
102	Don't close our tip, and bring back Buyback. This bring employment to Sussex
103	Some things have to be kept as a service whether they make money or not. Imagine the rubbish beside the roads
104	If council closes this service, we will expect to see an increase in illegal dumping
105	Watch our bush disappear under rubbish. Enough gets thrown out on the side of the road as people leave town now.
106	Work for the dole people to pick up the rubbish from the bush and side of the road out at Sussex.
107	Senior residents rely on family to drop off rubbish at tip which generally is over weekend when visiting
108	People are going to dump stuff on the side of the road if our tip closes. I hope council listens to us ratepayers.
109	Don't close this facility. This is a service.
110	Council manages the facilities better so they don't run at a loss. Why do they have to be profitable anyway? (We pay council rates for these services)
111	Closing waste facilities or increasing fees will only result in rubbish being dumped in bushland. (Or council fees go towards these services, doesn't matter if they are profitable)
112	If facility is closed you will have waste scattered right through the area
113	Council will make a big mistake closing our tip. It must keep operating as usual as the population grows the demand on our tip will become a major requirement going forward into our future
114	With the increase od projective development and population, in this area of Sussex Inlet, this should not be an option. Tip should stay
115	Close the council offices as that's where most of the current garbage is being generated. "If it aint broke - Don't Fix it"
116	Please do not close this vital facility to the Sussex community. Thank you
117	Do not close waste facilities in this area
118	I think if the facility was closed it would force people to dump like they do in Sydney and it would make for a very ugly Sussex Inlet. It needs to be open at least one day on the weekend for people who have holiday’s homes that don't live down there and only manage to get down weekends.
119	If the waste facilities are closed you will have rubbish being dumped in the bush and along the roadways.
120	I have never been to this tip, but do require a pickup service twice a year
121	I generate so little waste that I can’t speak for other. Scheduled collection results in months of street mess prior to and after collection days
122	I have some reservations about the implications of this survey. As the owner of a holiday house at Sussex Inlet we would have no more than twelve collections per annum so that if we calculate this as a percentage of our annual collection fees then we are paying much more for rubbish collection than residents of places such as Nowra. If the smaller facilities are closed then there will logically be a sharp increase in the amount of illegal dumping considering the distance to facilities which remain. All levels of government recognise that cross subsidisation occurs to engender a harmonious community. If as this survey suggests that a user pays philosophy is to be followed then can you inform me as to when cost recovery will be Implemented across areas of Council responsibly such as sports fields and parks?
123	Residents pay rates for this facility. This downgrading by Shoalhaven Council of this facility is a reduction in one of the few limited services offered.
124	Don't close our tip because people will dump everywhere more between cow creek and Bewong, it’s a disgrace with rubbish.
125	Why not provide green waste recycling bins for householders and reduce days of operation at facility.
126	Reduce services will see increased road side dumping.
127	Reduction in rates to compensate for lack of services
128	You are asking for more dumped rubbish in the bush and messy footpaths. Sussex is a tidy town. This will ruin it.
129	I am on a property 1km from garbage collection so do not have any regular collection. I compost, burn, recycle domestic waste I can deal with, but need to recycle glass, some cupboard, paper and metal. Some material I need to pay for waste disposal/landfill but only once or twice a year. I do and a few others really need access to regular recycling either close delivery or collection
130	With the expansion of Sussex Inlet, we really need a tip more than ever. I really think that the tips should be free for domestic waste.
131	Educate the community to encourage composting/recycling of green waste. Perhaps a subsidies mulching service in with green waste on site and reuse of the material on site, such as mulch, rather than take it to the waste transfer station. This may reduce green waste costs
132	I pay rates and I demand an appropriate replacement to the service provided by the Sussex tip.
133	We need 'local' tipping facilities. Don't close our tip.
134	Leave our tip open, I spend too much time fighting fire from rubbish being dump in the bush
135	Once tip is reduced to 1 day a week or month, will increase dumping on side of road or bush areas.
136	Do not close the centre
137	If the tip is closed an action group will be formed to make sure it stays open, otherwise there will be an increase of illegal dumping in the local bushland.
138	Tip not closed. I organise clean up Australia every year. If anything happens to Sussex tip, the bush will be littered with dumped rubbish and there is no way I would think of trying to organise C.U.A again.
139	If you close Sussex Inlet waste, people will dump their rubbish in the bush. They will not get in their car and drive somewhere else. There are few precious services in S.I. We pay our rates. It is not supposed to make a profit. You have just given permission for new housing in S.I, more traffic, more waste.
140	If there is no waste depot at Sussex Inlet, we should have the green bin for green waste facility.
141	Closing the tip will increase 'dumping' Half an hour drive to Ulladulla/Huskisson waste depot is far.
142	In last census, over 60% of people in Sussex are over 60. Many have driver licences restricted with millage. Most on pensions. What will we do? Dump waste along Sussex road. Stop looking after our properties. Let’s let Sussex be one big dump.
143	This would be unhygienic, encouraging elderly pensioners to hold onto their waste rather than paying expensive commercial fees to take it to another town. If they are nervous about driving on the highway. You need to consider how many elderly people live in this town.
144	Closing facility is not an option
145	The current staff at Sussex Inlet tip redeployed locally
146	Your joking right, from council end use put everything up or take it away and the rates just keep going up.
147	1) Closing waste facilities will encourage 'bush dumping' 2) Privatise the existing facility
148	Check out the QLD model where its free to dump all materials - it is cheaper in the long run
149	Stay same as closing would only increase illegal dumping and more litter
150	Tourists towns where to travel to other tips would interrupt business hours, costs, traffic on roads, more bush dumping, increased debris leached/blown into pristine waterways, beaches and bushland
151	Can’t replace this facility as population triples in holiday periods. SCC would be encouraging illegal dumping in waterways, beaches and bush
152	A regular patrol to pick up waste dropped in isolated (and not so isolated) roads in order to discourage further dumping
153	Don't close it. Towns growing need a dump, new housing all the time
154	Due to the long distance to other tips any reduction will (No doubt) increase illegal dumping in the bush, and would be counterproductive of this isolated bush area, beyond the capability of council to police.
155	If you close this facility altogether and expect people to travel further afraid it would no way apply to us but I believe some people would just dump it in bushland. Sussex Inlet is showing and this is not the time to be considering closing this facility.
156	Green waste bin would be wonderful for fortnight collection
157	n/a
158	If you reduce the services or close the facilities illegal dumping will increase exponentially. Which will increase the threat of bushfire damage. Issue of the green waste bins will help solve the problem.
159	Not really. I feel they do a really good job in Sussex Inlet and my fear is that if this facility is closed or severely cut back the temptation to 'dump illegally' would be great.
160	Its working fine as is
161	Don't waste so much money on consultants. You are already employing staff to deal with this. Communicate with community if there are issues.
162	Reinstate the buyback facility at Sussex Inlet. Expand recycling of paint, solvents and batteries to avoid polluting the environment. Introduce green waste bins in Shoalhaven. The distance to another facility outside Sussex Inlet and our fragile environment and expected increasing population fully justifies keeping and expanding a waste facility at Sussex Inlet - a BASIC SERVICE that our rates already pay for.
163	Keep waste facility and reduce cost with recycle shop. If people can’t easily and cheaply drop off waste, they dump in the bush
164	Don’t close it - there will be rubbish everywhere. Thank you for the weekly pickups during holiday times this is a great service. Imagine what will happen if there is no tip. People will start dumping - bad look for tourists.
165	There is always very obliging and organised service at Sussex Inlet
166	This is a service to the rate payers like roads, parks, etc. therefor nothing should change
167	You do a good job at the Sussex facility, it is well organised and accessible. Again, you need to lower gate fees for clean self-haul green waste to reduce the price incentive for landholders to stockpile and burn it to manage bushfire risk.
168	Keep it open. Travel to these other tips would make it impossible for us. I think that a lot of people will be dumping on the side of the road thus causing a bigger problem. Consider the pensioners please.
169	Over the past 2 years we have always received excellent customer service from the depot staff in all areas of the facility. It would be nice to know that SCC are making all efforts to maintain continuity of current staff to ensure the same customer service is provided.
170	Be open 7 days a week
171	No
172	Please don't even consider closing the Sussex Inlet facility as it will only encourage unscrupulous people to dump waste in the national parks. As you are probably aware Sussex is home to an ageing population and I think it very unreasonable to expect the elderly to drive 50 klms to Nowra and/or Ulladulla or 40klms to Huskisson to dump their waste. If council needs to save money on the operational costs of these facilities then the reduction of hours or days of operation should be the only options available to you with regards to the Sussex Inlet facility. I suggest that you leave the hours of operation alone and open the facility in Sussex on every 2nd weekend only. That is my opinion only and will probably save council the expenditure that they wish to save.
173	I was under the impression that waste disposal is part of Council's duty to ratepayers. If there is insufficient services available, the local bushland will suffer with people dumping instead. It is up to council to manage these services in such a way that they able to continue to operate. Maybe better management of council funds would be a start. Removing essential services from outlying areas is not the answer.
174	Leave it as it is. Maybe reduce the daily operating hours only!
175	the men at the facility are very helpful a lot of people went there for the buyback
176	By bringing back the "buy-back" at the Sussex Inlet Waste Depot, as it was good to pick up some useful things locally, now we have to drive to Nowra or Ulladulla to buy something that originally came from Sussex Inlet!
177	Open more often please
178	Hi. I think the customer experience is fine. What I am concerned about is the distance to the next nearest facility. Also being half an hour away I am concerned green and bulky waste will be illegally dumped in close by national parks which I use. As well as being in an areas that gets its fair share of storms it would be hard to dispose of storm/ flood damaged waste and the green waste that these bring. Thank you.
179	I'm happy with the service at the moment. My concern is if the facility is closed people will dump rubbish illegally
180	Sussex inlet highly needs there tip. Working in the local area we rely on the running of it to remove rubbish etc. from houses. We are an isolated town that is only growing every day. We cannot be driving 60km round trip to remove rubbish! If needed reduce to 3 days but nothing less!
181	Leave thing's the way they are.
182	No
183	Bring back the buy back
184	I thought it was doing well, maybe more in the shop.
185	Reverse the decision to terminate a local’s employment and stop closing everything! You want to introduce 700 new homes and remove our already pitiful infrastructure. We should get cheaper rates!
186	It provides an excellent service and meets my needs
187	Closing centres will only increase roadside bumping as people will not travel over 40 minutes to remove rubbish. This would be the first council who sees profit before service.
188	It does a great job at present and we need its help to keep the locality clean and tidy!
189	Just leave it alone. It is doing a fine job providing an affordable waste collection service. Without it waste collection becomes too expensive and illegal dumping will increase. Not every service council provides should make money. That is why we pay rates.
190	leave things the way they are we do not like constant changes
191	Provide more tip vouchers.
192	By staying open to the residents and employing local staff.
193	Its fine as it is.
194	No it works well as is
195	Given that residents of this area are not provided with a separate collection bin for garden waste, disposal of same at our local facility should not attract charge. The continuation of several free passes to taxpayers should continue.
196	The tip provides an essential service to this area, without it fly tipping would become an even worse problem that it already is. The facilities provided are fine and do not need to change, though the charges are way too high which has led to the fly tipping problem we already have. The tip is a service, and should not be considered as a cost centre, we cannot live without it in this community.
197	The staff at Sussex Inlet have always been very friendly and helpful. I have used this facility a few times over the years and it has always been a positive experience.
198	I have found the service and the staff fine although I don't like the gate price. Given this is a rural area and green waste from trees can be a problem, giving the Council yet another source of income, I think green waste deposits should always be free.
199	Na
200	Keep the buyback centre open.
201	No
202	Why NO garden waste bins in Sussex Inlet? Will we have to travel approx. 35 klms to use tip at Nowra or Ulladulla?? Perhaps with green waste bins we wouldn't need to use to tip as frequently, my main use of the tip is for green waste generated from my property in Sussex.
203	The facility at Sussex Inlet has never let the community down KEEP IT OPEN
204	Stay as they are they already provide a great service
205	Like it as it is - always very happy with the service.
206	Provide a method for disposing of green waste to reduce burning off and green waste going to land fill.
207	If this refers only to the tip, then no. If this refers to waste services in general then I suggest: Introduce a 3rd kerbside collection bin (green) for garden and decomposable waste. Standardise all kerbside waste bins to a single size (large). Green to be collected every week with red and yellow every alternate week. This is how it works in the Penrith council region and since its introduction has reduced my landfill tip dependency to zero.
208	If you are going to close facilities then you need to apply alternatives. Within my area Sussex Inlet, there is increasing population, plus the prospect of the new golf course, this will increase the population and facilities will be needed.
209	Do not alter the existing operation of the Sussex inlet recycling and waste depot
210	Sussex is too far from any other waste services. I'm afraid that if you close the tip there will be more idiots dumping rubbish in the bush to get rid of it.

Ordinary Meeting – Tuesday 04 October 2016

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Total respondents to Q4a = 233

Total Respondents to Q4b = 179

Total respondents to Q5 = 241

Further suggestions/comments for Question 4:

1.	My rates get nothing as it is. Now you want to remove the 1 thing that I support. It should not be about profit but about supplying facilities for residents
2.	Or kerbside general household waste pick up twice year & green garden refuse bin fortnightly
3.	Supply 2 household waste trucks footpath pickups each year & supply 1 green garden waste bins for weekly pick-ups then you can close tip
4.	Would need to supply green bins if green waste was removed
5.	Better sorting to allow more money to be made Stop Sunday - less penalty rates Have a drive by recycling drop off i.e. bins for glass, tins, paper - no need for attendance by staff
6.	Toxic Taxi' service to be available to elderly householders between or before annual chemcollect program
7.	We have no garbage or recycle collection where we live. The tip is essential to us.
8.	If you close this tip it will only increase the illegal dumping in & around the nature reserve.
9.	Do a green waste collection service - free like other councils
10.	1) Introduce green waste collection from kerbside 2) Also consider accepting the smaller facilities operating at a loss. They are not a profit centre. Rate payers pay for services. 3) Centralising waste collection results in costs associated with private transportation of garbage increasing spillage risk and fuel usage
11.	Green waste pick up or green waste bin (Green bin lid)
12.	Making it harder/more expensive to dispose of waste leads to more dumping in the bush. It is short sighted state/fed gov. More onus on manufacturers to sell things that are recyclable. Deposits on bottles, cans. Levy fast food operators, most of the litter on roads is from fast food. Encourages less packaging on consumer goods. Why does council think the L.Conjola facility should run at a profit? It is a council service paid for by rates.
13.	Pay on site with a C/C
14.	I trust appropriate overhead apportionment has occurred when stating that the L.C facility is operating at a loss. What is the cost breakdown across the services offered? Which service is most costly?
15.	Green bins. As a widow, I will not drive with a trailer, not competent. Family members do tip runs when visiting
16.	Add a green waste service on alternate week to recycling service as most councils already provide
17.	Removal of green waste is the problem. There are I acre tree blocks which require constant cleaning and removal of leaf litter as a safety precaution against fires - A monthly service is not acceptable.
18.	Take to Ulladulla. For some people can have on call bulky waste collections.
19.	Do not close
20.	Reduce the price. The increase in fees over the last 5 years has caused people to burn or dump
21.	If tip closed who would clean up bush
22.	Close facility and offer services as per 5
23.	If the tip is close on other days there is going to be rubbish dumped everywhere, bush along the road etc. What about people who can’t get things to Ulladulla. This shouldn't be an option.
24.	after heavy rain once a year and flooding where does all the damaged white goods, rubbish end up at, tourists will not travel to Ulladulla tip, the national park will become a dumping ground
25.	Bricks for Buyback
26.	If council supplied a fortnightly green waste collection. I don't believe the Conjola facility should close as it is probably the only council service we use as we are not permanent occupiers so don't use the weekly collection service
27.	don’t have a great solution though If council closes the service we will see increase in illegal waste dumping in our national parks
28.	Provide green waste bin collection service fortnightly as done by many other councils. Have a very large garden requiring regular pruning.
29.	Do not close this facility. Council will have to foot an expensive bill for CTV cameras to stop illegal dumping.
30.	Supply green bin like most councils in NSW
31.	This council is cash up, you are there to service the people who live in this area.
32.	This is a good facility, well managed. Please provide us, the rate payers, with ACTUAL operating costs so we can make informed decisions. Reducing days from 4 to 3 to 2 if this keeps the facility open.
33.	Need a green waste bin for lawn clippings and pruning of shrubs and trees
34.	Stop waste of rate payers money eg replacement of signage (in perfect order) with coloured ones. P.S Dark blue id not a safe colour.
35.	As most residents in Lake Conjola are seniors this facility needs to remain open as it is a 56km return trip to Ulladulla
36.	Winter 1 day per week (residents) Because of increased population Nov to April, open for 2 days. May apply to most facilities
37.	Provide green waste bins for collection.
38.	1) Do not increase charges as locals are living on low incomes. 2) Stop visitors to area bringing their waste down here because it is cheaper than where they come from ie Sydney
39.	We come down mostly weekends. It is annoying that the tip is closed, particularly for green waste. Most of ours is leaves, sticks, grass, particularly after storms. We like weekly recycling collection at Christmas. Thanks for that.
40.	Supply green waste bin
41.	Open facility more frequently during holiday periods eg mornings daily
42.	Provide garbage service for residents of Chinamans Island. We currently have now.
43.	Provide a green waste bin service.
44.	It is silly to expect anyone to number any option they don't agree with. That way you can use those statistics as positive responses when they are not acceptable at all.
45.	We need the tip. Spend less on Nowra CBD
46.	Council should: 1) Be providing a service to continually slugged ratepayers via rate. 2) Get priorities right
47.	Charge commercial customers - caravan parks - a higher fee and those who rent our properties in the area
48.	To date we have been very happy with waste disposal in our area. The extra waste pickup during Summer holidays has been excellent for both homes and public areas.
49.	Leave it alone - generally older/retirees reside at Lake Conjola - other tips too far away.
50.	In general a garden waste bin and weekly recycling might be worthwhile 9am - 5pm Sat/Sun 1pm - 5 pm Fri
51.	Close the tip and give the land back to the previous Crown lease holder or his children to actually have a chance of the original lease.
52.	Reduce to once a month, days and hours as now
53.	Perhaps spending $750,000 on Lake Entrance Rd (Council Tourist Park) and not allowing enough funds to for basis community services
54.	If this facility closes council will need to provide rubbish pickup for residents of Narrawalle Ck Rd. At present this is our only method of domestic waste disposal/ recycling
55.	As lifestyles are designed as 'throw away' Council needs to accept this and factor waste disposal into their rates. It’s the overall bottom line that counts in budgets, not what an individual tip makes or loses.
56.	1. Provide a green waste bin for rate payers. 2. Provide additional vouchers for green waste 2 per year is not enough.
57.	one day per fortnight would be a better option than one weekend per month
58.	It’s more environmental if this tip is kept open, instead of people having to travel to Ulladulla to get rid of their refuse. I predict if you close our tip, there will be a lot of illegal dumping by the road side.
59.	1) Reduce the amount of green waste by introducing green waste bins on a bi-weekly basis (collection)
60.	With the amount of rates I pay, I would expect the services to remain the same or get better not be reduced.
61.	Promote Mulch/ Buy options. Sunday require penalty rates. Not a good option financially
62.	Supply green waste bin and council pickup.
63.	There is no buyback at Lake Conjola. Needs to remain open because 1) Waste/recycling will be dumped in the bush 2) Recycling metal earns money. None of the rest of these options is suitable for us. Elderly or Holiday home owners
64.	User pays - otherwise people will dump
65.	Generate revenue form enhanced buyback - currently lots of things go to landfill that could be resold
66.	Give us another large bin for garden waste- this is standard in other councils. You close the tips and illegal dumping will prosper. We can only compost so much grass.
67.	Drop off green waste must continue or it will end up in the red lid bin. (Some people will dump it in bushland).
68.	Even though we are heavy users. If you do not have a trailer, getting stuff into Ulladulla is very difficult
69.	A green waste bin like other councils
70.	If people have to travel too far (into Ulladulla) this may increase illegal dumping in bush area. Closing down lake Conjola and other areas will impact on the communities.
71.	Closing tips would only increase tipping in bush areas, making more work and expense for council.
72.	Increase Domestic rate for waste services
73.	Reduce operation of all non-profitable tips by one day. If profitable tips can subsidise non profitable tips but still return on overall profit then leave it alone.
74.	close recycling green waste and buyback
75.	Provide Green Waste bins with fortnightly collection Larger Waste Bins for household rubbish: weekly collection Quarterly kerbside collection of rubbish from households Maintain current 'tip' passes for ratepayers
76.	Open weekend afternoons only so that when you do work around the house or garden (often on weekends) you can drop off waste when you are finished
77.	The tip needs to remain the way it is. Or open more. To suggest Lake Conjola residents travel to Ulladulla is totally wrong on so many levels

Comments for Question 5:

If waste facilities were closed, what services would you like to see in the area?

1	If you close Conjola tip it will only increase the amount of illegal dumping in the national park and surrounds
2	Please don't close our tip. We do not have garbage or recycling service where we live. The tip is essential to us. Please, Please
3	Keep the tip
4	We go to Ulladulla tip. In Nowra they have to travel the distance and lots of another towns have to.
5	Add green waste bins to be collected fortnightly or monthly
6	If you closed this waste facility, you will find it dumped in the bush
7	Green waste collection
8	Also give more than 2 free tip tickets. We don't use the service weekly because we are not there. More tip tickets would be VERY useful to all of us with holiday homes yet not matter to the locals so wouldn't cost any more.
9	If you close our waste facility, people will dump their rubbish in our bushlands.
10	We have no access to any garbage services currently so depend on tip especially for regular recycling and general waste. We currently have no access to bulky waste collection. We also have issues with removal of flood debris from time to time and also regularly collect items from the waterways and take to tip. We use our home mainly in warmer months and need it for general waste and recycling as we have zero garbage service at Chinamans Island
11	If ????, there will be bush dumping - this would be totally counter productive
12	If council services are closed, people will just dump rubbish on footpaths and open spaces.
13	No idea - pay plenty with land rates
14	Difficult to time bulky waste collection with spasmodic occupation of holiday home dwelling
15	Closing waste facility would probably result in conclusive volumes of rubbish being dumped in the bushlands
16	We use Ulladulla if needed before we got household pickup, very concerned if facilities are changed that people will dump it in the bush
17	I believe if the local tip closes or fees get to high, we will go back to seeing rubbish being dumped in the local national park which completely borders Lake Conjola.
18	Green waste Collection
19	Congratulations to the staff - they are very helpful. Keep up the two coupons per year.
20	Our local waste facility provides a necessary service to the area that has a wide ranging impact and without a waste facility at Lake Conjola illegal dumping of rubbish in the bush is a real threat. The impact of that would be devastating not only on the wildlife and fauna but the area as a tourist destination would be negatively impacted. If the council has to make changes to our waste services for economic reasons then a reduction in operational hours is the only acceptable outcome.
21	No Happy with current arrangement
22	All good here in Lake Conjola. Cooperative staff and a good 'feel' about our 'tip' overall. Hands off our tip please! Let's go for fewer days opening as a starter. Perhaps 2 days rather than current 4. Maintain free mulch collection. This is a bonus
23	I would not like to see the current facility at Lake Conjola changed in anyway - it is well run, tidy and the staff very helpful.
24	As Captain of the Conjola RFS my concern is waste will be dumped in the surrounding bush land this will not only create environmental hazards and if a fire should break out the materials in the illegally dumped waste would be toxic and creating not only a health hazard to fire fighters but also the general community. Illegally dumped rubbish would almost certainly attract vermin and be detrimental to local wildlife. If the tip were to be closed over holiday periods the problem of illegal dumping would be worse, perhaps councils should consider keeping the tip open 7 days a week during these periods as it currently does. Geoff Phillips
25	Very happy with the existing facility. Please can we keep it?
26	No. I like the current vouchers system and since we are mostly at our home on weekends we can currently use the tip as it is open on weekends.

Comments for Question 7:

Do you have any other comments on how your local waste facility could provide a better customer experience for you?

1.	A domestic waste service (weekly) for Narrawallee Creek Rd as tip is only option for daily domestic waste for all in this valley.
2.	A green bin for grass and tree branches
3.	A green waste bin service at no extra cost.
4.	Access to mulch, recycled garden waste facility
5.	Also green waste collection
6.	Also scheduled bulky waste collection days - provide a green bin for garden waste and grass
7.	An efficient and user-friendly way of getting rid of garden waste.
8.	As stated above it should get better, not worse.
9.	Better recycling options with introduction of third bin (1 for bottles etc, 1 for cupboard/paper, 1 for general waste)
10.	Bigger waste bins at no extra charge
11.	Bin for green waste
12.	Bins to self-fill with cameras to try to prevent non-compliant drop offs. A sign saying camera will do.
13.	Bricks for Buyback at tip. High energy embody global warming and that
14.	Bulky waste collection days like the Sydney councils do would be a great option
15.	Buyback facility, recycling, green waste
16.	Chemical waste days, electronic waste days,
17.	Chipping service
18.	Closing Tip would cause rubbish dumping in the local native reserve and council bushland
19.	Continue as is
20.	Current red & yellow bin services is adequate but we need added green waste bin. Also a quarterly general waste (Larger items, mattresses, bed, whitegoods, furniture etc) similar to service offered by Sydney councils
21.	Don’t close the tip. Above options will require extra personnel to keep the kerbside clean
22.	Everyday
23.	Extra garbage collection - by extra garden refuse bin
24.	Fortnightly collection of a green waste bin supplied by council. Most other councils offer this service already
25.	Free drop off for Garden waste to Ulladulla up to 150mm diameter. It would enquire people to not dump it. It also includes grass clippings - waste depot at Tuggeranong does. Look again at the Green bin
26.	Free pick up of everything that is now able to be taken to Lake Conjola tip on a regular basis
27.	Garden waste recycle bins for fortnightly pick up
28.	Green bin
29.	Green bin collection for garden waste
30.	Green bin fortnightly
31.	Green bin supply
32.	Green bin. Necessity if you close the tip.
33.	Green bins
34.	Green bins collected fortnightly
35.	Green bins supplied
36.	Green bins would be essential
37.	Green garden waste bin for monthly pickup
38.	Green lid bin
39.	Green Waste
40.	Green waste - get with it Shoalhaven. Why should we be charged to dump grass clippings - Wollongong, Shellharbour & Kiama have a green waste pickup each fortnight. Land rates are the same as Wollongong & we get less services
41.	Green waste bin
42.	Green waste bin
43.	Green waste bin collection
44.	Green waste bin collection fortnightly
45.	Green waste bin collection on a fortnightly cycle.
46.	Green waste bin/pick up
47.	Green waste bins
48.	Green waste bins
49.	Green waste bins 2nd week pick up once a month. Tip to open 9am to 1pm
50.	Green Waste bins or collection. Mulch drop off area for use if tip not available
51.	Green waste collection
52.	Green waste collection
53.	Green waste collection
54.	Green waste collection (vegetation)
55.	Green Waste collection bins
56.	Green waste collection fortnightly
57.	Green waste collection like Kiama Council, ie green bins (Introduce)
58.	Green waste collections
59.	green waste drop location
60.	Green waste is a problem. Lake Conjola is bushy - fire proof and floods. A clearance area - tip is required.
61.	Green waste pickup at kerbside
62.	Green waste pickup days
63.	Green waste recycling service - green waste bins the same as the yellow recycling bins
64.	I am opposed to it closing
65.	Introduce a fortnightly green waste bin collection
66.	Introduction of green waste bin
67.	Introduction of green waste bin collected fortnightly (not reasonable to expect small red bins to take lawn cuttings etc and general household waste) or increase size of red bins.
68.	It is too far to take green waste elsewhere
69.	Kerbside green waste collection fortnightly
70.	Large rubbish bins (red), add green waste bin, collect alternate with recycle bin.
71.	large skip bin left on site at the tip one bin for general rubbish one bin for recycling
72.	Larger Bins
73.	Larger general rubbish bins
74.	Monthly green waste collection
75.	my preferences is for facility to remain open with reduced hours for economic reasons as next closest facility is at least 20 kms away
76.	No council trucks come onto our road, so a drop off point would be helpful,
77.	No extra charge
78.	No fees or No charge domestic tip voucher or similar need to be put in place
79.	Not a good idea
80.	On- call bulky waste collections
81.	On call green waste collections
82.	One free council collection bulky items per quarter. 2 call out as required.
83.	Only if the truck comes up to my rural property
84.	Pick up green waste
85.	Please keep the tip open, even if only minimal
86.	Provide green waste bin collected fortnightly
87.	Provision of a bin to garbage green waste
88.	Quarterly Green Waste kerbside collection
89.	Recycling
90.	Recycling
91.	Regular green waste collection - fortnightly. Regular bulky waste kerbside collection - 2-3 times per year.
92.	Rubbish collection from our home. We have no rubbish collection so we must transport all our rubbish to the Lake Conjola tip every week once and twice per week.
93.	Schedule bulky waste skips located for collection at appointed location quarterly
94.	Schedule green waste free (delivered) compost bin if requested.
95.	Scheduled bulky waste collection days
96.	Scheduled bulky waste collection days green waste bin
97.	Scheduled bulky waste collection days to be at least monthly
98.	Scheduled bulky waste collection days.
99.	Setup green waste collection by provision of green bins
100.	somewhere to take green waste mulch still available to residents
101.	Supplied green waste bin, once a fortnight collection. Other councils do this and reuse mulch for council use and resale.
102.	Use neighbouring facility
103.	We should be supplied with a third 'Green waste' bin like every other council in NSW has and regular kerbside bulk pickup days like other councils. Are you going to reduce our rates in proportion to the services you keep cutting? Which compared to other councils are severely lacking
104.	Weekly or fortnightly collection of green waste
105.	Would love to see green waste bin collected once per 2 weeks
106.	A bin for green waste would be great.

Ordinary Meeting – Tuesday 04 October 2016

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Total responses to Q4a: 1111

Total response to Q: 931

Total Response to Q: 1217

Total responses to Q6: 1418

Further suggestions/comments for Question 4:

1	1 free voucher for owner for residence each year
2	1) Increase kerbside collections by way of quarterly pickup if necessary. 2) Issue ratepayers with green bins
3	1) Offer kerbside pickup of large items as other council do a few times a year. How do the elderly, frail, disabled get their waste to the facility? They don't. 2) They already pay rates 3) Councils are not there to make a profit but to provide services for which we pay.
4	1) Supply larger domestic waste bins for the weekly collection 2) Introduce green waste collection bins for a fortnightly collection
5	1/ Council currently have problems with dumping. By closing the facility will only increase the problem. 2/ Recycling and waste are a facility- not a money making venture
6	3 monthly council clean up from the front of the house on the verge
7	9am - 5 pm open
8	A bad option. Increase road traffic. More like hood of roadside dumping particularly from visitors leaving. Council must provide appropriate services. Stickers for locals/rate payers. Impose a visitor tax Impose a levy on holiday accommodation. Paid parking at beaches for non-residents
9	A combination of reduced days and reduced hours (option 1 & 2)
10	A fortnightly green waste bin collection
11	a green bin once per month
12	A mix of increased fees, increased efficiency and a profit share with staff.
13	A weighbridge would be good at Callala instead of guesstimates. If I have substantial waste I take it to a weighbridge facility so I don't get ripped off. However it probably wouldn't be cost effective so I’ll keep doing the same.
14	A) My preferred suggestion is to open Friday, Saturday, Sunday Or Fri, Sat B) Green waste should be called free if council has a good recycling system
15	Accept that as ratepayers we are entitled to this facility and unless rates are reduced to reflect, having to drive to alternative facilities is out of the question
16	Add cardboard recycling to recycling bins in industrial area and add bin for bulky metal items
17	Afternoons - Especially if combined with fewer days in order to have time to load the trailer prior it taking it to the tip.
18	Any combination of a reduction of opening hours and a reduction of opening days, preferably at least opening once per weekend and more during holiday periods.
19	Any increase in fees or reduction of times will increase illegal dumping, which will cost council and rate payers. Be warned
20	AS a permanent resident of Currarong, the above satisfies my needs. The weekly recycling pickups at Christmas is very good and should be maintained
21	As Callala Bay has a lot of holiday homes, we would like to see the tip remain open over Easter, Christmas holidays. If the tip is not open at these times we will have rubbish tipped in the bush or on side of roads.
22	As we are 'absentees' at present we cannot speak for the majority of residents in Culburra Beach
23	As we are surrounded by National and State parks 'dumping od rubbish' would become a real problem if the Callala tip closed.
24	Because the people that rent don't get the tip vouchers, so much rubbish ie lounges, mattresses, fridges gets dumped in the bush. It would be good if this issue was addressed.
25	better recycling of metal and buy back private operator
26	Big green bin & Big red bin
27	Big mistake to close tip
28	Big problem is if it has to shut people will dump more in the bushlands. They will not travel 30km to take it into West Nowra
29	Box trailer hire from tips to increase volume of dumping and boost revenue from tips Employ staff from Shoalhaven Jail - Correction Centre
30	Buyback has recently stopped at Callala Bay. We would like to see it back again.
31	Buyback is already closed. Provide Green Waste bins for green/garden waste to residents for f/nightly collections
32	Callala is a regional centre tip and quite a distance from West Nowra. It would be a disaster for the nearby bush and devastating for the elderly if Callala tip was closed.
33	Callala services a large number of communities east of Nowra. Not fair to expect them to travel to West Nowra or Huskisson
34	Callala tip is a very valuable service in the Callala, Currarong, and Culburra area. Preference is to only open on weekends rather than closure even if for just one day on weekends
35	Can’t imagine Huskisson, Ulladulla or West Nowra driving out to Callala if there waste disposal was closed. We have quite a few villages out here and we all pay rates we don't get much now for our rates so why take away what little we have.
36	Careful we don't create illegal dumping
37	Change days/hours so it is a profitable business. Change business schedule/managers.
38	Charge less to eliminate the illegal dumping throughout the coastal area. I pay significant rates. This service is not abnormal and offered everywhere
39	Check management on site is trustworthy
40	close general waste and buyback reduce the operation to once a week open from 9am to 1pm for recycling and green waste - Nowra is too far away to carry waste
41	close green waste and buyback maybe one day a week only from 9am - 1pm, however if you want rate increases to keep it open close it
42	close Callala and dumping in Callala, Currarong, Culburra beach area will increase more expense for council
43	Close Callala and provide free waste transfer facilities at West Nowra as compensation for affected residents
44	Close facility AND advertise more widely "on-call" bulky waste collections and fines for dumping in bushland. We are very concerned about bushland dumping.
45	Close facility and provide free council kerbside pickups 4 time per year. Supply green waste bins fortnightly pickup. Recycling bins picked up weekly.
46	Open School Holidays
47	Close the Callala facility but introduce garden/green waste (Green bin) collection fortnightly (or monthly)
48	Close the facility and introduce a green waste bin service for garden waste recycling
49	Close the whole facility and provide a kerbside collection 5x per year like in Sydney
50	Closing Callala waste transfer would make it very difficult for very many residents who wish to remain in own homes in later years of life. We are all rate paying residents in these villages
51	Closing parts of the operation, This is not an option
52	closing smaller depots will lead to more dumping on forest reserves and surrounding bush by people more restricted access to bush areas council clean up days at least twice a year for non-bulky items
53	Closing the tip is a very bad idea. 1) Much refuse will end up in the bush and it will cost far more to clean up 2) Need weekend access for weekend visitors especially in all surrounding villages. 3) It is not acceptable to have to drive 30km or more to tip.
54	Closing this facility will mean more rubbish dumped in the bushes or beside the road as it is often done now.
55	Closure of tip at Callala will only encourage dumping. I'm manager of Anglicare Op shop Culburra. We have rubbish dumped outside our shop and put in our bins as it is. This will increase. We have also have to fund a skip from Cleanaway which is costing too much and is emptied every 2 weeks.
56	Closure will only encourage more local dumping
57	Closure would mean garbage on sidewalks, bush and anywhere available. EPA is supposed to be involved in waste management, as lot of good this decision would be to the environment
58	Combination of 1 & 2
59	Combination of 1 & 2
60	Combination Priority - 9am - 1pm, 4 days - Mon, Fri, Sat, Sun Reduce 2 free 'dumps' per rate payer; introduce community clean ups (Easter, Christmas)
61	Concern - people will dump more in the forests around Callala. Forest, road and near the dump entrance.
62	Consider improved services in spring and summer given population movement. Prefer reduced hours and 2 days. Note given the general population of Callala Beach, closure is likely to lead to increased dumping which will cost council more - just less transparent costs.
63	Consider one or two weeks open in summer holidays. Consider of facility closed permanently, bush rubbish will be a greater issue.
64	Consider operations during summer months only, unless a major storm occurs (one off)
65	Council has just spent significant money on new fencing of this depot. The closure of this depot is unreasonable. If council was running at a loss why spend money on it?
66	Council is a service provider, so do it for everyone not just the large towns. Spend money on the small villages. Be ready to clean up extra illegal dumping
67	Council needs to support this service. It does not offer green bin waste for recycling. This is a growing area
68	Council should provide 'Green waste' bin as Sydney council do
69	Council should very seriously consider a green bin service. This is now the norm and has been for a very long time in other areas. Restricting access to the local collection depot (or closure) or increasing gate fees will only encourage illegal waste dumping. The fees are already too high.
70	Council to provide green waste bin for garden waste.
71	cut down on operating staff
72	Cut staff at council chambers and retain staff at the tips
73	Cut staff at council chambers
74	Cut staff at council chambers
75	Dedicated green waste bins (large) to be collected weekly
76	Do a 6 month waste collection from homes
77	Do as Sutherland council does have annual household clean ups on a monthly but strictly by appointment which each household is allowed 2 pick-ups per annum from their residence. All industrial waste (if any) to be sent to South Nowra. Look into automating the facility.
78	Do away with holiday extra days. Why should we pay for holiday makers we don't need extra days
79	Do not close as it will increase dumping of rubbish in the bush.
80	Do not close Callala
81	Do not close facility please
82	Do not close the facility as other facilities are too far away and people will dump rubbish in bushland
83	Do not close the tip as this will result in an increase in illegal dumping. Callala residents will not drive into Nowra. Already illegal dumping exists due to high tipping fees. A lot of local residents do not drive
84	Do not close this facility. Cut back days and hours of operation.
85	Do not close this service. The council must give residents this service. If closed it will only encourage illegal dumping. The council owes this service to the residents. This is an election issue
86	Don't charge for green waste but charge for mulch.
87	Don't employ as many staff. Each time I go there, there are at least 2-3 staff
88	Don't mind which weekday but must be one weekend day
89	Don't see why I should pay for a trailer load of green waste
90	Every house should have large 'Green bin' second weekly pickup.
91	Everything should be recycle properly.
92	Fees are high already increasing the fees will increase illegal dumping
93	Find cutbacks in areas which do not need to be included in council expenditure to maintain this essential community service. Closing the facility does little to address the landfill issue
94	For residents of Callala bay, Callala Beach, Myola, Culburra, Orient Point & Currarong - 50kms round trip to West Nowra. Will lead to more illegal dumping in parks
95	Forget recycling and waste facilities and conduct a major effort in repairing Shoalhaven roads
96	Fortnightly green waste collection
97	Free kerbside pickup like they have in Baulkam Hills, The Oaks and many others. Shoalhaven has the meanest rubbish service of all. Sure costs have increase so have rates and charges
98	From what the council receives from recycle i.e. cardboard scrap metal, put the money back in to the operations to stop illegal dumping which will happen.
99	From your line of questions it appears that wages are your biggest issue. If this is the case, reduce your hours for Callala to Fri 7-3 and Sat morning 7-11. This could feasible be done 2 weekends a month. I think closing the facility or further raising tip fees would cause further illegal dumping which costs more to clean up
100	Get rid of some of the high paid management who obviously haven't managed well so that those on low wages at the front line can still service the community. Stop ignoring human costs in you bottom lines. We would rather have our tip open then look at your crappy Facebook page.
101	Give residents a green waste bin like other councils have
102	Give residents a green waste bin. Ours must be about the last council in NSW to have green waste bins
103	Give us green bins
104	Give us green waste bins like other councils do.
105	Give us green bins. As a rate payer, why should I have to travel? Callala tip services the whole of the north of Jervis Bay!
106	Go back to the way it was when the tip was open and people put their waste into the large open pits that were then bulldozed over once every 3 to 6 months.
107	Got to have somewhere to take rubbish close to home. Council doesn't pick it up, green waste etc.
108	Great concern that no facility will lead to much increased illegal dumping. Its already over the top
109	green waste bin
110	Green waste bin - fortnightly collection
111	green waste bin at premises this obviously will cost more but is a reusable material buyback should only be at a few sites
112	green waste bin fortnightly collection bulk waste kerbside collection every 3 Months
113	Green waste bins - pickup fortnightly or monthly
114	Green waste bins at each house in Callala like other towns in Australia
115	Green waste bins on bi-weekly pick-ups in the streets badly needed.
116	Green waste collection bin, though not as good as current service.
117	Have a few like bargain days, that the buyback sell for next to nothing. This would help the homeless and struggling
118	Have a green bin for garden waste
119	Have a seasonal variance in operating i.e. Spring/Summer open more than winter (i.e. garden-green recycle)
120	Have all council employees including Mayor and Managers work at facilities as part of their work package ( this will save heaps of money)
121	Have more general & green waste pickups by phoning council. Introduce a green bin for garden waste.
122	have more vouchers for tip runs not 2 a year, if you remove the Callala beach facility you will find people dumping into bushland
123	Have public bins available. Holiday season only. Due to many people holidaying and plenty of rubbish
124	Have the 'negative' costs of cleaning up and prohibiting structures of dumping been weighed up against this 'annual loss'? Decreasing access to waste removal may create problems with associated costs
125	Having our own green waste bins would be great.
126	Having several green waste bins throughout Currarong so we can drop green waste regularly.
127	Higher fees mean more illegal dumping.
128	Hold auction twice a year to sell off reusable items. Proceeds to go to council and a charity such as St Vincent's de Pauls etc
129	How are you going to stop land fill when we live in a throwaway society, nothing is made to last.
130	I am an 83 year old women living on my own. I have no trailer to take anything to the tip. I would prefer to have pick-ups a couple of times a year
131	I am satisfied with the operation of Callala facility. The only complaint is green waste. If in the car boot it is sometimes free or $4. In my box trailer it values either $5 or $6 (Not free)
132	I cannot believe that this is as it is. We pay so much in land tax & council rate. Why is this now the case? Sick of everything going up when we pay so much already. This is bullshit
133	I did not know that there was a buyback facility. How it works etc. - what type of items
134	I don't agree with any of the other options above
135	I have noticed the metals are all thrown in together disregarding the monetary value.
136	I object to having to pay to drop off green waste, when it is then recycled
137	I suggest council waste truck, which comes on Tuesdays and empties all public waste, also do holiday rural properties (both bins) and charge rate payers accordingly. Holiday rentals are a business and put extra waste into this facility and do not have to pay extra. A rental near us constantly has 10 people for the w/e and bins are always overflowing.
138	I think if you closed this tip many people would just dump there rubbish recycling etc. at the side of the road or the bush. I have seen this before at Callala but I feel it would get out of hand.
139	I very much favour 'scheduled bulky waste collections' either on an annual or bi-annual basis. I am a pensioner and find it difficult to dispose of bulky items
140	I would be really concerned that if you close the facility the illegal dumping would jump significantly as people are too lazy or stingy to travel to Nowra West.
141	I would like to comment that if you close these facilities you will see more rubbish dumped at the side of the roads
142	I, being an aged pensioner have my lawns mown by a local man. He then drops off at local tip. If the tip is closed, my mowing charge would be substantially increased.
143	I'd prefer no action but if you need to reduce costs the reduce days of operation. Council should provide services, not try to cut costs
144	If a big storm - important tip is open after, to get rid of garden waste
145	if Callala closes you will see more dumping in the bush it is too far to other facilities also there will be more recyclables being placed in waste bin red top and adding to landfill
146	If Callala facility is not cost effective then closure should be considered. Unless the staff have any suggestions regarding the facility becoming more cost effective.
147	If Callala was close, there would be an increase of dumping like we have seen on forest road. People will not go to West Nowra and cannot have that
148	If Callala waste transfer station is closed, the council could expect a rise in illegal dumping of materials in surrounding bushland and creating visual eyesore in the area
149	If Callala were to close, I feel there would be an increase in illegal dumping. There should also be free green waste collection
150	If closing the smaller waste depot facilities and directing people to West Nowra - reduce fees to account for travelling as obviously closing them will reduce 'wasted money'
151	If council closed this facility the amount of garbage and green waste that would end up in the scrub or thrown into parks, gardens and reserves would be a real problem for the community and council. This problem would cost the council money to clean up.
152	If council closes the tip, the incidence of illegal dumping will increase significantly
153	If facility is closed I fear that rubbish will be dumped on road side or in our forests
154	If facility was to close (Callala) provide additional waste facility vouchers to compensate for further travelling to another waste facility
155	If green waste removal was available (i.e. green bin) would drastically reduce need for the Callala facility
156	If it has less hours than now, there will most likely be more thrown on the sides of the roads
157	If reduce access to local facilities then give us a green bin for green waste and regular curb side pickups like Sydney.
158	If remains open - needs to be on weekend or hours working people can utilise it.
159	If the Callala Bay facility closes, Forest Rd will become a dumping ground for rubbish. The clean-up cost of constant dumping will out way running cost of the current tip. Will our rates be reduced if we lost the tip?
160	If the Callala transfer station is closed you better budget to line the whole of forest road with rocks as this will lead to a huge rubbish dump in the bush.
161	If the council makes money from the tip that's good. If a contract makes money from the tip that's bad.
162	If the facility is closed we will have more waste dumped on the side of the road.
163	If the local facility closes there will be more illegal dumping in the bush which will cost more to clean up.
164	If the tip at Callala was to close there would be dumpage. Please keep the tip open
165	If the tip closes there will be rubbish dumped along forest road. This will cause problems for the council in future.
166	If the tip is closed, rubbish will be dumped probably in the bush - or put in the landfill bins.
167	If the tip is closed, you will find more rubbish along roadways as people dump their stuff after holiday weekends.
168	If the waste facilities should close there would be a great deal of illegal dumping od green and general waste.
169	If there is ated
170	If there is no facility, then it will be like Sydney, where they just drive into the bush and leave their rubbish, then it would cost the council to remove it
171	If this facility is reduced severely you will find that the roadside will become the tip which will cost council much more to clean up. If council is fair dinkum about recycling then bring us into the 21st century and introduce a fortnightly kerbside green waste service instead of the current on call organic service. this would save a huge amount of landfill
172	If this facility was to close, it would increase the amount of 'road side dumping'
173	If tip were closed, visitors etc. would dump by roadside
174	If waste transfer closed people will dump all waste in bushland as they do now when tip is closed.
175	If we had a green bin it would be a lot better re waste. All my green waste goes in my red bin
176	If you close Callala people will dump alongside roads
177	If you close Callala site you had better employ rangers 24/7 along Cooemia & Forest Roads because they will become dump sites
178	If you close the Callala facility, rubbish will more than likely be thrown in the bush alongside the roads
179	If you close the Callala transfer centre, most people will dump rubbish in the bush.
180	If you close this facility and the other even though council wants to cut costs. You will end up with people dumping rubbish on roadside. (fact)
181	If you close this, people will be dumping stuff on roadside.
182	If you have 1 day per month free plus reduced gate entry, more people will access thus reduce 'bush' rubbish costing and increasing the tip use.
183	If you reduce hours/days it would be advisable to increase surveillance due to more unlawful dumping.
184	Implement on call pick up services like other councils. Implement a green waste bin facility for fortnightly pick up
185	Improve on-call garden organics pick up. If we didn't have to bundle it up ourselves it would be magnificent, having to bundle it up makes it utterly useless
186	Increase at holiday time to cater for tourists and absentee owners
187	Increase recycling/actively sort items for recycling. Staff could strip mattresses to retain the steel. Staff could present items for sale more effectively Brass, Copper, S.Steel, Aluminium are higher value metals that are not sorted properly.
188	Increasing gate fees will be disastrous for local bushland. As a frequent user of many bush tracks around Callala/Myola and as an RFS member, I often see the illegal dumping which takes place. This will only increase if fees rise, despite the recent construction of gates
189	Introduce a curb side green waste service @ close the transfer stations altogether
190	Introduce a fortnightly Green waste collection. Provide two Green water bins for those households that want this, but at no charge for the extra bin.
191	Introduce a green bin fortnightly
192	Introduce a green bin service. Keep the Callala facility open in the school holidays. Getting rid of green waste is my biggest problem.
193	Introduce a green waste bin pickup, have a set day once per 3 months for kerbside pickup of bulky items, have more recycle bins/containers in towns - cans/plastics, cardboard/paper, clothing etc. Provide houses with compost bins, worm farms etc. on application to encourage on site recycling.
194	Introduce a green waste collection service on a regular fortnightly basis.
195	introduce a green waste garbage bin and adjust rates accordingly
196	Introduce a green/compost bin collection weekly, which would also reduce the need for a red bin collection, back to fortnightly. This would reduce the expensive state Government waste levy.
197	Introduce chemical collection current collection days nearby impossible
198	Introduce fortnightly green bins for green waste collection
199	Introduce green bins
200	Introduce green bins like the current yellow bin.
201	Introduce green bins so that we don't have to take green waste to the recycling centre
202	Introduce Green waste bins and bulky waste 'on call' We live in Sutherland shire and this system works much better
203	Introduce green waste bins for residents so they don't need to take it to the facility. Or have scheduled bulk green waste curb side collection periodically during the year. Or give one voucher instead of 2 a year for waste drop -off at the facility, to reduce costs
204	Introduce green waste bins
205	Introduce monthly green bin waste pickup. Introduce quarterly or 6-monthly general clean up pickup (Verge-Side)
206	Introducing green bin collection as do Wollongong etc. Close green waste section
207	Investigate if charging for mulch is or cost effective then charging to drop the organic material off
208	Is council serious? Reduction of services at the tip will without doubt increase illegal dumping of rubbish along the roads. Any savings would be spent on pickup of roadside rubbish.
209	Is there any chance of having local green waste pickups - or places to put green waste locally which id then collected? We are having problems with neighbours burning green waste now - some of them burn once a week
210	is there anything else you’re not going to do for us, we receive very little now
211	Issue Green bin
212	It already is too expensive. Green waste, all domestic green waste should be free. With 2 passes per year for waste, too many trees in Shoalhaven.
213	It is far too much distance to travel some 30km from Callala to Nowra for waste. This Callala facility must stay open
214	It is the job of the government to provide services that cannot be run by private enterprises as 'profit making'. We do not want to see everybody having to drive in to Nowra because they have no local services
215	It needs to be open during school holidays. Any reduction in operating hours/days will mean you will have people dumping rubbish in the bush
216	It seems the operation has already been scaled back significantly. I am unclear how a waste facility which is a core service of a council, can or should be expected to operate as a profit making facility. Like libraries, skate parks etc. they are a service to rate payers
217	It should be noted that if closure solution expect dumping to be a bigger problem
218	It would be better if you had a green pickup (green bin)
219	It would be nice if we had a green garden waste bin, also do a bulk clean up by council a few times a year
220	It would be very helpful if Council introduced a green bin for garden waste collection perhaps monthly. This would substantially reduce the frequency with which we use the waste facility.
221	It’s too late now council has already scrapped the buy back in Callala but it should have been cheaper and only good quality should have been kept.
222	Keep Australia Clean'. So close the waste depot. When was waste collection a money making project? God help us all
223	Keep it open for green waste. Currarong, Callala and Culburra need it for bulk green waste (Storm damage etc.). At $25 a ute load I don't see how you can be losing money.
224	Keep the 2 x free tip vouchers. Very expensive council. Very much in line with councils that provide more services. Is this the only council that doesn't offer free green waste disposal?
225	Keep the shop for buyback. It was so good to find something you needed to fix something e.g. bikes, mowers tools
226	Keeping the transfer station tidy and well organised. Possibly having a covered area for recyclable items (paper cardboard etc.), containers for attractive recyclable metals.
227	Kerb side collection for bulky goods twice a year free.
228	Kerbside green pickup (by phone request) without having to tie it in bundles. Twice yearly bulk kerbside pickup. Green lidded fortnightly pick up. If services are reduced so should rates
229	Kerbside green waste weekly sept to March fortnightly April - August
230	Last I heard was Callala was down to single man operation (It surely cant cost any less)
231	Last time we went, cost us $65.00 & we are pensioners. Not happy. Rip off, What do we pay rates for?
232	Leave as is
233	Leave everything the same
234	Leave it as is - enough stuff is dumped in bush already
235	leave it as is otherwise there will be rubbish dumped everywhere
236	Leave the Callala facility for collection of green waste only. Provide an extra 2 free tickets for use at the Nowra facility for the inconvenience of having to travel to Nowra, or reduce fees for out of town residents
237	Let’s have a green waste bin like other councils and have the recycling bin collected every week. Also have recycling bins down at the beach
238	Look at other infrastructure to save money - idle and dilapidated village pools. No tip or increase fees will add to the dumping problem
239	Look elsewhere for savings e.g. the other day we awoke to a horrible racket at 7am. Right outside our front door it was some sort of street cleaner cleaning our 1m x 15m strip of concrete joining Green ways and Lennox head. What a waste of council money. Transporting and running it around small towns like Callala, accomplishes nothing. Must cost a fortune. Get rid of it and put money into waste facilities. If a builder made a racket like that at 7am he would be fined, however council do not have to abide by noise pollution regulations obviously.
240	Lower or Nil gate fees for residents who provide identification
241	Many homes in area are holiday homes and these people need access on weekend to dispose of excess waste, if not provided dumping is likely
242	Many workers and holiday people work in their garden over weekends, and take rubbish to the tip on Sundays (from my observations) We would like to see service remains the same. West Nowra is too far away and people will just dump their rubbish on vacant land or roadside.
243	Maybe green bin at residence
244	Monthly pickup with stipulations no more than 2 cubic metre. I did this for 35 years on Marrickville council, works well. If people travel great distances the streets get covered in rubbish
245	More clean ups outside on the footpath. Some councils have 12 a year when you ring them
246	More widely advertised buyback and trial closing waste operations and keeping open buyback along the lines of the reserve garbage centre in Marrickville. Increasing fees is an option I oppose.
247	Most of these will increase illegal dumping in our large areas of bushland.
248	Most other councils have a 'clean up' day or week. 2 vouchers are ok If you have a trailer - not everybody does. I don't.
249	My house is a holiday house. Most/majority of my waste is leaf/grass matter from trees. Perhaps supple a green waste bin with the usual bin would help
250	My opinion: Currarong tip was closed years ago, Callala is good, the further we have to go the less it will be used.
251	My perfect option is to open the Callala facility more often. I think this survey is rigged to get the result you want
252	Need facility to get rid of green waste after storms
253	No
254	no
255	No case has been made to justify or even explain the words significant and increasing annual loss. This is a further step in the erosion of public amenity in the Callala area
256	Open all the time - No operation - Camera for person not complying
257	No other options are acceptable
258	No we don't have other options. Waste depot was created for the community. Perfuse these action created politic friction; eventually the population will increase. What's next No, NO No
259	None - Is this another bean counter looking for a wage rise?
260	None. Less access to transfer depots means more rubbish in bush and roadsides which costs the environment and council more.
261	Note if this facility is removed, an increase of dumping of rubbish/waste in the bush/side of road is likely to occur
262	One option is to close it and spend more money on cleaning up the local bush as there will be increased illegal dumping. Then you could close all the bush tracks so we can’t get into the bush. Hold on its all getting closed anyway. To close a tip based on this stat is asking for rubbish dumping in the bush
263	Only open 4 days a week now, reducing hours more only encourages people to drugs rubbish on road sides. It is a service that needs to be maintained.
264	Open Callala on Saturdays only would be acceptable.
265	Open facility more over Christmas holiday period to meet increased demand over this time.
266	Open green waste facility at Callala
267	Open more often
268	Open once a month and provide green waste bin to be collected fortnightly
269	Operate facility on 2-3 days a week with just a half day on weekends such as Friday and Saturday morning to 12 noon or 1pm, say another weekday.
270	Operate fortnightly.
271	Operation currently runs on a restricted basis - not sure as to how, in a practical way, you reduce it further.
272	Operation hours should be increased during school holiday periods
273	Option to have assistance with green waste loaded into trailer like at Huslay. $10 trailer to mulch Perhaps x 1 month
274	Other councils have free green waste drop off or green bins for collections (garden clippings) Some people will dump in bush if you close facility. Make it more efficient - Think of long term repercussions.
275	People will drop more waste in the bush. Keep the Callala tip open please
276	Perhaps a reduced gate fee and no fee for garden waste would encourage use. Look at other states and how they operate their facilities and which ones work and why.
277	Pick up on demand
278	pick up recycling curb bins weekly have a green bin (waste collection of garden waste ) fortnightly / monthly Bulk curb pick up quarterly and could close tip
279	Pick up waste on request
280	Please be considerate of the hundreds of thousands of rates you collect from the residents. The service is in desperate need
281	Please consider your age rate payers who have no means of using your current services e.g. box-trailers or even cars and provide them with accessible services which are already paid by through the annual rates
282	Please do not close this facility.
283	Please factor in the cost of illegal dumping, of the facility is closed. As I would imagine people will start to do this. Example, the removal of the garbage bins and less bins from Callala beach to near the beach is already leading to rubbish being left on the ground near the bins
284	Please introduce an organic waste bin for weekly or fortnightly free kerbside collection and compost all collected material. This will significantly reduce garden waste being dumped in the bush.
285	Please make it propriety to fund these services otherwise the community will suffer from decreased tourism due to effects of increased unlawful dumping in green space. Please consider further education program for residents.
286	Please provide me with the information that confirms Callala facility is running at loss. This is not a fair process otherwise
287	Privatise operations to commercial operator.
288	Profound option - Close facility, introduced fortnightly green waste collection and ability to have bulk waste collected as required.
289	Provide 2 x kerb side pickup of 1 square metre of waste (sorted into waste categories) per year The options provided are not logical and suggest closure of the local facilities as a cost saving
290	Provide a green bin service on a fortnightly basis to all households then close the green waste service. Along with the already closed buyback. Costs would be substantially reduced
291	Provide a green waste bin
292	Provide a green waste bin as is done by many Sydney councils
293	Provide a green waste bin to households and collect every 2nd week.
294	Provide a large garden waste bin for weekly collection (Like many other councils do)
295	provide a monthly green waste residential collection service and 6 monthly bulky waste collection service
296	Provide a regular green waste bin service (fortnight or monthly) & close the green waste operation at Callala facility
297	Provide better services such as Campbelltown Council - Green waste bins and on call collections
298	Provide fortnightly green waste collection.
299	Provide Green bin service
300	Provide green bins - 90% of my visits to tip are for lawn clippings. Provide bigger red top bin for general waste.
301	provide green bins for residents like Sydney
302	Provide green waste bin or fortnightly basis
303	Provide green waste bin. Most bins seem to have green waste hanging out of bins
304	Provide green waste bins
305	Provide green waste bins for all residents. Offer council pickup x 2 per year for residents for general waste
306	Provide green waste bins for residents prepared to pay for this service
307	Provide green waste bins to residences and collect fortnightly
308	Provide Green waste bins.
309	Provide green waste collection: - Fortnightly summer (warmer) months - Monthly winter (cooler) months - Bi-annual general clean up collection
310	Provide green waste pickup from residences
311	Provide householder with green waste bins
312	Provide kerbside green waste collection.
313	Provide residents with green waste bins
314	Provide specific large green waste bin to be collected alternate weeks to 'yellow' bin. Plus those measures outlined in 5 below. Closing is the least desirable as council already has a problem with illegal dumping
315	Provide us with a green bin every fortnight service. Council pick up once every 3 months for large items. Fix road gutter from saved money
316	Provide us with green bins and annual bulky waste collection. If you close this tip illegal dumping in the bush will increase dramatically. We pay our rates to be provided with a service - SCC garbage service is not acceptable in comparison to other councils.
317	Put green bin collection into place and reduce hours and days of operation
318	Question: Why do you spend money on upgrades when you consider closing the tip?
319	Rates keep going up. Don't deprive locals of everything. Very little improvement to the area in 20 years of living here. Many oldies in area.
320	Recover money collected from the gate on entry (I rarely receive a receipt on entry)
321	Recycle only General waste to Nowra/Husky
322	Recycling bins at Culburra shops would be great.
323	Recycling facility at shops and picnic area e.g Culburra shops and Tilbury Cove picnic area. Target high activity, not an isolated industrial site
324	Reduce costs at the gate for SCC residents. Gate fees - much to expensive now that's why renters dump in the bush and surrounds
325	Reduce costs would stop dumping in bushland. Current costs are over the top and people refuse to pay.
326	Reduce council chamber staff. Keep staff at tip.
327	Reduce council fees if the service is compromised significantly - i.e. option 4, 5, 6 or 7 is implemented and give us street footpaths and gutters
328	Reduce council spending in other areas i.e. The Taj Mahal (council offices). Sell it and move to smaller premises
329	Reduce days to 2 days and operation hours 9am - 1pm
330	Reduce fee for green waste. Gone from free to $2, now over $5 for car
331	Reduce fee through increasing rates in order to stop dumping as it is occurring and it is real hazard
332	reduce hours of operation to Fortnightly open Fri sat sun
333	Reduce hours of operations or only open on Saturday for full day. Reduce the extra Christmas recycling pickup to mid Jan as most back to work by then
334	Reduce operation to one weekend/fortnight. Provide green waste bin service to residents. Provide quarterly household rubbish pickup.
335	Reduce operations to every second Saturday or Sunday
336	reduce operations to weekends only
337	Reduce rates by $50 per week due to the extra cost of having to go the Nowra Tip
338	Reduce rates in areas not with 5 km radius of a garbage dump i.e. cut back in services should lead to reduce council rates.
339	Reduce the fee would mean that more people could afford to use it. Therefore customers in dollars If you want people to dispose of waste properly you need to make it accessible
340	Reduce the pickups (Extras) at Christmas to one extra as most have got rid of their Xmas waste in the first extra week
341	Reduce tipping costs, small amount of bricks and rubble, less than quarter of a trailer -$64. This encourages dumping
342	Reduced opening hours and days would see significant savings before the tip was closed completely
343	Remember - If you decide to close facilities, dumping of rubbish, old building material, TVs, mattress, will increase necessarily increase staff vehicles etc. to remove same
344	Reopen buyback
345	Re-open tip shop & manage it better. We loved going there and always left something or brought something
346	Replace the Callala and other small facilities with regular - quarterly general clean ups, free and pick up from residences. Similar to over local government areas. This would help reduce your costs and stop rubbish being left outside homes for months on end.
347	Rubbish (mostly holiday generated) already litter roads. Closure of tip will result in increase in littering
348	Run at a loss. We pay rates to cover this community facility. Social benefit. Do not want dumped rubbish on the side of the road or in the forest
349	Sack the council employee and consultants who came up with this idea. Give us a green bin service and then the tip would be utilised far less and opening hours /days reduced according to demand.
350	Saturday 1pm to 5pm Sunday 9am to 1pm
351	Scheduled bulky waste collection dates plus twice a year on-call bulky waste collection dates. Scheduled green waste collection dates.
352	See answer to 5, (Recycling, Green waste, Buyback) if all these options were available then the tips would not have to be used by domestic households, so council can use whatever facilities they want for disposal.
353	See attached letter
354	Self-service operation
355	Sell mulch and composted soil.
356	Separate out the commoditised waste and sell on the plastic, metals and bio mass markets.
357	Shoalhaven is a good Council in my view. Keep up the good work. I think it is essential that there be some (even if reduced days etc) service at Callala. To send people in the region to West Nowra is not a fair or practicable option in my view. There is always a level of some cross-subsidization in services in regional areas (and we all pay Council fees). Thanks
358	Should mulch for free then once a month for anyone to have free mulch
359	Stop dumping. Give people more tip vouchers. Fees outrageous for pensioners, Seniors and welfare people on fixed outcomes. The entertainment centre runs at a loss too.
360	Suggest Friday and Saturday each month, prefer opening hour in the PM. Owners clean up in the morning - visit tip in the PM
361	Supply a bin for household - recycling and green waste, to all residents
362	Supply a garden waste bin for kerbside pickup, maybe fortnightly or monthly
363	Supply a green waste bin and monthly or fortnightly pickup service
364	Supply bins to households for the recycling of green waste.
365	Supply every household a large green waste bin and have collection day on Monday once a month if the Callala facility is closed.
366	Supply Green bin
367	Supply Green Bins.
368	Supply green waste bin
369	Supply green waste bins for a fortnightly collection.
370	Supply green waste bins to households for grass clippings and other green waste
371	Supply green waste bins to households. Less people using the tip so it wouldn't need to be open as often. I’ll bet 50% of people using the tip is for garden waste
372	Supply green waste bins to operate fortnight
373	Supply households with 240L bins for garbage and green waste. At the same cost as 120L bins. 2 annual household clean-up service free per annual
374	Supply kerb pickup of green waste - fortnightly Supply 4 times/year general waste household pickup
375	Supply larger red bins or have a green bin. As most of my garden waste fills up green bin, even though I have 2 compost bins
376	Supply of a green bin or increase free green vouchers to 3. It used to be 4. 2 is not enough for pensioners like myself
377	Supply residents a green waste bin for garden waste
378	Supply residents with a 360 Litre green bin for garden waste and collect it on a 2 or 4 week interval
379	Supply residents with green waste collection bins
380	Supply skip bins in designated community areas for community use. (General waste, green waste & recycle)- with regular pickup by council
381	Surprised that you feel the facility should run at a profit. I am concerned that if the facility is closed some people will return to roadside dumping.
382	Take control of renting holiday homes.
383	Taken that the council has blocked access to our public bush land and state forests along forest rd apparently due to too many people dumping rubbish there it would be extremely detrimental to our and surrounding suburbs if there were no waste facilities as people and business/trades would probably find it easier to dump the rubbish in local bush rather than take a 30to35min drive each way to the nearest waste depot, I believe it is hard enough to control illegal dumping as it is with the facilities we have now I can't imagine what our local area would look like if our services were diminished.
384	Team of rostered volunteers to assist staff with operations to reduce wage bill.
385	The area needs waste facilities- more now with the ever increasing population in the Shoalhaven. Over the 28 years I have lived here, most change is in the last 10 and not in a good way. Rubbish is now everywhere in our beautiful area. People say they cannot afford the tip - so dump it This is what needs to be thought about our 'unspoilt' Shoalhaven is spoilt.
386	The buyback section could be made much more effective. Over the last 5-6 years, it has become very limited. I used to be able to get used building materials, metals etc. They also basically throw everything in the bins now.
387	The cost at gate is too expensive leading to lesser use and huge increase in dumping illegally. Cost of dumping is what you need to concentrate on
388	The cost of green waste drop off is far too high. You are encouraging people to dump illegally.
389	The council does not provide green waste collection, so having the tip nearby is a must. If there were regular green waste collection, tip operation could be reduced
390	The location of the facility at Callala must remain operational to ensure the surrounding national park (bush & marine) do not become a dumping ground.
391	The point of the waste depot is not necessarily to 'run a profit.' It is not a business enterprise and should not be run as one (i.e. profit driven). The point of the facility is to ensure waste can be appropriately collected and managed so as to encourage and ensure recycling occurs and also to prevent illegal dumping. This is a moral (and financial) burden that the council should be accepting - as a rate payer I am happy to see my money being spent on this. Living in Callala and being a user of the Forest areas around here, I have seen the fire trails access blocked off to avoid illegal dumping. Unfortunately I can assure you that dumping still occurs. Reducing access, or worse, closing facilities will likely further contribute to this. In the same vein, raising gates fees will do the same. Even at the moment I am sure the gate fee charged for green waste is also sending people to make decisions to dump illegally. Please continue to provide local waste facilities (happy with reduced operating days) to a) provide services for the locals b) continue providing recycling options in order to support our contribution to environmental stewardship and c) prevent an increase in illegal dumping (sometimes the cost of prevention is cheaper than the cure).
392	the recycling buyback has closed which was well used by the community at large that includes Culburra Currarong Callala the closing is against the councils recycling program
393	The reusable items to be purchased for a small fee (to give to charity)
394	The tip is not meant to run as a profit. It is there as a service to the paying rate home owners
395	The, preferences not advisable
396	There are very few services provided by Council to the residents of Culburra. The Callala tip is a service we pay for via rate
397	There is an increasing amount of green waste due to storms/weather. Give the size of the Callala area, we need to maintain this facility as weekenders it would be convenient to keep it this way
398	There is a significant amount of rubbish dumped in bushland on the South Coast. I think reducing facilities to less days, reducing operation, increasing fees. Closing the facility will result in further unnecessary dumping of rubbish
399	There is no other options. I hope councillors realise that I vote.
400	There needs to be some use for the Callala facility, employ someone to turn the green waste into useable organic compost and for a fee provide front loader for ??? waste to transfer
401	There will be rubbish dumped everywhere if tip at Callala is closed. It’s bad now and will only get worse.
402	There will more than likely be more illegal dumping if station closed completely
403	These options are designed to reduce services - we don’t not want them reduced as the person who cleans our property utilises this service weekly and we do on weekends
404	Train staff to be more proactive in recycling & Buyback operations ie keeping the place neat, tidy, organised and safe and being more aware of the sorts of things people wish to buy. D.I.Y, Home maintenance and building materials have drastically decreased in recent times - leaving only rusty bicycles, exercise machines and worn out lawn mowers which no one seems to want
405	Train up staff re: people skills and honesty. If transfer station not kept open illegal dumping in bush and on roadside would be absolutely horrendous
406	Transfer the operating model to a social enterprise business model that involves and work with volunteers, green army, work for the dole, PATH youth training and employment, Seniors groups, men's sheds and other groups. Start a Recycle Army program that engages also promotes education of reducing waste, collecting waste, using recycled waste. Many options available including buy pack programs for income generation for each plant facility including soon to launch NSW container program rebate schemes..... Several other recycle centres operate as a social enterprise successfully including year on year growth on profit margins for re-investment into innovative recycling waste management projects.
407	twice a year a council clean up and people can out their items for collection
408	twice yearly 'Junk' Kerbside collections
409	Two yearly pickups of rubbish from the front of my house for large items
410	Upgrade the facility to produce higher grades of mulch and garden soil as the demand in this area for garden maintenance is high
411	Very hard same problem with pools will never cover cost but a service council have to provide for the public
412	Villages outside the main CBD of Nowra haven very few facilities for rate payers other than this facility, It must remain.
413	Volunteers? Bulky items to main facility in Nowra?
414	We also require a green bin for each household to cut down on green waste taken to tip and going into red bin
415	We are happy with whatever council decides as long as we know the day or days Callala facility is open
416	We do not use Callala tip as the person working was extremely rude. We use West Nowra when going to Nowra
417	We have a problem if you close the tip. There will be more people who dump their rubbish in our bush, roadsides etc. etc. We need our facility OPEN. We are not 2nd rate citizens
418	We have always needed a green waste recycling bin. Green waste in this district is surely the largest contributor of waste.
419	we have no way of disposing of large green waste but very happy to pay a fee for council to attend for us
420	We live in a villa. There is nowhere we can store or process any waste. We need a waste facility or maybe a 'green bin' as I think Wollongong has. A pickup service is no good as the ??? on these villas do not allow rubbish to be left at the front of the property.
421	We need a clean-up service as ordered, maybe 2 per house per year
422	We need a green bin
423	We pay for the tip, it should not make a profit! Look into staff theft maybe stop spending money on them
424	We pay our rates to have this facility - if it runs at a loss so be it - that's why we pay rates!
425	We would like facility to be open on significant holiday periods.
426	Weekend openings, minimum Saturday mornings plus one weekday would work for me
427	What about extra tipping vouchers. Feel concern that change of rental can sometimes see roadside dumping - for some people without transport or vulnerable financially.
428	Whatever is decided, it’s important to remember that a lot of houses in the area are holiday homes and days/hours of services provided must accommodate people (often employed) who travel from Sydney, Canberra etc.
429	Whatever operation is chosen you need to take into account increased dumping in nearly bush areas. Culburra is a holiday area, so no curtailing hours is not a good option
430	When storms hit, most people need to clean their area up/or supply green waste bin and done give rate payers free vouchers
431	When taking green waste to Callala the charge is $38 as it's bulky not heavy. If I take the same load to West Nowra the cost is around $18 as the load is weighed. If you I'm Increase the cost at the local facilities then you may as well close them as its better value to go to West Nowra.
432	When the Callala tip is closed there is a significant increase in rubbish dumped on the roadside going to West Nowra, Husky or heaven forbid Ulladulla is not an option
433	Why close Callala? Where do local residents got to use tip? We pay our council rates which seem to be rising. What to Callala residents receive? Sorry council finds Callala waste facility 'Non cost Effective' Maybe we should turn into dumpers. What happens to the employees, who will lose their jobs at Callala tip?
434	Why does a service need to make a profit? We pay rates to subsidise these services. Closure Callala would increase the dumping in the forest. Tradies use this tip. Closure would lead to dumping and littering.
435	Why does the tip have to remain a profit? It’s a convenience for the rate payers. This may stop illegal dumping as at Crookhaven Heads
436	Why should it be shut! Your making $15,000 each weekend from selling recycled material and all the money you get from rates
437	Why should we shut? Is making $15,000 each weekend from selling recycled material and all the money you get from rate
438	With a reduction of available waste drop off (tips), rubbish will be left on the side of the road. Has the cost of this practice been calculated?
439	With increasing population it would be very bad closing any section. In fact the green waste should be increased.
440	With the introduction of container deposit legislation there will be changes to the economics of the facility as well as Question 6. Better to wait 12 months.
441	With the large gardens in the district, it is essential a green waste facility remain open at Callala.
442	With the very large number of 'weekenders' in villages along the coast we do not get value for money in weekly/fortnightly services. We are subsidising these services so some return in the form of these facilities would be a balance.
443	Without charge increase general waste bin size to 240L to help green waste disposal for absentee owners/
444	Won’t lose much sleep if I have to transport grass etc. to West Nowra, or Huskisson even though further than Callala
445	Work on a honesty system leave gates open that way those who dump in bush nearly or at closed gate can take in. No unsightly mattress, black bags rubbish laying around in our national marine park bush areas
446	Yes the Facility should be open from (Mon/Tues/Wed/Thurs/Fri/Sat.
447	You closed the buyback no wonder you not making anything and if you close it the bush will be full of rubbish at holiday times

Comments for Question 5:

If waste facilities were closed, what services would you like to see in the area?

1.	"Advertise" that it is a recycling area
2.	"On-Call" or schedule green waste collections
3.	#5 is not an option. There needs to be ??? locally
4.	1 or 2 times a year kerbside recycling/collection for household waste, green waste etc.
5.	1) Due to the max generation of green waste, A green bin collected 'weekly' 2) Delivery of mulch (At cost)
6.	1. Green bins for green waste. 2. Instead of tip tickets have 2 free on call
7.	2 pickups per year
8.	2 scheduled collection days PLUS 2 on call collection days
9.	2 weekly green waste collection. Current system is hopeless
10.	2 x scheduled bulky waste days, 2 x on-call bulky waste collection
11.	2-3 times a year
12.	3 of each per year
13.	6 monthly kerbside waste etc. collections
14.	A free service with cost being covered from current cost of tips (which would be closed)
15.	A Green Bin waste collection fortnightly which would save money and you would have more control of where it is disposed.
16.	A green bin waste collection in spring/summer is needed or extra waste collection/vouchers
17.	A green waste bin
18.	A green waste bin as most of our waste is green/garden waste.
19.	A green waste bin for garden refuse
20.	A green waste kerbside collection once a fortnight or monthly
21.	A green waste service
22.	A lot of people don’t have trailers to go to the tip, so scheduled pickup would be the best option
23.	a new council
24.	A no cost
25.	A no -cost (free) green waste bin to go out on alternate days to current (yellow) recycle bin
26.	A separate green waste bin for collection, perhaps monthly. Some people already use red bin to get rid of their green waste. Perhaps loose green waste may help breakdown non-recyclable waste in landfill
27.	Add a green bin to our collections
28.	Additional free vouchers if forced to use West Nowra
29.	All of these don’t suit the general population of Callala Beach who do their yards when they come. Closure will lead to increased dumping.
30.	Also scheduled bulky waste collection days
31.	An extra bin for green waste collection
32.	An extra green waste bin for 2nd weekly pickup alternatively with recycle/can paper etc.
33.	And recycling bins in Culburra
34.	Annual collection 2/year
35.	As above
36.	As above
37.	As above is most appropriate for someone without the car or box-trailer, with limited mobility and finances
38.	at Callala I often wonder if two people are necessary to operate the facility
39.	At no cost
40.	battery recycling facilities, kerbside green waste bin
41.	Bi annual clean up days - council pick up
42.	Biannual green waste designated collection days
43.	bigger red bin
44.	Bins for green waste
45.	Booked bulky waste collection when needed
46.	Booked kerbside mulching. Green waste bin
47.	Both
48.	Bulk green waste collection on -call
49.	Bulky collection days invite roadside dumping which leads to a horrible mess in a tourist hotspot
50.	but do not close
51.	Buyback recycle as does South Aust. This may come as a state govt incentive
52.	By far the best option
53.	Callala waste facilities needs to remain
54.	Clean up collection every 6 months
55.	Clean up of roads and bush because people are lazy and will dump. Free collections on street
56.	Close this facility and you will find many disgruntled community members. These community members also vote in council elections. Close at your peril.
57.	Closing the tip in Callala would increase Illegal dumping
58.	Closure (Or more difficulty in tipping) will result in more dumping in the bush
59.	Collection garden waste
60.	Collection of green waste - to stop people dumping in foreshore and other reserves
61.	Collection of green waste just like recycling
62.	combined with a green waste bin being issued to all households
63.	Considering how much material is collected at Callala, a house collection service would be very costly
64.	Council do 4 collections at property each year for collection of bulk waste
65.	Council to provide green waste bins to each house and have fortnightly collection
66.	Dedicated green waste collection on a weekly basis
67.	Dependent on cost
68.	Depends on the cost factor, is it going to be free
69.	Disposal of garden waste via green waste bin at each home
70.	Do not close
71.	Do not close
72.	Do not close them
73.	Do not close them
74.	Do not close waste facilities (Simple)
75.	Don’t close
76.	don’t close Callala
77.	Don’t close Callala tip. Why should we have to travel?
78.	Don’t close it
79.	Don't close it!!
80.	Don’t close them, we pay our rates.
81.	Don’t like these (scheduled bulky collection) as it makes the streets look messy with piles of waste out for collection, and the rubbish blows around. The tip vouchers work much better
82.	Don’t want the facility to close
83.	Due to the transient nature of population of Culburra Beach.
84.	Either of the above would probably work for us.
85.	Either one of these
86.	Empty recycling bin weekly
87.	every 6 months
88.	F/N collection for green bin be introduced. Continue voucher for rate payers
89.	Facilities to be left alone
90.	Facility must not close
91.	For green waste
92.	Fortnightly green bin collection
93.	Fortnightly green bin collection
94.	Fortnightly 'green waste' bin alternate fortnight to yellow bin
95.	Fortnightly Green Waste Collection
96.	Fortnightly green waste collection bins like every other council in NSW
97.	fortnightly green waste pick up bins large
98.	Fortnightly or monthly green bin collection
99.	Fortnightly/Monthly green waste collection described above
100.	Free
101.	Free
102.	Free bulky collection days, like Sydney has , scheduled twice yearly
103.	Free drop off if I need to travel
104.	Free green waste
105.	free green waste
106.	Free green waste e.g. grass clippings, tree branches etc. We are pensioners with no transport to West Nowra or Husky tips
107.	Free petrol vouchers to cover the extra mileage to Nowra
108.	Free pick up twice a year or 2 free tip vouchers each year.
109.	Free scheduled collection of garden waste
110.	Free weekly green waste collection. Increase recycle interval to weekly
111.	Garden / Storm waste mainly
112.	Garden waste
113.	Garden waste
114.	Garden waste
115.	Garden Waste Bin
116.	Garden waste bin. It would be nice if Callala beach had a green bin for garden waste.
117.	garden waste bins more frequent recycle bin collection
118.	give us a 2 weekly green bin
119.	Give us a green waste bin collected fortnightly
120.	Great idea - either annual or bi-annual collection basis.
121.	Great idea, depending on limits
122.	Green waste bin
123.	Green bin
124.	Green bin
125.	Green bin
126.	Green bin
127.	Green bin
128.	Green bin
129.	Green bin
130.	Green bin
131.	Green Bin
132.	Green bin
133.	Green bin
134.	Green bin
135.	Green bin - garden waste collection fortnightly
136.	Green bin (garden waste) fortnightly or monthly
137.	Green bin alternating with yellow and on call waste
138.	Green bin collected each fortnight. On-call green waste collections
139.	Green bin collection for garden waste recycling
140.	Green bin collection fortnightly
141.	Green bin for garden cuttings etc.
142.	Green bin for garden waste
143.	Green bin for garden waste
144.	Green bin for garden waste pick up alternate fortnight to recycle bin
145.	Green bin for garden waste recycling
146.	Green bin for green waste
147.	Green bin for weekly or fortnightly collection
148.	Green bin fortnightly
149.	Green bin fortnightly
150.	Green bin fortnightly
151.	Green bin introduced for garden waste
152.	Green bin like all other councils. You only get 2 vouchers for everything. Other councils have fortnightly green bins. At present we pay extra for a red bin mainly for lawn clippings etc.
153.	Green bin monthly for garden waste
154.	Green Bin service
155.	Green bin service
156.	Green bin service for all households
157.	Green bin service on the alternate week to the yellow bin
158.	Green Bin' weekly collection
159.	Green Bin, This the bulk of my landfill. Why don’t we have regular green pickups?
160.	Green Bins
161.	Green bins
162.	Green bins
163.	Green bins
164.	Green Bins
165.	Green bins
166.	Green bins
167.	Green bins
168.	Green bins - collected alternate weeks to yellow bin
169.	Green bins - They work well in the city
170.	Green bins for garden waste collected on a regular basis.
171.	Green bins for green waste
172.	Green bins for recycling garden
173.	Green bins in area
174.	Green Bins, larger red bins at no extra cost to ratepayers
175.	Green collection
176.	green garden waste bins additional to our red and yellow bins
177.	Green household bin for garden waste.
178.	Green lid bin for fortnightly green waste collection on non-recycling bin collection week
179.	Green lid bin for garden waste - pruning’s, nature strip grass clippings.
180.	Green lid recycling bin
181.	Green recycle depots
182.	green recycling bin
183.	Green waste
184.	Green waste
185.	Green waste
186.	Green waste
187.	Green waste
188.	Green waste bin
189.	Green waste bin
190.	green waste bin
191.	green waste bin
192.	green waste bin
193.	Green waste bin
194.	Green waste bin
195.	green waste bin
196.	Green waste bin
197.	Green waste bin
198.	Green waste bin
199.	green waste bin
200.	Green waste bin
201.	Green waste bin
202.	Green waste bin
203.	Green waste bin
204.	Green waste bin
205.	Green waste bin
206.	Green waste bin
207.	Green waste bin
208.	Green waste bin
209.	green waste bin
210.	Green waste bin
211.	Green waste Bin
212.	Green waste bin
213.	Green waste bin - as provided in other councils areas e.g. Wollongong, Shellharbour
214.	Green waste bin - fortnightly
215.	Green waste bin - like most other councils
216.	Green waste bin - once/month. Please note - I believe that charging for green waste is ludicrous. This is a source of mulch for all the wonderful public gardens in the Shoalhaven
217.	Green waste bin and collection service
218.	green waste bin and metal recycling / polystyrene services
219.	green waste bin at premises fortnightly collection
220.	Green waste bin collected
221.	Green waste bin collection
222.	Green waste bin collection * A priority
223.	Green waste bin for each house and fortnightly pick up
224.	Green waste bin for each household
225.	Green waste bin for garden stuff like grass clippings, trees, leaves etc.
226.	Green waste bin for households
227.	Green waste bin for kerbside collection
228.	Green waste bin fortnightly
229.	Green waste bin like other councils. Twice yearly clean-up campaign home service or continue twice year vouchers
230.	Green waste bin or pick up days
231.	Green waste bin pickup fortnightly
232.	green waste bin possibly
233.	green waste bin service as not everyone can access trucks or trailer once a month
234.	Green waste bin to be collected fortnightly - then green waste part of tip could be closed. Many other councils have green waste bins.
235.	Green waste bin weekly collection and red bin fortnightly collection
236.	Green waste bin weekly or fortnightly collection
237.	Green waste bin with fortnight pick up
238.	Green waste bin, optional for residents
239.	Green waste bins
240.	Green waste bins
241.	Green waste bins
242.	Green waste bins
243.	Green waste bins
244.	Green waste bins
245.	Green waste bins
246.	Green waste bins
247.	Green waste bins
248.	Green waste bins
249.	Green waste bins
250.	Green waste bins
251.	Green waste bins
252.	Green waste bins
253.	Green waste bins
254.	Green waste bins
255.	Green waste bins - this is long overdue. We need this urgent
256.	Green waste bins and fortnightly collection service
257.	Green waste bins and larger red bins especially for holiday rental properties
258.	Green waste bins as regular service
259.	Green waste bins at home for pickup once per week. Also an extra free tip voucher with rates notice
260.	Green waste bins collected monthly
261.	Green waste bins collected weekly. On-call bulk waste for free
262.	Green waste bins for fortnightly curb side collection
263.	Green waste bins for garden material
264.	Green waste bins for weekly/fortnightly collection
265.	Green waste bins like most other councils have, collected from homes 1 x fortnight or 1 x week.
266.	Green waste bins like Sutherland shire council - Byron Bay council
267.	Green waste bins provided to collected fortnightly
268.	Green waste bins provided to each resident of Currarong
269.	Green waste bins provided to residences with quarterly pickup
270.	Green waste bins provided with bi-weekly street pickups
271.	Green waste bins supplied like in other council areas
272.	Green Waste bins supplied to households
273.	Green waste bins too
274.	Green waste bins would save a lot of landfill
275.	Green waste bins. Recycling collected weekly
276.	Green waste bins/month
277.	Green waste collected fortnightly
278.	Green waste collection
279.	Green waste collection
280.	Green waste collection
281.	Green waste collection
282.	Green waste collection
283.	Green waste collection
284.	Green waste collection
285.	Green waste collection
286.	Green waste collection
287.	Green waste collection
288.	Green waste collection
289.	Green waste collection
290.	Green waste collection
291.	Green waste collection
292.	Green waste collection
293.	Green waste collection
294.	Green waste collection
295.	Green waste collection
296.	Green waste collection
297.	Green waste collection
298.	Green waste collection
299.	Green waste collection
300.	green waste collection
301.	Green waste collection
302.	Green waste collection - 'on-call'
303.	Green waste collection and give 4 x 'No Charge' domestic vouchers
304.	Green waste collection bin
305.	Green waste collection bins as in Shellharbour and Wollongong.
306.	Green waste collection bins, collected at least bi-weekly
307.	Green waste collection by Appt
308.	Green waste collection days & bins alternating with recycling collections (i.e. yellow bins)
309.	Green waste collection days for bins fortnightly collection
310.	Green waste collection days, say fortnightly or monthly
311.	Green waste collection every 2 weeks
312.	Green waste collection fortnightly
313.	Green waste collection fortnightly
314.	Green waste collection fortnightly
315.	Green waste collection fortnightly - Other councils provide this service and we could take any extra waste to the Nowra Depot with our 2 vouchers we receive per year.
316.	Green waste collection on a fortnightly basis like other councils
317.	Green waste collection or scheduled collection days
318.	Green waste collection separate from landfill collection
319.	Green waste collection service
320.	Green waste collection. 90% of all non-recyclable waste in Culburra is green waste
321.	Green waste collections
322.	Green waste collections
323.	Green waste collections
324.	Green waste fortnightly pickup
325.	Green waste on call
326.	Green waste once per week
327.	Green waste pick up
328.	Green waste pick up collection
329.	green waste picked up fortnightly
330.	Green waste pickup
331.	Green waste pickup
332.	Green waste pickup service
333.	Green waste recycling
334.	Green waste regular collection
335.	Green waste scheduled collection - free. Free scheduled bulky waste collection days
336.	Green waste service (Community, paper recycle)
337.	Green waste service weekly
338.	Green Waste, Chemical Waste, Electronic and Computer Waste specific collections to recycle reuse. I also want local access to buying recycle materials for home building gardening, hobbies, crafts, and DIY activities. More people are seeking 2nd hand materials for home DIY others are making producing reclaimed products for markets, retail and online on-sell.
339.	Green/Garden waste bin
340.	Green/Garden waste bin like metro councils
341.	Green waste bins like every other council
342.	Green waste
343.	Hard rubbish day 4 times a year
344.	Have a green waste bin
345.	Have green waste collected, bulky waste collection at no extra charge
346.	household green waste collection bins
347.	I am unable to drive now and depend on neighbours
348.	I pay rates so expect a service
349.	If tip was closed, you should supply green bins like other councils
350.	if waste facilities close there will be significant increase in dumping and destroying the surrounding forest
351.	Improved recycling services - We consistently have too much for our bin - is it a possibility to be issued 2 x recycling bins?
352.	Include a green bin collection for green waste to be collected fortnightly & have the green & yellow bin collected alternatively
353.	Include green waste and recycling
354.	Including green waste
355.	Increase recycle collection to weekly. Add green waste bin
356.	Increased services during school holiday periods
357.	Introduce a green bin
358.	Introduce a Green waste mulching service
359.	Introduce fortnightly Green bin collection
360.	Introduce green bins for fortnightly collection
361.	Introduce green waste bins for fortnightly collection
362.	introduction of free kerbside pickup twice per year
363.	Introduction of green waste bins and collection
364.	Issue green recycle bin
365.	Issue large green bins to residents effected by any change
366.	It suits us as it is
367.	just like most councils have in place
368.	Keep it open
369.	Kerbside collection
370.	Kerbside green waste
371.	Large dedicated green waste bins (currently only general waste and recycling bin are provided for each household)
372.	Large dedicated green waste bins (Currently only general waste and recycling bins are provided for each household)
373.	Large green bins &/or large red bins
374.	Large Green waste bin is needed, fortnightly pick up
375.	Larger waste bins provided at same cost or a separate greens waste bin like other shires.
376.	Leave as is
377.	Like Sutherland Shire Council
378.	Make available a 'Green waste bin' and collection service for residents that apply for them. Each resident would have a red top, yellow top and green top bin and service if Callala is closed.
379.	Make sure each type of waste is accommodated with council pick up from residential on a regular week/fortnight dates
380.	Monthly green waste bin collection
381.	Monthly green waste collection no matter the size
382.	More bins for green waste and recycling
383.	More green waste collection
384.	More recycling especially all public holidays and school holidays
385.	Most councils in Sydney offer 4 days a year bulk collection days. Shoalhaven council gives us nothing in outer areas.
386.	Must have a bin for green waste
387.	Need a garden bin for collecting lawn clippings
388.	No Change
389.	On call - Suth. Shire has this. People don’t bother getting their waste together (much better)
390.	On- call bulky waste collections
391.	On call free collection.
392.	On call green waste collection
393.	On-call' domestic excess waste collection. Such a service is available in many other municipalities
394.	Once every 2-3 months have a bulky waste collection day, so we can throw what we want out of our house (to an extent of course)
395.	Option for 2 pickups per year at owners request in advance
396.	Or a combination of both for those who do not live here full time.
397.	or Scheduled bulky waste collection days
398.	Our rates should sufficient to fund fortnightly green waste collection as in most other municipalities.
399.	Paper Recycling bins as well as grass recycling bins at Culburra
400.	Perhaps each resident has right to 4 pickups per year.
401.	Pick up from our house
402.	Please do not close this facility
403.	Plus green waste
404.	Provide a fortnightly kerbside green waste pickup
405.	Provide fortnightly green waste service
406.	Provide Green bin service
407.	Provide green waste bins, collectable fortnightly as in other councils e.g. Baulkham Hills.
408.	Provided these were no charge to ratepayers
409.	Provision for green waste at no cost. Green waste is our biggest problem in Culburra Beach
410.	Provision of 240L Green waste bin collected weekly.
411.	Provision of a green waste bin to households
412.	Provision of a green waste collection bin for removal of garden debris
413.	Provision of green bin for garden waste
414.	Provision of green waste bin for regular collection
415.	Recycle cardboard and paper at Culburra drop off
416.	Recycle food scraps (as just introduced in Shellharbour). I used similar service in England and general waste only collected fortnightly, recycling weekly
417.	Recycle lawn clippings pickup
418.	Recycle weekly collection. Green waste bins
419.	Recycling bins at shops and picnic areas
420.	Recycling bins for Green waste. To be picked up once a fortnight
421.	Red bin -Yellow bin - Green bin
422.	Reduced rates
423.	Reduction in council fees because of reduced services
424.	Reduction of Council Administration. A green bin for garden waste.
425.	Regular (fortnightly/monthly) green waste collection - Bins with green top available in many other areas. Would reduce amounts in red lidded bins
426.	Regular green waste collection
427.	Regular green waste collection. At worst, scheduled or on request (2 x year) free collection
428.	Regular green waste collections
429.	Regular Green waste pick up
430.	Regular green waste pickup
431.	Regular green waste recycling and bulky kerbside recycling pickup
432.	Regular green waste collected as is recycling
433.	Regular monthly clean up collections on the first Friday of each month.
434.	Schedule green pickups. If facilities were closed, I think there is an increased risk of dumping
435.	Schedule green waste collections
436.	Scheduled bulky waste collection days
437.	Scheduled bulky waste collection days
438.	Scheduled bulky waste collection days
439.	Scheduled bulky waste collection days green waste bins provided by council
440.	Scheduled bulky waste collection days, on call bulky waste collection this facility should remain open and free so stops dumping in the bush
441.	Scheduled council cleans ups each year
442.	scheduled green waste
443.	Scheduled green waste collection
444.	Scheduled green waste collection and on call collection
445.	Scheduled green waste collection day with a green bin once a month winter/twice a month summer
446.	scheduled green waste collection- monthly
447.	Scheduled green waste collection.
448.	Scheduled green waste collections Sept to April
449.	See above
450.	See above
451.	See above
452.	See above
453.	See note above
454.	Separate green waste bin on alternate weeks to recycling
455.	Service to remain as same.
456.	Some area close to Callala, Currarong, Culburra for garden waste recycling
457.	Some green waste facility for disposal of green property waste.
458.	Some sort of green/garbage waste collection scheduled or 'on-call'
459.	Supply a 360 Litre green bin to residents that can be collected on request to council
460.	Supply a green bin service each 3rd week and a larger red bin
461.	Supply a green waste bin (similar to our yellow recycling bin) to be collected on the alternate week to the recycling bin
462.	Supply every household a large green waste bin and have collection day on Monday once a month, so holiday/weekend home owners can utilise/plan green waste system
463.	Supply extra bin to collect green waste
464.	Supply Green bin
465.	supply green waste bins for all residents
466.	Supply Green waste bins. Collect recycle weekly year round
467.	Supply households with 1-2 green waste bins for collection fortnightly or monthly.
468.	Supply of a green waste bin. Have a bi-annual bulk collection for white goods and bulky items
469.	Surveillance and increased penalties for anyone caught illegally dumping
470.	Take back to Sydney
471.	Take to another transfer station
472.	The above could be used for general clean-up. Could there be 2 times a year for general waste.
473.	The majority of waste generated at Callala is green waste provide a fortnightly or monthly bin pick up service.
474.	There should be a green waste collection as other councils do about fortnightly otherwise residents tend to dump their green waste somewhere causing more costs and problems for council
475.	There should be more green waste collection. There is a lot of trees in Culburra
476.	These would need to include domestic waste - e.g. from doing a renovation
477.	this collection must be free, via a voucher system - same as current tip vouchers
478.	This is a great idea but needs to be widely advertised including at any entrance to bushland areas where people are dumping.
479.	this might be a better option my biggest concern is people dumping in the bush
480.	This would be an unfortunate situation as there are many retired people living in the area, who use the waste disposal and particularly buyback for fixing bit and pieces and furnishings etc. It would be good for the council to back up their recycling reputation and supporting their community by keeping both waste and tip shop Open
481.	To be supplied with green waste bins
482.	To discourage people footpath dumping - free to all ratepayers at all times
483.	Twice per year. Common with other councils
484.	Waste collection in town. Everything the council does is part funded by the rate payers of the Shoalhaven.
485.	We don’t not want them closed
486.	We need green waste bins
487.	We need some facility to dispose of green waste.
488.	We suggest the introduction of fortnightly 'green bin' collections would mean that we would not need to visit Callala tip.
489.	We would like a green waste bin
490.	Weekly council clean-up of rubbish dumped in the bush or national park. Close the tip and dumping will increase.
491.	Weekly green waste collection from home
492.	Weekly recycling collection over Xmas and also Easter
493.	Weekly recycling pickup
494.	Weekly recycling rather than biweekly, and green waste collection
495.	Weekly recycle bin collections like we have in January.
496.	Weekly yellow bin collection
497.	What about volunteer options to run the site, community fund raising etc.
498.	What is covered by "bulky waste" old lounges, fallen trees etc.
499.	whatever is affordable within your budget
500.	Why not introduce Green bins to residents 'on request'
501.	will need frequent bulky waste collections
502.	Yard Bin

Comments for Question 7:

Do you have any other comments on how your local waste facility could provide a better customer experience for you?

1	If Callala facility was closed completely, the amount of illegal dumping (in Currambene State forest) would escalate & the West Nowra facility would become more congested.
2	When are we getting a green bin
3	Also why do pensioners have to have smaller bins? We have just as much as everyone else
4	The bottle bank needs to have other forms of recycling like plastic and cardboard recycling at the same site
5	If it would be closed undoubtedly we'll end up with more illegal dumping
6	I would like to see no limit in materials you can put out as if you own a trailer you can carry large items which are prohibited on kerbside pick ups
7	It is important that Callala does not close, The inconvenience would be enormous, especially for the many absentee owners
8	Please tell me why our roads to Culburra are bad, dangers If this is closed we will see dumping in bush and all areas.
9	It is important in you discussions to understand that 'making a profit' is not an obligation of local council. Your number 1 priority is to provide services for ratepayers and use the millions of dollars in rates effectively.
10	Will council elected 'members & staff' drive to Callala and pick up our
11	Need a paper recycle as well
12	Return to local unsupervised tip. This was much cheaper than you’re over regulated significant and increasing costs.
13	The only time this council operated effectively was when they had an administrator i.e. no waste
14	Sticks and branches are always a problem. Rather put them in a green bin than landfill bin
15	If it ain't broke - don't fix it. Or otherwise I will just dump my rubbish on the roadside
16	We are holiday home owners who reside regularly about monthly, at weekends and school holidays. We would find it difficult to always time our visits to coincide with monthly tipping opportunities.
17	Perhaps council should reconsider the funding of 'non-essential' services. Garbage collection is an essential service
18	West Nowra & Huskisson are reasonably accessible from Currarong.
19	As a person living alone, I have no other way of getting rid of lawn waste or household rubbish
20	Surely our rates can subsidised a transfer station
21	I often have bulky green waste as I try to maintain a large native garden. If I'm not able to rid excess waste (i.e. cuttings) then I will need to remove bushes/trees and that would be unfortunate as there needs to be more emphasis of (native) gardens in Culburra.
22	A substantial improvement in all other areas which are significantly lacking considering our rates and flooding in streets.
23	This is a well maintained depot at Callala with very helpful staff. To close we think would be a big mistake. Some people would dump waste in bush area. We care a lot about our area.
24	Waste collection transfer and recycling facility to remain in order to prevent residents from having to travel to other facilities
25	Did you know a large proportion of properties out here only put out a bin a few times a year & pay full garbage rate. Win win for council.
26	The free tipping vouchers are great, thank you
27	As I've never used Callala, I’d go with the new decisions. On-call bulky waste Collections
28	The garbage service SCC provides is sub-standard. We have no green bin and no free kerbside collection - like other councils. If you close this tip there will be illegal dumping in our bushland - your plans are ridiculous. The West Nowra tip should be subsidising the smaller tips. I am absolutely infuriated by your plans - not acceptable SCC.
29	When you started charging for green garden waste at the tip, people refuse to pay and started dumping their garden waste into the bush. This really isn't satisfactory. If you reduce opening hours or close Callala tip, this dumping will increase and ruin this beautiful place we call home.
30	Waste facilities should not be closed and a bulky waste collection should also be available. Community recycling centres are necessary to demonstrate council’s commitment to recycling. Usage can be determined through collection statistics.
31	Do not close. Closing the facility will generate illegal dumping and increase collection costs and affect the environment. The most efficient and cost effective system is to collect waste at its source and not after dumping.
32	Sometimes there are services to a community which does not pay for itself but necessary for health and welfare of the community.
33	If you close this facility the council will incur more costs due to the retrieval of dumped waste in the surrounding bushland as West Nowra is a long way from the Culburra, Currarong and Callala areas, as is Ulladulla and Huskisson.
34	Profit should not be the only main consideration in conducting these facilities
35	Such a shame - keep it for the future
36	Poor timing for weekend visitors (but you knew that)
37	If Callala closes we will have no choice but to use West Nowra
38	Please note, if you decrease availability of tips you will increase dumping of rubbish in our state forests.
39	The tip has been affordable for the last 60 years so why is it suddenly unaffordable?
40	Callala waste facilities needs to remain open. This council is a disgrace.
41	Feel general concern that there will be more rubbish bags or whitegoods, TV's etc. dumped roadside, in the bush or at a charity bins and second hand shops
42	Would disapprove a closure - essential rate service. Waste collection days always result in waste getting left/blown out and rubbishing the street.
43	Please consider these suggestions. Contact Wade who runs compost workshop. Turn green waste into organic compost in every waste location or sell and make a difference to the environment.
44	Maybe you should consider 2 a year clean up days for residents that cannot make it to the tip
45	We live in a fire danger zone and the village needs to remove a lot of green waste this is a problem.
46	Continued green waste pickup using vouchers if green bins not provided
47	Provided council don't start limiting what items can be put out for collections. I think council should return garbage collection back to Mondays at Culburra
48	Regular cleaning patrols to clean up rubbish dumped roadside because facility closed and most wont drive to alternative facilities
49	The distance to West Nowra is to far you will find people dumping more rubbish
50	Increase illegal waste dumping surveillance and increase rewards for public who 'dob in a dumper'
51	Think how difficult it is for a pensioner without transport to dispose of green waste particularly not to mention normal waste
52	We will have rubbish dropped in the streets and on the sides of the road.
53	(Bottle/Bin Bank) It is inconveniently located 1km from town. It is not publicised, and I discovered it by chance
54	Closing the Callala tip will result in rubbish dumped in bush or in other hidden areas. Also not all older drivers can drive long distance due to age/driver restrictions
55	Cost of staff/vehicles cleaning up increased dumping in bush areas will be astronomical - cost efficiency of subsidised tips may be the only alternative "Public will dump rubbish"
56	The manager/worker at Callala could be more customer service oriented.
57	Schedule bulky waste collection on a weekend. This is a location where there is a large amount of holiday homes. Where the homes are unoccupied during the week and a weekday pickup would render it difficult to put out in time
58	I have a number of trees on my land creating a regular quantity of branches, leaves etc. which the above items (On-call Bulky waste collection, Schedule bulky waste collection) would not suit me
59	People need a way to manage waste. And according to the people I hear talk about the tip, they say it is too expensive
60	Of little use to 'weekenders'. Use of user pays for waste/recycling services. My service is used 5/6 times per year as compared to permanent residents use weekly/fortnightly
61	Do not close- we pay our rates
62	Due to the unpredictable nature of storms, SCC needs to be called upon to remove damaged trees & shrubs to allow safe access. Hey Ben how about some road base along Sth end Marine Pde.
63	Do not close facility
64	Our recycling bin is sufficient. Bin bank only caters for illegal parties
65	P.S We pay rates
66	None in Callala that I know (Bottle bin/Bank)
67	Not aware of one in Callala bay (Bottle Bin/Bank)
68	No bottle bank in Callala bay - would use if there was.
69	Close the tip and there will be more dumping
70	This is not an option- it just needs to be promoted more in our communities
71	Is there are bottle/bin bank, Never seen it. Would use it.
72	Use the recycling bin
73	Why Callala tip is not effectively managed? Why a loss anyway?
74	closing the tip more rubbish will be dumped in the bush
75	No
76	not aware of bottle/bin bank in Culburra
77	My local facility provides an excellent service I am just very disappointed that the buyback centre has been shut down
78	Green waste recycling bin program please
79	Regular green waste collection or on call green waste collection
80	If the cost of local Callala facilities is running at a loss, close & direct customers to West Nowra or reduce operation to one day/week (prefer Saturday or Monday). Council needs to provide GREEN Bins for garden waste. Fortnightly pick up is reasonable. This is successfully managed in many other NSW local councils.
81	Do not charge for mattresses - utilize the recycling facility available. Do not charge for green waste - it is recycled and mulched, charge a nominal amount for mulch instead.
82	No. Currently provides a good convenient service.
83	no
84	If Callala closes we will not drive to West Nowra etc. - the travel cost would be too high.
85	Please don't close.
86	The fee structure for green waste and recyclables is too high. As mentioned earlier a fortnightly green bin service must be introduced. If closure of the Callala depot is to be seriously considered then Council has the obligation to provide services for green waste collection and scheduled bulky waste collection. These services are the norm in very many other Councils.
87	Waste is a problem - if you close the facility altogether it will encourage dumping which would be worse than the current $$loss. I think the option of on call or schedule of large objects is an excellent options. Whatever the outcome let’s keep the rubbish in appropriate containers and ensure users pay for the privilege.
88	Making sure that this facility remains open otherwise the bush will become the dumping ground for those who have little regards for bushland. This will certainly increase the cost to the SCC and to rate payers in removing rubbish, garden waste building materials from these areas. Tracking down illegal dumpers is difficult and unless evidence is available or dumpers are witnessed then the dumping would continue unchecked and increase around Currarong. Keep this facility open is the bottom line and keep prices as they are as it discourages people from using the facility.
89	Green waste collection
90	I already put my paper tins, and bottles (glass and plastic) into my yellow bin so the bottle recepticles in Q14 are really aimed at visitors. Good initiative. Have heard that some councils just dump the yellow bin contents in with the general waste and do not really re-cycle those resources - not sure if that is Shoalhaven's policy. It would be useful to see how much income is made from the yellow bin recycling as a cost offset. Could introduce green waste bins to reduce the need for taking in green waste. Increase the number of free tipping vouchers to say 6 per year, if curb side pickup not an option.
91	Please don't close it - just reduce operation hours/days
92	Green waste bins please.
93	Continue Free Green & Recycle Collection
94	Lobby the federal government to remove its levies (Taxes) from an essential community service and start reducing tip fees they are too expensive. Just drive down forest Rd and have a look at what you have created with all the tracks closed or go to a tip and listen to most people complaining about the cost. When you have a monopoly and lack of competition prices are always higher than they should be.
95	The last time I used it the operator was very unpleasant. You could perhaps train staff in basic customer relations.
96	Better to close facility and fund Council Clean up days twice a year, pending a costing comparison showing this is viable.
97	I believe the increasing cost of waste disposal is seeing an increase in dumping and should the service at Callala be closed, dumping will dramatically increase
98	Keep Callala tip open!
99	Continue Callala waste facility as is
100	I believe it already provides an excellent service and a needed one for a regional remote area.
101	Didn't even now there was a local recycling depot in Culburra so perhaps advertising on rates notices if you don't already?
102	I have driven past the recycle bins but can't get stuff in the bin because there's a chain on it!!
103	Friday to Monday opening is fine
104	Garden Waste, Lawn clippings etc. should become a green recycling service, every 2 or 4 weeks.
105	Stay Open
106	Bring back the buyback facility which seems to have disappeared,
107	Reduce fees. Allow paint and chemical drop offs.
108	We MUST have a green waste pickup in Culburra (and elsewhere)
109	Have the Council be more responsible for the upkeep of footpaths and verge, and walkways in the area so they do not become dumping grounds for the green waste and general rubbish which would also help to keep the vermin - rabbits etc., away from the homes in the area. Thank you
110	Many visitors to the Callala Centre seek products, items and other materials for DIY, Hobbies, Men’s Shed Projects. Having categorised items by type and groups creates an easy user friendly find it yourself culture. If it is easy to find people repurpose items also helping low income households. There is a better way, it’s simply a different way of managing waste. I look forward to hearing the outcomes of this community consultation review. Thanks Alex
111	Better value for green waste as it's recycled and the council should enhance the service.
112	I own 4 properties in this region. My properties attract visitors, generate income and provide jobs (cleaners, gardeners, and trades people all directly employed by me); closing the local recycling facility will encourage me to relocate my significant investment commitment to this are to a more economically rational municipality. Closing these facilities will return us to litter, rubbish and waste dumped in the bush, on the foreshore and in the sea/lake. It is economic short-sightedness on a grand scale.
113	I wouldn't need to go to the waste facility if Council introduced a green (organic) kerbside weekly or fortnightly collection service. All materials could be composted and sold to cover costs.
114	Better signage at the entry point and inside showing what type of waste is allowed and where to dump it once inside.
115	I think teaching people to be responsible for their waste is great. The facility near us at Callala has had its shop closed. That's a shame, it was a great community engagement activity and encouraged less waste. Please reopen the shop. Run workshops on how to fix stuff. Create a local business there that needs rubbish to make its products. Do research on creative uses of a tip internationally.
116	Have regular bulky waste pickups, aboard introduce a green waste collection service on a fortnightly basis.
117	No. The service is excellent. I do worry that if you close regional waste services, there is no question, naughty people will illegally dump. This worries me - I think that will be an outcome of a full closure of any of the regional waste facilities. Thanks for the opportunity to comment. Kind regards Stephen Judge (stephenjudge@bigpond.com)
118	It's a great facility. Clean, tidy and handy to town. Really contributes to being able to maintain a tidy garden. It's a long drive to Huskisson or Nowra West otherwise.
119	Any reduction in services should result in a reduction in council rates and fees
120	Previous comments extant. Keeping the transfer station well organised so that visitors can place their rubbish in the appropriate place easily is the key. Also, from a staff operational perspective, it will be more effective and efficient to maintain. Management/staff being open to continuous improvement processes.
121	We are very pleased with the facility and would hate to have it closed!
122	free green waste disposal
123	A bi-annual kerbside clean-up combined with a green waste bin would cover the facilities offered at Callala. If you close Callala without offering local services, I feel further illegal dumping will occur as people will be reluctant to drive the 70km round trip and pay already hefty fees for the privilege. This is a false economy as cleaning up this mess would surely cost more than managing the waste at the collection point.
124	Not sure why we have community recycling bottle/bin banks when everyone has individual recycling bins. Most of these attract rubbish which then has to be cleaned up at a cost.

Ordinary Meeting – Tuesday 04 October 2016

Page 412

Total response to Q4a: 802

Total responses to Q4b: 654

Total responses to Q5: 804

Total responses to Q6: 1026

Further suggestions/comments for Question 4:

1	supply all householders with a green waste bin, to be collected fortnightly (alternating with recycling bin) and continue weekly collection of general waste
2	(Increase gate fees) Will encourage bush dumping
3	1) Green waste bin - Why are we behind other councils in NSW 2) Food waste bin for conversion to fertilizer
4	2 weekends/month or 2 days during the week
5	8am - 4 pm
6	9am - 4pm
7	A community waste depot should be considered by council as a service that must be provided in order to stop illegal dumping etc. Not as a business to make money or break even
8	A fortnightly green waste bin collection would alleviate our summer trips to the tip
9	A green bin for green waste
10	A green bin pick up service once a fortnight - garden waste, lawn clipping etc.
11	A green waste bin for each household with collection once a month
12	all waste facilities except west Nowra consistently operate at a loss does west Nowra operate at a profit recycling and waste depots are a service to the community they should be subsidised rather than closed serve us council don't dictate to us currently 12km return to tip I don't wish to travel 60km return to tip with a trailer through the CBD and traffic to west Nowra we do not consent
13	Allow it to sell recycled materials like before
14	Annual kerbside pickup for bulky whitegoods and other household goods.
15	Are there practices at the Berry site that could be improved to reduce cost?
16	As rate payers & an increase in population how can you justify the cost of dumping waste products?
17	Assume same means as it was when we had buyback.
18	Being a plumber, I often have to drop off a lot of iron waste.
19	Being a rural property there are time we need to remove fencing wire and other bulky items
20	Berry facility is an essential service for Mount hay road, Berry residents
21	Berry has operated well with Col running it. He always tries to recycle in the 'buy back' and does a great job. If council were serious about recycling they would keep as much ' Buyback' as before
22	Berry is a prime tourist destination. Don't want stuff left all over footpaths/roads
23	Berry is always busy! If closed there will be a lot more illegal dumping
24	Berry people/Shoalhaven Heads pay big rates and accordingly subsidise Nowra. Imagine all the travellers etc having to travel to the highway to Nowra and the extra distance. Risk factors and wasted time
25	Bring back Buyback
26	Bring back buyback. I cannot see a single reason why it was closed in the first place.
27	Bring back filthy Phil.
28	Bring back the buyback centre to help raise money to support the operation.
29	Bring back the tip shop at Berry - really useful and good to recycle things.
30	Bulk waste collections (Scheduled)
31	Buyback section to remain
32	Cease general waste and have a general waste kerb pickup annually.
33	Cease giving out free vouchers each year. Charge for garden mulch. Look for saving within council chambers not at the point of service delivery. Assess what is most likely to end up in landfill and see if this can be used to reduced or re-used e.g. plastics, food or e-waste
34	Cease handing out the annual vouchers except for pensioners.
35	Change nothing. It was recently changed, nut reopen the buyback shop (Tip shop)
36	Clearly let us know again what goes in the yellow bin? I understand that the (triangle) logo does not always mean it will get recycled
37	If the optional rubbish and or recycling collection now operating to areas such as Brogers creek does not run at profit or break-even, discontinue it, damage to road surface from trucks is significant
38	operate 2 days per week alternate the hours 1 day 9-1pm day 2 1pm-5pm covers those working odd hours, increasing gate fees will only make people dump on side of road or in the bush
39	If you cut down on tip waste will go in landfill bin you defeat your purpose
40	give us green waste bins it is absurd that we have such a small red bin and nowhere else to put our lawn clippings and green waste
41	Introduce as many other councils have a green waste bin in addition to red and yellow bins. alternate yellow and green bin pickup on fortnightly basis
42	obviously this cannot happen if operating at a significant loss
43	strong preference for 1-2 weekdays at berry location
44	to close berry is short sighted ill-informed we need this facility
45	increase gate fees - no no no to dear now if it was cheaper more people would use it more often not drop it out on the roads
46	Close recycling option (5) & have recycling stations in Berry town.
47	Close swimming pools, recreation centres, libraries which make little or no money and use the savings for garbage and garden waste recycling.
48	Close the buyback
49	Close waste drop off while buyback is open so the staff are not required to do both at once.
50	Closing Berry involves an 80km return trip The Shoalhaven needs tips - otherwise Dumping becomes worse. Because Shoalhaven is so long North to South it makes sense to have tip facilities North to south and in the middle- hence leave Berry open.
52	Closure of local tips will lead in an increase in illegal dumping which places pressure on out natural areas, and the beauty of our region.
53	Closure will bring more dumping/burn off. Trucks/trailers full of waste from North of Nowra will be funnelled to Nowra bridge and onwards to West Nowra on already busy roads. These are community services, paid out of our rates. They were never meant to be profit making!
54	Collect green waste from kerb in specified bin
55	Collection of waste is not a commercial venture but a primary service to ratepayers who have to pay for it. Maybe look for savings in admin. Or amalgamation of councils.
56	Comments all waste facilities except west Nowra consistently operate at a loss Does west Nowra operate at a profit. recycling and waste depots are a service to the community they should be subsidised rather than closed serve us council - don't dictate to us currently 12km return to tip I don't wish to travel 60km return to tip with a trailer thought the CBD and traffic to west Nowra we do not consent.
57	consider off-shore dumbing
58	consider the cost to ratepayers of not having the facility IE the cost of clean-up of illegal dumping
59	Consider why the Council does not see this as a community facility. Why does it have to make a profit?
60	Considering the distance involved to another site you could be guarantee if a severe reduction in this facility is introduced you will be presented with a considerable illegal dumping problem
61	Continue subsidy from Main facility or increase funding from Council
62	Cost to operate Berry tip is minimal verses the availability of the service. The ability of Berry residents to travel 25kms to West Nowra is not an option.
63	Could green waste be mulched, bagged and sold on site at depots? Using staff to max
64	Council (booked) kerbside collections - See below
65	Council could introduce a clean-up regime like operated be some metropolitan council in Sydney e.g. 3 or 4 collections each year when people can put waste out for collection
66	Council must consider the illegal dumping of material into the bush, roadsides etc. which will increase tenfold if council also closes completely
67	Council needs to provide a separate bin for green waste. Green waste does not fit in waste bin??? Always be mulched and it’s not safe to be left lying around.
68	Council should not always look at profit as a driving factor in running waste depots, instead see them as a service to a sustainable community. Find a way to return the buyback centres, it can't be that difficult.
69	Council truck once a month for shredding sticks/branches shed from trees - usually dead branches
70	Cut out kerbside weekly recycle service over Christmas. People will place rubbish/waste on kerbside if nowhere to take it. 'Blow ins' from Sydney are already doing this to Berry already as that is how they live in Sydney. Unwanted items go foot path
71	Direct more commercial recycling to Berry where possible, and supply green waste bins.
72	Direct more of my rates towards maintaining or at least keeping the Berry tip open. Better management / onsite management of the facility
73	Discontinue tip vouchers. Introduce a system of user pays at reasonable rates
74	Do not close Berry facility. Other facilities are too far away - you will only encourage illegal dumping in bush
75	Do what most council do and have collection days 2-3 times per year
76	don’t put fees up as it only puts people to tip in streets
77	Don't put fees up as people will drop in the street.
78	Efficiency should be measured with a bigger picture in mind. For example did the review consider the deports role in preventing illegal dumping, contamination of landfill due to poor sorting of toxic materials such as oil/batteries etc., recycling targets and providing a service wanted by residents (& independently at making a profit or breaking even)
79	encourage people to use facility advertise in town crier to stop people burning off waste advocate recycle and renew do more publicity
80	Establish green waste bin collection weekly, reduce red bin to fortnightly, keep existing yellow bin fortnightly. Establish 2 monthly collection of bulky items - e.g. fridge, mattress etc. from home
81	Examine the costliest parts of the community service and make users pay accordingly - reducing operating hours may not be the big cost saving required.
82	For a lot of people, including ourselves, who don't receive garbage collection, Berry waste transfer is an important facility
83	For our rural property the Berry facility has been our only option. Staff there have been always courteous? and helpful also Tipping vouchers have been greatly appreciated
84	Fortnightly collection of green waste, eliminate plastic bags, investigate more efficient systems of waste disposal and use of collected glass
85	Fortnightly on opposite recycling collection week operating 4 days Fri- Mon with Col at their helm
86	Fri-Mon on 2nd and 4th, 5th weekends each month (avoids Berry Markets on 1st weekend) Have staff work at another tip on 1st and 3rd weekends. Re my frequency of use of tip, I use it 4-5 times per year but this option was not available.
87	Garden waste should be processed for free to keep the shire weed free and environmentally sustainable
88	Garden waste to be collected every 2 months from kerbside
89	Get community volunteers to run the buyback so things don't go into landfill.
90	Get on with running your business but remember that local government was never meant to be a money making exercise - consider why you exist!
91	Given that Berry is the only facility for the coastal community north or east of Nowra it would be disastrous to close it.
92	Go back to large house bins
93	Green waste (if collection days introduced)
94	Green waste bin
95	Green waste bin - taken directly to West Nowra. Eliminate weekly 'Christmas Holiday' kerbside recycling or reduce to 3 weeks. Red bin collect each week, yellow and green alternative weeks
96	Green waste collection
97	Happy to have higher fees if exemptions for those on social services etc. consider a range of higher fees for bulky waste? Consider premium fees for certain opening times e.g. Monday mornings, 2 hours, double fees
98	Have a green waste bin option - monthly?
99	Have a green waste bin
100	I am happy to pay more at the gate as it saves time and petrol to be able to go to our local facility
101	I am not sure when it is open so often I take waste to Nowra rather than drive there & have to turn around. It is an issue driving through town to get to Nowra tip
102	I believe items 1, 2 & 3 are reasonable options, the other options would be too drastic for the residents and commercial operators
103	I do not use the Kangaroo Valley facility as the Berry one is closer.
104	I don't believe that services as this should be assessed on profit/loss, it is a service which should be provided to ratepayers.
105	I find most of the suggestions unacceptable and can't rate them as options. Waste management for all areas is a council service, even at a loss
106	I know you won’t do this but I suggest reduce tip cost at tip. Less illegal dumping and the cost of inspection saved and less the cost of picking up the illegal dumped. This cost is by state government give to council (true)
107	I live outside of the berry town and I have no roadside rubbish collection so it’s unfair to close the Berry tip
108	I may only take green waste on small incidental on I accumulate which is all I would require.
109	I pay a lot of money in rates and water charges which are already subsidising plenty of other council facilities. I will be unimpressed driving a trailer 30 minutes to West Nowra. I appreciate budget needs balancing but I don't feel I'm getting value
110	I pay over $2000 year council rates. We do not have town water. The garbage and waste transfer service is the least I should get for these rates. What else could council cut back on?
111	I suggest council views its services and their provision from a perspective of 'service' & not merely profit and loss. If council adopted a more practical approach to recycling then the Berry, & other waste facilities would be providing a monetary return
112	I thought this facility was part of the service to the residents funded by our rates.
113	I was under the assumption that our rates covered that. Since when is a tip a profit making enterprise
114	I would hate to see Berry closed
115	I would like to see the collection of mulch for rate payers and residents to be reintroduced at Berry, with a paid delivery option added.
116	I would not drive to Nowra tip
117	I'd like to see mandatory community composts for area (shops, nursing homes, retirement villages) so everyone can prevent/reduce organic waste going into landfill. Need creative ideas in central areas. Like to have only the smallest size general waste bins (red bins)
118	If Berry facility is closed, I would expect the result would be a sharp increase in illegal dumping. This could happen throughout the council area and create a big problem
119	If Berry is closed completely, it will mean a 50-60km round trip from home through Nowra to the West Nowra facility. Also it could lead to dumping of rubbish etc. in the area.
120	If closed, a green waste bin service should be provided. Dumped rubbish will become more prevalent & surely this will mean more staff to remove it & protect the environment.
121	If gate fees increase, limit to 10%
122	If the berry facility is closed I have little doubt that dumping would increase and cost the council more if cleaning up the trees around the area
123	If the facility at Berry or any other location is closed, rubbish will end up all along our roads. More dumping will take place by people unable to make it to the facility at West Nowra
124	If the facility is open it should service all the options 5 days a week. All residential areas are important and should not have to travel to Nowra for waste facilities. Also could Nowra facility handle the traffic problems that would occur?
125	If the local facility closes, offer kerbside recycling to all residents in all rural areas. Also if waste facility closes offer reduction in gate fees to those who have to drive 30 minutes plus to get there
126	If this facility close with the exception of West Nowra, will feed drop? When council closes facilities, how much do they plan to put aside for cleaning up all the illegal dumping that will increase? Surely you have to consider this!
127	if we were issued with green waste bins we would not need to go to the berry tip more than once or twice a year
128	If you close it, it’s too far to travel from Shoalhaven Heads. Also people will just dump it on the side of the road (No good)
129	If you close the Tips or excessively charge for domestic waste then people illegally dump. A strategy around waste needs to be broader than just addressing the costs of the Berry Tip. (I.e. Christmas Day collection is a god idea).
130	If you take the facility away we are going to have more rubbish dumped on the roadsides and bush areas. It is bad enough now
131	Improve management practices
132	Improve recycling and buyback at Berry. Reinstate the buyback hours to be the sane as operating hours. Construct a buyback centre like the one at Moss Vale which is very good.
133	IN the 7 years as residents, due to regular storm and wind actively in the region it is imperative Berry facility remains open as usual. Our 5 acres generates weekly clean ups.
134	In view of the council reluctance to open Shoalhaven river at the heads(Specified to do so in river management 2003 recommendation) in there of flood x 3 in last 3 years- getting rid of debris is a problem, what to do? Go to Berry tip or dump illegally - your choice
135	Increase all ratepayers’ rates to cover the losses, which will help the environment. People get used to paying rates, though will balk at paying high tip fees, which could lead to dumping and burying dangerous products that will cause long term environmental damage. Everyone creates rubbish. We need to make it an easy and affordable decision to go to the tip. If it becomes too hard or too expensive, the negative impacts will actually go up as dumping will rise. Rate payers should pay less than people who go to the tip from out of the area.
136	Increase availability of mulch and charge a nominal fee for self-loaded mulch (say $10 large trailer, $5 small trailer/ute well). Advertise mulch availability so customer can coordinate their waste drop off and mulch pick up.
137	Increase gate fees for non-residents who use our dump i.e. Kiama, Gerringong
138	Increase gate fees to commercial waste
139	Increase Recycling. What are the reasons why Berry is less competitive than other facilities?
140	Increase the hours of operation and the days you are actually providing a service. If the other tips are subsidising Berry then your overall operations are not losing money, are they? If you could do it 30 years ago, you can do it now.
141	Increased gate fees only result in illegal dumping. Fees are high enough now.
142	Install an electric fence to stop burglaries and vandalism.
143	Introduce a green waste bin
144	Introduce and provide fortnightly green waste collection service. (As per the majority of other councils provide)
145	Introduce garbage and recycling collection at Shoalhaven Heads on a Saturday or Sunday. Wednesday is inconvenient when sharing residences between there and Sydney. Introduce Council Clean-ups or on-Request Clean-ups) like other councils have.
146	Investigate methods used by Wingecarribee shire council with Moss Vale depot. It is a transfer facility but apparently is a viable one.
147	Is this not why we pay rates to have these facilities?
148	Isn’t this what our rates should cover? why are they supposed to be profitable It is an essential service
149	It is 1 hour return to Nowra tip. A greatly reduced charge or discount?
150	It is important to keep berry open to prevent illegal dumping which would cost more
151	It is necessary to maintain waste disposal at Berry as other locations are not convenient, so it’s best to reduce operation to 1 day a week and increase gate fees.
152	It is not feasible for residents as far away as Wattamolla to drop domestic waste at Nowra
153	It seems to work pretty well as is. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
154	It’s a community service not a business. Its subsidised by rate payers not council
155	Just leave it the same but open the buy back again. If you start to close this Berry TIP people will just dump rubbish in the streets. We used to live on Backforest rd. Berry and people used to dump rubbish at night and that's when the TIP was always open.
156	Just retain as is
157	Keep Berry Open
158	Keep service as it is now. But could go to 2 weekends a month but longer opening hours 8am-5pm winter, 8am-6pm summer
159	Keep this facility local
160	Kerbside rubbish removal bi annually
161	large bins recycling general waste garden waste picked up weekly at no extra cost
162	Leave it alone. This is part of our rates
163	Leave it the way it is. It will cost too much to travel to Nowra to get rid of my rubbish
164	Less paid staff?
165	Like us, there are many Shoalhaven residents that have weekenders. While normal bins can be put out by neighbours etc., the green waste can’t be left on kerb for lengthy periods. So an option might be more regular green pickups of green piles not bins - but that may be just as costly.
166	Living out of town (Berry) no other kerbside service are offered to us. Difficult to clean up.
167	Local green waste bins. Is quite a drive from Shoalhaven Heads to West Nowra tip if Berry is closed?
168	Low labour option? Roadside deposit system where people segregate their waste into different deposit chutes/bins. Closed circuit TV to monitor abuse of system, with warning signs, locked facilities on closed days
169	Make red bins collection once a fortnight
170	More emphasis on recycling and buyback in advertising and signage.
171	My red bin is 3/4 filled with garden clippings every week. We need a green bin every 2 weeks. Also yellow bin, I need a smaller bin for my needs. I use yellow bin once a month, as I am a single household
172	No
173	No charge for domestic waste for rate payers
174	None of these options are acceptable. This is an essential service for the Berry community
175	North of Nowra needs a waste disposal area as well. If the Berry tip is being subsidised by West Nowra tip, well this is good because the waste disposal should not be a profitable business, but a community service
176	Not sure why this needs to make money. If closed, illegal dumping will increase which costs more to clean/police than keeping this open
177	Not very good options given.
178	Note: If the facility at Berry is closed there will be a lot more illegal dumping in northern Shoalhaven. West Nowra is a significant distance from Berry.
179	Only acceptable option
180	Only endorse closing the facility if the cost of dumping at remaining facilities is significantly reduced from current high price. This would reduce illegal dumping
181	Only Shoalhaven residents to use facility. A lot of Gerringong residents use Berry, they should use Kiama Council Tip
182	Open for special events (flood etc.) only, and open day service once a quarter to facilitate buyback.
183	Open fortnightly Sat, Sun, Mon
184	Open Fri/Sat/Sun/Mon & Buyback
185	Open weekends only but more than once/month.
186	Operate?? Part of work. Expect after storms, service needs to be open for??? dumping on these occasions
187	Perhaps consider one weekend per 2 weeks to be open from 9 to 4, Would need a flyer to go out.
188	Perhaps promote the depot live Kimbriki with a separate website showing what is available for sale as well as a drop off zone. It's not just a rubbish dump
189	Perhaps the buyback and recycling areas could be developed more - there could be a higher standard, so people could be surer of getting building materials and perhaps collectables
190	Place recycling bins at various locations in heads for council pickup or give each residence a green waste bin (Fortnightly pickup). More tip vouchers
191	please do not close berry tip
192	Please remember - we pay rates. Therefore not all council services must operate profitably - That's absurd.
193	Please restore the buyback at Berry tip. It’s very popular and a good way to recycle, councils decision to close the buyback is just plain dumb.
194	Please see attached letter
195	please supply green bins you can control where garden waste goes
196	Please supply green waste bin
197	Prior to closing of the recycle section
198	Privatise Berry tip?
199	Problem if Berry waste transfer facility relates(?) to increase in illegal roadside dumping or is SCC going to continue to ignore this as it does presently in areas like Tindall’s Lane bus turning bay. No other option will necessarily improve efficiency given the queues & costs to businesses using the facility.
200	Provide a green bin for green waste at home that gets picked up by council for processing. This will then reduce the required hours to open the recycle centre.
201	Provide a green bin with savings made by operating only 2 days per week. Retain tipping vouchers
202	provide better kerb side service i.e. green waste bins
203	Provide garden waste kerbside service
204	Provide green bins
205	Provide green bins Ridiculous. We are the town of trees
206	Provide green waste bin
207	Provide green waste bin Sell off bulk mulch supply Reduce staff numbers to certain days
208	Provide green waste bins to households. The Shoalhaven has a large land area. This makes it different to other urban councils. It may cost more
209	Provide green waste bins
210	Provide partitioned mini skip service
211	Provide recycle green waste compost products for sale to public for income.
212	Provide residents with green waste bins
213	Provision of a fortnightly kerbside green waste collection from a wheelie bin (such as is done in Kiama council)
214	Put buyback in again. Small charge for mulch This tip is always busy when I go. open it 7 days
215	Put the tip back in to private hands and lease it out to tender.
216	Rate payers should have free tipping for household rubbish. I believe as the local tip is not a money making business
217	Rather than reduce the operation to 1 weekend per month, one Sunday/Monday or Friday/Saturday operation per month would be an option.
218	Re open Buyback facility It is a service that costs $ to operate. It is not a business attempting to make a profit, therefore the concept of running at a loss is misleading.
219	Re open Buyback please
220	Recycling and waste disposal should be seen as a community service and some depots should be allowed to make a loss
221	reduce / compliance / red tape / that operates the high cost to serve these smaller facilities I have no doubt they could be run more efficiently or privatise operation on a cease arrangement
222	Reduce days/hours/opening
223	Reduce number of bins. The facility remaining open is of great importance to locals
224	Reduce the daily opening in summer to a few days instead of everyday
225	Reduce the size of the waste transfer station size area and sell off part of the area
226	Reduced days would be ok, close completely would be not an option. I have no waste collection and Nowra would be too far to travel
227	Regular advertised open days with themes such as oil disposal, paints, batteries advertised
228	Re-introduce recycling unit and a revenue stream
229	Remove the tip vouchers and keep the facility. Some people don't use it at all and others use it lots. Berry residents NEED this tip - we often do 3 or more trips in one day on the weekend because we work and going as far as Nowra as the closest facility is totally ridiculous...
230	Reopen buyback and supply of shredded garden mulch
231	Reopen buyback facility at Berry. This is a great service which locals want
232	Reopen the Buy Back section.
233	Re-open tip shop supplement income
234	Resume buyback. I use the facility to deposit metal, cardboard & bottles. General waste is very rare. Buyback is a very effective recycling strategy and should be encouraged not shut down.
235	Sat 9am - 1pm & Sun 1pm - 5pm
236	Sell the mulch instead of it being free. Expand the buyback so useful stuff does not get dumped e.g. electrical goods
237	Sell whitegoods still operational after electrical checks
238	Set up a recycling centre for building waste - reusable for owner builders and other company concerns - not much of this available
239	Shoalhaven Heads is occasionally hit by floods and storms. The Berry tip has been very handy for clearing and deposing of storm and flood waste.
240	Shoalhaven Heads is the only area o have resided in that does not have a 3 monthly council pick up.
241	Shoalhaven Heads pickup return to Monday pickup. Worked well for absentee owners and holiday homes. Introduce green waste pickup bin Garbage/recycle/green waste pickup all on same day - weekly pickup
242	Sign post and advertise it better
243	Sometimes council services shouldn't need to make money/ pay for themselves to be considered worthwhile - I'm very concerned about illegal dumping if services are cut back
244	Stop mulching green waste. Thermal treatment to generate electricity and biochar. Reduce labour, increase fines for non-compliance
245	Stop people from outside using the tip (Gerringong - Gerroa etc.)
246	Supply domestic green waste bin
247	Supply green waste bin
248	Surely we need some service
249	Take no action. Shoalhaven is a wealthy council, in view of their reluctance to 'open' the Shoalhaven river in times of flood (despite flood plan 2003 states Heads to be open at 2.65 metres at bridge. The council refuses to do so in coloration of the recommendation (under the guide of 'too dangerous'. not don't want to spend $ than cause the suggested flood damage and I need to dump to get rid of flood damaged goods. No extra provision has provided 6/6/16 how mean.
250	The Berry facility must be retained - Berry is growing, more homes and more residents means a necessity. There is very little roadside dumping here at present.
251	The Berry tip is integral to both private and commercial. Closure would entail a 50+ kms round trip to the nearest alternative. It will likely increase local illegal dumping. Berry tip must not be closed.
252	The Berry tip is very necessary to residents. We are rate payer like other residents and should be entitled to keep the facility for usage. The recent floods and wind damage proves this once again.
253	The closure of the Buyback facility means that more waste is going to landfill
254	The current loss is due to subloos demise and the poor council decision is the first place. Residents should not be expected to drive 1 and half hours to dispose of waste.
255	The facilities have functioned well for decades with less population and waste being produced. Just provide and maintain the service and associated jobs
256	The Kangaroo Valley facility is too far away. We use the Berry facility
257	The more expensive and difficult you make it for people to rid of their ever increasing household waste, you increase the propensity for people to dump. I would rather you ran it at a loss
258	The principles I would recommend are: 1) All residents and contractors should have equal access to tip and irrespective of ludicrous, pay the same tipping fees for residents & the same tipping fee for contractors 2) Uniform fee across the city should always recover costs and not be subsidised by other rate payers 3) No closure of existing tipping services or reduction on opening times
259	The problem with reducing services is you will find more rubbish dumped on the side of the roads.
260	The recycling and buyback areas need to be organised much better and the buyback area well presented. Maybe reduced tip fees for quality buyback articles. Keep the current free tip vouchers
261	The recycling and waste facilities at Berry is a convenient location for local residents at Berry, Shoalhaven Heads, and Gerroa & Gerringong. It should remain in operation. Buyback is a good way to recycle, save waste and landfill costs as is green waste mulching and other recycling strategies which I fully support.
262	The service does not need to make a profit. Most services provided by council do not make a profit
263	The Sutherland Shire has 2 weekly green bin. The Sunshine coast has all larger general waste bins
264	The tip has provided an excellent recycling opportunity for the community. We have taken items for the buyback scheme that otherwise could have been landfill. If you want to reduce landfill here, increase recycling buyback.
265	The tip is not supposed to make a profit. We pay rates for garbage removal. High fees or reduced access encourage illegal dumping.
266	The tips are a service to the rate payer and I don't understand why you think they must run at a profit. Increase the rate levy if you must.
267	There may be retired people this may want to run the facility on a volunteer basis
268	This facility should be available as part of our rates. Profitable sites such as Nowra should subsidise those that are not.
269	This is a joke, we had subcontractors running the facility and providing a business for someone. Council (forced) took it over and now we see result, typical how bout reduces wages and benefits and keeping community.
270	This is a public service that you are obliged to provide. Failure to do so will increase illegal dumping with environmental impacts. If you need to save money, fire the accountant who thought this up
271	This is a service for the community. If it is restricted, there will be more roadside dumping and more burning of rubbish
272	This is ridiculous, there's more waste is the Shoalhaven council then garbage tips. If it close people will dump rubbish anywhere
273	This is the main useful service council offers northern residents (highest ratepayers). Alternative would be to increase revenues (e.g. payment for boat ramp/parking services) or reduce number of council managers
274	this is the only one that charges for green waste disposal
275	Tighten security to reduce theft/vandalism
276	To close the Berry waste centre is unfair on the residents who live in the Northern area. Nowra is too far and with growth rate projections council must provide for the future in the area.
277	To help with costs- I think the best idea is to open weekends only. This will affect the general public a minimum
278	To reject the dogma of economic rationalism that maintains that every aspect of a community's services must cover the cost involved
279	Try using a bigger envelope to return address
280	Under no circumstances should the Berry tip be closed as this would possibly lead to dumping in the community
281	Unmanned with appropriate receptacles
282	Up my rates - this place employs people Provide fortnightly kerbside green waste pickup
283	Upgrade and promote 'local' buyback centres (tip shops) & facilitate 'local' reclamation of vehicle tyres 'end of life' to separate rubber, textile and steel to offset costs
284	Use Berry tip site as a green waste depot where our GREEN GARDEN WASTE could be taken and turned into mulch, then sold back to community
285	Vary days/hours according to seasonal demand e.g. Spring/Summer may be higher peak times (esp. leading into Christmas)
286	Waste paper etc., picked up once a month (Example) first Wednesday each month
287	We (The residents of this part of the Shoalhaven) pay more than enough rates. If savings need to be made make them elsewhere, maybe in administration. It is unfair to leave residents of the northern part of the Shoalhaven without this facility.
288	We are concern that if the facilities are closed, this may lead to increased rubbish dumping
289	We consider the Berry tip is a very well run community service and should be supported by the council
290	We don't see that the Berry transfer facility needs to be a profit making operation and haven no desire to travel to West Nowra.
291	We need the buyback facility included, (otherwise morons dump things in the bush and it promotes recycling)
292	we need this service in Berry otherwise I feel people will dump rubbish anywhere
293	We would like to see weekly collection of at home recycling and perhaps a green waste bin. Could reduce need to go to tip. Perhaps council needs to look at the systems surrounding buyback - how much is actually sold into councils purse in relation to how much is donated - which is alot
294	What a joke. You should be increasing services not decreasing. Look at Kiama and Shellharbour council - fortnightly or weekly green waste collection + food scraps weekly. Are you joking!! Drive 30-40mins for a service. That's not a service
295	What else can council think of to make our life more difficult? No green waste bins - no rubbish pickup. You garbage systems is a disgrace. There will be an avalanche of illegal dumping if our Berry tip is closed, your bean counters know this fact.
296	When you close you will get more general waste
297	Whether the facility is running at a profit or loss, it is council’s primary responsibility to provide this service. Like many rural properties we don't have any garbage collections, we rely on this facility
298	Why cut services, why not think how to make money like buy back a better option.
299	Why do Huskisson & Ulladulla get special treatment? Does road maintenance make a profit? Does the library make a profit?
300	Why does a tip have to make money, It is a service that rate payers should have to dispose of green waste? Most of ours comes from trees on council land at our front yard
301	Why does waste management have to make a profit? We pay our rates for the service to be provided
302	Why is this cross subsidy a problem? It’s meant to be a service not self-sufficient or profitable business for council.
303	Why not sell the mulch. It’s currently free for all. Also re-introduce buyback for the profit to go to council. Everyone used buyback
304	Work well for us as is.
305	Would like a clean-up collection (Street) once or twice a year (Like lots of other councils).
306	Would like to see open at 7:30
307	Yearly Clean up
308	You must realise that the harder council makes it to legally dump waste, the more illegal dumping will occur. You are walking on dangerous grounds
309	You realise if you shut Berry depot people are not going to West Nowra to drop off grass clippings. Expect more waste on back streets. Pensioners cannot afford the extra cost to drop off at West Nowra
310	You’re joking what about a green waste home service.
311	Closing down Berry tip is ridiculous. So many people use it. West Nowra is not an option
312	In our opinion closing the service will increase incident of dumping in the surrounding areas - also cost is too high should be free to residents add to rates

Comments for Question 5:

If waste facilities were closed, what services would you like to see in the area?

1.	2 'clean up' days per year free - should be covered in rates.
2.	2 per year, free of charge and ability to throw out dome types of waste as per current facility
3.	3 monthly household rubbish pickup
4.	A bigger recycle in Berry
5.	a bin for garden waste
6.	A community green waste point in the village would greatly reduce material currently going to landfill
7.	A council clean-up of the local roadside and bush, where all the rubbish will be dumped after closing the facilities
8.	A daily operation of council trucks and workers cleaning up the rubbish that will be illegally dumped along our roads and lanes
9.	A fortnightly green waste bin collection
10.	A free green waste facility
11.	A green bin fortnightly
12.	A green bin supplied to all households (large)
13.	A green bin waste collection every 2 weeks from each household. Kiama council has even provided small bins for inside
14.	A Green waste bin collection weekly or fortnightly
15.	a green waste garbage bin like Kiama
16.	A new Council Elected
17.	a privatised approach to facility operation
18.	A recycling/ buyback scheme
19.	Add extra recycling bins per household, this would greatly reduce the visits to the tip.
20.	Additional waste services for rural areas at no additional cost. It is already difficult and expensive enough to dispose of waste correctly, closing the facility would make this even worse.
21.	all of the services currently available at the transfer station
22.	all unsuitable along Tourist Road
23.	An Appropriately scheduled green waste collection possibly similar to Wollongong
24.	And "on call" bulky waste collection. You could have weekends when skips are available for residents to get rid of unwanted items. Failure to address the needs of the community will inevitably lead to dumping.
25.	Another bin for garden waste
26.	Any other services are of no use to me
27.	As above
28.	As above
29.	At no additional cost
30.	At no cost to residents
31.	Bigger red & yellow lidded bins for roadside collection
32.	Bin & Collection
33.	Both of the above plus large green bin collection fortnightly - if my rates must pay for the green bin collection, just keep the tip open.
34.	Bulk garden waste collection (as I have limited means of getting green waste to the tip)
35.	Bulky reclaim recycling
36.	Buy back centre
37.	Buyback Centre
38.	Buyback definitely
39.	Buyback, Garden mulch
40.	Cameras at black spots to limit the amount of illegal dumping that is going to occur, due to lazy whingers
41.	Can’t see how any of these would work for us - were 5km up from highway
42.	Central green waste collection, Central recycling collection bins
43.	Clarification needed for collection service available for rural residents directly accessing Princes highway. Current RMS upgrade plans show no access for kerbside pickup.
44.	Clean up roadside & reserves from illegal dumping increase
45.	Close it in Berry and you will see roadside dumping.
46.	Closing service is unacceptable
47.	Collection of green waste
48.	collection of sump oil, paint etc.
49.	Commence green waste collection service
50.	Council enforce fireweed and Parramatta grass control on properties and also council land
51.	Council to specify pick up day and goods to be placed in front of premises the day prior to pick up.
52.	Council would need to send and schedule with rates each year
53.	councils are there to 'Don’t close it ' provide a service not make a profit
54.	Do not close Berry otherwise people will illegally dump waste, not everything is about profit
55.	Do not close facility
56.	Do not close our tip!
57.	Do not close. The impact will be too severe.
58.	Domestic waste collection from farm
59.	Don't CLOSE IT - PLEASE!
60.	Don’t close our tip
61.	Don’t close the tip
62.	Don’t know what we'd do without the Berry tip
63.	Don’t like the idea of bulky waste collection. Leaving things in native strip is unsightly
64.	don't reduce existing service
65.	don’t reduce existing services
66.	Don’t shut it
67.	don’t want it closed
68.	Don’t want it closed at all. Is the council going to reimburse our travelling costs to West Nowra
69.	Don’t want tip closed
70.	Dump in bush!
71.	Either option above (except none) or should include Saturdays. Mon to Friday does not cut it anymore in a 7 day a week environment that is Shoalhaven heads. It is a holiday and tourist community as well as normal residential.
72.	e-waste facility
73.	Facility for paper collection in Berry town
74.	Fortnightly green waste bin
75.	Free council clean ups once a quarter
76.	Free for residences as per I have in Manly Council. But then it has to be release and not let out to water the street
77.	free garden waste
78.	Garbage
79.	garden - green waste bins
80.	Garden waste
81.	Garden waste bins
82.	Garden waste collection
83.	Garden waste collection
84.	Garden waste collection & one kerbside collection per year for bulk household waste
85.	garden waste collection service "green bin"
86.	General collection of rubbish
87.	Good if monthly or bi-monthly pick up of green cuttings - not in bins - which would help 'weekender' residents
88.	Green bin
89.	Green bin
90.	Green bin
91.	Green bin
92.	green bin
93.	Green bin
94.	Green bin supplied for regular use and regular pickup - like other councils nearby
95.	Green bin collection
96.	Green bin facility
97.	Green bin for garden waste
98.	Green bin pickup
99.	Green bin service
100.	green bin supply and collection service
101.	green bin would be a big help
102.	Green bin would be handy for collection once fortnight
103.	Green Bins
104.	Green bins
105.	Green bins for each householder (Along with kitchen scrap bins for compost)
106.	Green bins for garden waste
107.	green bins for garden waste
108.	Green bins for garden waste picked up each week
109.	Green bins like other councils have.
110.	Green bins to each household with collections. Maybe 1-2 times monthly in line with other councils
111.	Green garden waste
112.	Green waste
113.	Green waste
114.	Green waste
115.	Green waste
116.	Green waste
117.	Green waste
118.	green waste
119.	Green waste - where does it go?
120.	Green waste after storms
121.	Green waste bin
122.	Green waste bin
123.	Green waste bin
124.	Green waste bin
125.	green waste bin
126.	Green waste bin
127.	Green Waste bin
128.	Green Waste Bin
129.	Green Waste Bin
130.	Green waste bin
131.	Green waste bin
132.	Green waste bin
133.	Green waste bin
134.	Green waste bin
135.	Green waste bin
136.	Green Waste Bin
137.	Green waste bin
138.	Green waste bin (like many other councils)
139.	Green waste bin and collection
140.	Green waste bin as well as current red and yellow bins
141.	Green waste bin collection (every 2 weeks during spring-autumn and every 4 weeks - winter)
142.	Green waste bin collection at kerbside
143.	Green waste bin collection weekly, reduce red bin collection to fortnightly.
144.	Green waste bin collection, fortnightly
145.	Green waste bin F/N
146.	Green waste bin like most other councils. Then significantly lower need to visit tip
147.	Green waste bin service -fortnightly
148.	Green waste bin service introduced
149.	Green waste bin would be great
150.	Green waste bin. Continue to issue. No charge domestic tipping vouchers
151.	Green waste bins
152.	Green waste bins
153.	Green waste bins
154.	Green waste bins
155.	Green waste bins
156.	Green waste bins
157.	Green waste bins
158.	Green waste Bins
159.	Green waste bins
160.	Green waste bins
161.	Green waste bins collected fortnightly
162.	green waste bins collected fortnightly
163.	Green waste bins collected once per fortnight
164.	Green waste bins every 2 weeks (as most other council areas)
165.	Green waste bins for each dwelling
166.	Green waste bins for regular collection
167.	Green waste bins for Shoalhaven Heads
168.	Green waste bins like Kiama council
169.	Green waste bins, weekly collection of recyclables
170.	Green waste bins. Scheduled (monthly) green waste collection days
171.	Green waste chipping weekend (Sat morning) - able to get a trailer load of wood chips/mulch on same day
172.	Green waste collected fortnightly (bins provided)
173.	Green waste collection
174.	Green waste collection
175.	Green waste collection
176.	Green waste collection
177.	Green waste collection
178.	green waste collection
179.	Green waste collection
180.	Green waste collection
181.	Green waste collection
182.	Green waste collection
183.	Green waste collection
184.	Green waste collection
185.	Green waste collection
186.	Green waste Collection
187.	Green waste collection
188.	Green Waste Collection
189.	Green waste collection
190.	Green waste collection
191.	Green waste collection - most other councils offer this service
192.	Green waste collection (as per Kiama council)
193.	Green waste collection (at least monthly)
194.	Green waste collection biannually
195.	Green waste collection bin, More frequent recycling collection
196.	Green waste collection by providing NSW garbage bin.
197.	Green waste collection days
198.	Green waste collection fortnightly
199.	Green waste collection maybe 1 day per month, Bi-annual kerbside council clean up
200.	Green waste collection once per month (collect grass cuttings/leaves/branches/plants) - otherwise will continue to put in 'red' bin which I am sure would save landfill
201.	Green waste collection.
202.	Green waste collections
203.	Green waste for recycle
204.	Green waste fortnightly pick up bin, like in Sydney
205.	Green waste fortnightly, eliminate plastic bags & restore recycle centre
206.	Green waste in Berry needs to have local disposal
207.	Green waste Otto collection
208.	Green waste pick up I.E. green bin as per Kiama municipal council
209.	Green waste pick up, particularly after storms
210.	Green waste pickup
211.	green waste removal
212.	Green waste service increase voucher to 3 so Nowra tip can be used
213.	Green waste wheelie bin
214.	Green waste wheelie bin
215.	Green waste wheelie bin, large. (Berry is the town of trees, and lovely gardens which need regular maintenance)
216.	Green waste, + Buyback + Mulch
217.	Green waste, Food waste
218.	Green waste, Free recycling pickup
219.	Green/Garden waste collection bins
220.	Have 2 house hold collection days per year, have a green waste bin supplied
221.	Home pick up of green waste of rubbish collection
222.	household chemical and e-waste drop off days, Scheduled bulky recycling pickup
223.	Household green waste collection bin
224.	Household Green waste kerbside pickup on bi annual
225.	Household rubbish pick up and recycling once a week. In Toolijooa road we have no rubbish service.
226.	I believe this tends to be more costly to council as it tends to generate greater volumes of waste
227.	I do not agree with the intent of this question as it implies closure of our existing facility
228.	I don’t consider closing the facility as an option
229.	I don’t expect any of these waste facilities to be closed
230.	I feel that if this facility was closed it would lead to increase in dumping
231.	I wouldn’t like to see the tip closed
232.	If costs are the same as current costs of using the tip
233.	If costs to remain the same
234.	If waste facilities are closed, I expect a reduction in rates
235.	If you live out of town there are not too many options as none of the services mentioned would come out this far anyway.
236.	include rural properties with green waste bins
237.	Increase council rates to meet your overheads, this review is not in the residents best interests and councils
238.	Introduce green bin for green waste from homes.
239.	Introduction of a green bin to be collected once a fortnight
240.	Irrelevant - keep facilities as they are or change the council
241.	issue of green bin for green waste
242.	Keep service operational - Keep waste/rubbish of roadside -dumpers will only increase if costs and/or availability reduced/ removed.
243.	kerbside fortnightly green waste
244.	Kerbside garbage facilities to Bellawongarah
245.	Kerbside green waste pickup
246.	Large community recycling bins e.g. at skate park, shopping central
247.	Large green bins
248.	Large item and domestic item recycling facility
249.	Leave the facility as is
250.	Leaving bulk waste on council nature strips is outright ugly and causes problems if not retained in adverse weather
251.	Maintain existing
252.	Metal waste
253.	More bins required (For garden waste)
254.	More options for recycling at back of Berry mall
255.	More recycling
256.	More recycling bins in town
257.	Mulch pick up days e.g. truck deposits big pile at Berry showground bi-monthly and residents know to collect it that weekend. We really value the mulch
258.	Must not close existing facility at Berry
259.	N/A This is an essential service
260.	N/A This is an essential service for Mount Hay Rd residents
261.	Need recycling depots in Berry area
262.	No Change
263.	No change - people will be forced to dump their extra rubbish
264.	no way leave it open - closing the TIP is a big mistake
265.	not a good solution really for us
266.	Not acceptable to close
267.	Not an option
268.	Not an option
269.	Not clear '(West Nowra is a waste depot in your opening letter), Sadly i think you would need roadside clean-up service
270.	Nothing if it means that piles of things are left on front lawns
271.	On call bulky green waste collection
272.	On- call bulky waste collections
273.	On call with no additional charge
274.	One Centre opened north side of the Shoalhaven river.
275.	One or Two days per year
276.	paper recycling facility in berry
277.	perhaps introduce green waste bins like Illawarra councils have ( green waste, red bin, recycling )
278.	Pickup of green waste at reasonable cost
279.	Provide a green bin at the home
280.	Provide green bins for garden and lawn clippings
281.	Provide green waste bin for collection once a fortnight
282.	Providing fee structure is reasonable.
283.	Recycling
284.	recycling
285.	Recycling
286.	Recycling bin, green waste bin collection, green waste on call, bulky collection
287.	Recycling Centre
288.	Recycling collection. Whatever is economical
289.	Recycling drop off point. Bottles and paper
290.	Recycling of bulky goods collection
291.	Recycling of metal, oil, fridge, freezers, electrical etc.
292.	Recycling for recovery drop off point
293.	Reduce landfill by having green bin collection service on alternate weeks (opposite to recycling)
294.	Reduced cost weekly landfill and recycling collection - currently we don’t use this due to small amount of waste generated.
295.	Regular council clean-up days - other councils do so
296.	Regular garden waste collection i.e. green bin
297.	Regular green waste bin collection
298.	Regular green waste collection
299.	regular green waste collection being able to use a tip voucher for green waste pick up at kerb side
300.	Regular green waste collection bin - kerbside
301.	Road side waste collection
302.	Roadside collection with council providing initial appropriate bins free of charge
303.	Say once per month
304.	Schedule waste collection days are very untidy
305.	Scheduled bulky waste collection days - need green waste bin
306.	Scheduled bulky waste collection days and green waste bin
307.	Scheduled bulky waste collection days green waste collection
308.	Scheduled (booked) kerbside council collections recently introduced in Sutherland Shire and work very well. Each property allocated 2 collections per annum.
309.	Scheduled bulky green waste days
310.	scheduled bulky waste collection days and green waste collection do a study to see if introducing a green waste bin with fortnightly pick up is the answer or even monthly, but they may not work for those with a lot of green waste
311.	Scheduled bulky waste collection days.
312.	Scheduled bulky waste collection days.
313.	Scheduled green collection day.
314.	Scheduled green waste collection with normal waste & recycling pickup. Scheduled household clean-up days say twice a year
315.	scheduled green waste collections
316.	Scheduled green waste pick up i.e. Green Bin provision of additional 'free' tipping vouchers
317.	Scheduled recycling recovery
318.	See above
319.	Services for drop off facilities for green waste locally at Berry
320.	Shoalhaven to provide and collect green waste bins as part of normal waste collection. Works well in Kiama and I have seen it work very well in the UK
321.	Should consider number of bins allowed for rubbish pickup by rubbish trucks each week (e.g. currently 1 red, allow 2 reds)
322.	Simple "Don’t close Berry tip"
323.	Some form of collection service (monthly)
324.	Stay the same
325.	The bottle/bin bank in Berry must remain in place
326.	There is no practical alternative for me
327.	There should be a big kerbside pickup day for other waste, as not everyone has a car to take rubbish to the tip. This could be done 4 times a year. It may even reduce roadside dumping. Please note I know there will always be tossers
328.	These alternatives are back to the dark ages
329.	These are not acceptable options as they presume withdrawal of the current facilities.
330.	These occur in Gerringong
331.	This is irrelevant as I do not want it closed
332.	Tip Shop
333.	To arrange for a refuse collection service in Riddles Lane
334.	To include electronic & electrical items
335.	Too far to go somewhere else, we need our service here.
336.	Twice yearly waste collections like other councils. Shoalhaven council already provides fewer services to ratepayers than most other councils - to reduce further is appalling m'ments and totally unacceptable
337.	Twice yearly 'clean up' collection like other councils
338.	Unlimited' on-call bulk waste collections
339.	Villas have mostly one person and most of us go out yellow bin quarter full, I personally once a month
340.	Waste collection must include garden waste
341.	We currently have to drive to have our wastes removed
342.	We do not want the Berry location closed
343.	we don’t have main street frontage so bulky waste collections are not appropriate
344.	We have never had a kerb side bulk pickup at the heads.
345.	We have no green waste bins in Shoalhaven Heads. We need green waste bins
346.	We have no green waste collection and therefore much of this goes into landfill bin. Where this is not possible there is no alternative but a trip to the tip.
347.	we need a facility green waste disposal
348.	we need a green bin collection
349.	We need a green waste bin. All our green waste goes into general waste as we have no other means of getting rid of it.
350.	Weed collection, recycling, drum muster, metal recycling i.e. all of what is being done now which must be cheaper than collecting from all homes
351.	Weekly
352.	Weekly collection of domestic waste and recycling
353.	Weekly green waste collection days
354.	Weekly recycling collection
355.	Weekly recycling. Monthly green waste curb side collection
356.	what is classified as "bulky waste" if facilities are closed back road dumping and use of street park bins will increase maintenance of tipping vouchers essential
357.	What will you do about fireweed?
358.	Why don’t we have (green) lid green waste bins?
359.	Works well. The fortnightly kerbside recycling works well.
360.	Yearly Clean up
361.	You will only pass this extra cost on to rate payers

Comments for Question 7:

Do you have any other comments on how your local waste facility could provide a better customer experience for you?

1	You will need to provide trucks to pick up all the rubbish that would be dumped on the side of the road. People will not drive 30-40 mins to West Nowra. You are forgetting what you’re employed to do.
2	I recycle everything at home. I think recycling bins should be put throughout towns. They even do that in the Peruvian Amazon
3	Closure of the Berry facility will have major consequences for the community
4	Local specific recycling services still required such as bulk cardboard , polystyrene, oil, batteries, plastics etc.
5	We have no garbage collection because of our location and rely on being able to take our (small amount) of waste to the Berry tip regularly
6	The more services you shut down, the more rubbish will be illegally dumped
7	The service is one of the few council services that provides a good return for our rates.
8	Nonsense, Why go to Berry, as this is where we are told it is
9	Not aware that we have ever had one (bottle bank)
10	- Rural residence - with no services if Berry closes - Closing facility will not benefit the environment but may cause more illegal dumping and extra fuel costs = carbon footprint
11	We live along the way from West Wollongong tip. We pay our rates and have a right to a tipping/buyback system locally.
12	A facility for paper waste?
13	We live rural and are always getting rubbish dumped on the side of the road - usually tues, wed, thurs, when tip is closed.
14	For rural residents without waste collection - security gated, CCTV'd drop off sites (containers) with eligible residents being issued with security access device for domestic and recycling
15	(bottle bank) Since it’s almost always full and can’t dispose of paper/cardboard waste.
16	Berry facility works well and should be maintained.
17	Don't close it please
18	You need to think about people dumping waste in bush
19	I don't have a computer - Could results be published in town Cryer?
20	We need a waste facility, we all can’t drive to West Nowra
21	Closing the tip would be a great loss to the community
22	We (ratepayers & residents) put all rubbish and recyclables at front of property for collection by council during the next 5 days - warn ahead
23	Green bin would be useful
24	If the facilities are closed or more costly more people will dump in the bush etc., which is very sad.
25	I'm very against closing our waste facilities. I think it’s time to have GREEN WASTE bins and cut down services to the waste facility and stop methane getting into the atmosphere.
26	Also remember that overload by a 300%??? In townships in rural/holiday periods am then increase gas emissions by thousand??? to collect
27	Provide all houses with green waste bins. Its embarrassing that Shoalhaven doesn't already do this and that people put it in their general waste.
28	Our question here is what provision would be available for residents not able to access the usual weekly/fortnightly services? They need the local facility
29	Just finance the Berry tip effectively. My rate = Berry tip. Honour/Trust - Pay as you go
30	You would see a lot of illegal dumping of facilities would close.
31	You should be ashamed, killing local facility once again, good on you. Very insightful. You are going the wrong way. For solutions ph.: 0414500359. But you need courage and common sense.
32	Supply bins for paper/Cardboard collection
33	Don't close the outlying facilities. We see lots of rubbish dumped on the side of the road and in the bush areas now. This problem would get worse. I don't have internet. Please send me a hard copy
34	If waste facilities were closed 'bush tipping' would increase, with it associated costs of clean up to the environment. Kerb-side collection is adequate for this particular recycling (Bottle bank) and a container deposit scheme will hopefully be in place soon.
35	We live on a private road, so it is imperative that we have local tip facilities as we cannot use any green waste on bulky collection services unless there is a designated area to take them
36	If you close this facility you will see waste dumped everywhere. No one will drive 1 hr 15min round trip to drop a bag green waste or rubbish.
37	Why even think of closing the facilities. Council should not be so stupid.
38	West Nowra is too far away from Shoalhaven Heads. People will dump rubbish rather than travel to West Nowra
39	Please don't close. West/South Nowra is a long way to travel to take rubbish from the northern end of the Shoalhaven
40	We need our tip. Travel to other tips only increase cost due to petrol more waste would be dumped by roadside
41	Those of us who maintain council land at our home frontages, try to beautify our village with our gardens, are not recognised by the battalion of clipboard warriors who infest this council
42	I would like to make the following points. 1) What is the problem with cross subsidising the smaller facilities across the city? It is inevitable that larger centres will be more cost effective than the smaller ones? Why not see the ability of the West Nowra to cross subsidised the smaller units as a benefit? Remember if rail freight didn't cross subsidised the passenger service, we wouldn't have a rail service to Bomaderry. 2) If local accessible recycling centre are closed, you will find that more object are put in the landfill bins, thus increasing the cost to council for landfill. 3) If smaller centres are closed, there will be more waste dumped in the bush/roadside, thus increasing clean-up costs to Council.
43	Non-Government options - privatised buyback yard, subsidised biochar production from green waste
44	If you close this facility people will dump rubbish in the bush.
45	An option would also include supply of a larger red bin or large green bin to accommodate green waste.
46	recycling provided fortnightly
47	Its vital waste disposal is not maintained, illegal dumping becomes more prevalent, which may result in more expense for the council.
48	Dear Ben, G'day mate, my name is Jason Hodges. I own a small rural block on Tannery Road, on the way to Berry Tip. I have read your proposals for the tip and I am very concerned that removing or limiting this facility would have an adverse effect on the community and the environment. On the couple of days that Berry Tip was recently closed without notice I had some "A" hole dump green waste in front of my property. I cleared this up this time but would be putting this onto Council if it happens again, at rate payers cost. At a time when 'recycling' and 'reusing' are buzz words that we should be embracing I find it unbelievable that you would even consider deleting the buy-back element of the tip, if anything I would work harder at improving it and I am sure it would turn a profit. Don't collect 20 broken mowers and crappy broken pine furniture and save hardwood post, Rusty farm tools and interesting 'stuff' that people can’t buy at Bunnings. I have never written a letter like this before and I am not a nark, but I believe that for the good of Berry the tip and the recycling centre should not just stay they should be Improved. I don't think you can put a price on a community service like this. I hope you agree. Mobile: 0416235443
49	Use to tip monthly until hours became somewhat erratic. Now I go to West Nowra BUT I am retired. Working people find it harder to do this.
50	Expand community bottle/bin bank, include recycle of cardboard and paper.
51	Retain a readily availability for local waste drop off at convenient time/days. Realise that significant reduction of local waste drop off will increase illegal dumping through the city area at great cost to council and rate payers, e.g. tourism, clean up, enforcement, legal costs, reputation, perception of our city area. etc.
52	Advise us - where is the community recycling. Where do we take our working but not needed electrical goods? Who do we ask to pick up our broken goods? e.g. dryer, tv, vacuum? Berry tip has been invaluable service to us in the last 5 years setting up our home, but mostly my garden. Thank you
53	It will be costly for council to supply resources to clean up all the rubbish which would be dumped illegally
54	Without the local facility to drop off green waste, more of this will go into landfill with people using their red bins for waste which could be recycled. This is not good news for Berry
55	Grafton council provide of a small cost, special 'plastic' bags which can be used as an inside bin liner and can be placed into the green waste with household compost. These got rid of household compost bin because of vermin problems ( the reason why we got rid of ours)
56	If any more facilities are closed more waste will be dumped roadside costing more to clean up
57	Install a weighbridge. Taking a full tip voucher for a small/light load is ludicrous. I prefer to drive out to West Nowra, be weighed and have the option of paying or using my voucher. Sometimes I'd rather save my voucher for a larger, more substantial load.
58	Don't know what the bottle/bin bank is
59	Don't have a bottle bank in our area
60	What are the significant loss driver as they must be addressed in a strategic manner? To close Berry would increase local dumping of rubbish and further increase road traffic to Nowra etc. Strongly appose closing berry.
61	where is the bottle / bin bank
62	west Nowra subsidising operating cost of smaller facilities is probably cheaper than cleaning up and policing illegal waste disposal
63	Recognise it as a community facility. Sometimes the cost for disposal is more than the original purchase cost for items.
64	Yes, keep the Berry recycling centre operating the same as it used to and improve the recycling centre by modelling it on the superb recycling centre at Moss Vale.
65	No - we used the facility on a regular basis before we had a regular waste collection but now only require occasional visits. We receive excellent service from the staff & I hope that the facility can be maintained, if only on reduced hours. I believe that by closing the facility completely, dumping of rubbish will be encouraged due to some people not wanting to drive further to dump their waste.
66	Bring back the buy back at the Berry TIP - people came from all over the south coast to recycle and buy back great stuff. What a great loss to the south coast.
67	the current service is excellent
68	We find the current facilities, operation and staff of the Berry tip to be professional and efficient. It is always busy when we are there. As the council does not provide kerbside recycling to our area (Ashworth Pl, Berry), we rely regularly on the Berry tip. We would not accept the closure of the Berry tip as it is a 90 min return trip to West Nowra (obviously creating more traffic, fuel usage and wasted rate payer time). Kerbside collection would definitely be an improvement and may create some capacity for reduced, but not eliminated, services of the Berry tip. Thank you and Regards, Peter and Denise Clague 0400 413 737
69	Very satisfied with service at Berry
70	Berry is far and away the best and most well operated facility I have ever used!! Thank You
71	Keep it operational
72	A better customer experience would be for the Berry waste facility to remain open, even if it is only on the weekend. We are very concerned as it would not only be inconvenient but very dangerous for people not used to driving trailers long distances, filled with rubbish on the highway to West Nowra.
73	Do not put ugly bins in our area, keep berry tip open
74	The Berry facility was brilliant, convenient and perfect - the buyback is essential for reuse of otherwise perfect items. The proximity was essential for out dispersed community. Should we have a truck taking sorted waste or 100 cars dragging spilling loads through to West Nowra?
75	No, it provides a good experience.
76	we go there when we are down there taking garden waste and looking at what there is to buy
77	Close waste facilities and people will start dumping. Easily done in rural areas.
78	No
79	Urban garbage services do not provide for the type of bulky waste generated by rural properties. Even more inadequate when council vehicles can't enter rural driveways. What is more expensive? Have everyone move on to bins and increase number of pickups required or pay to keep the tip open and allow us to manage our waste ourselves?
80	bring back the tip shop - recycle more things - it was very good as it was before you changed it
81	Find a way to return the buyback centres to local communities who make use of this valuable resource. Driving a 1 hour round trip on the off chance of finding the required items at centralised depots may suit council but is unworkable as a system for residents.
82	The current experience is most satisfactory apart from the recent lack of buy back. It is necessary to maintain accessible waste disposal centres to prevent illegal dumping of garbage in bushland/public land. it should be cost negative not necessarily 'profitable'
83	The Berry service is very good and needs to stay open, even if it is for 3 days a week.
84	This is a service to local residents - not a profit generating business.
85	Provide increased waste services for Brogers creek at no additional cost. We are currently paying for a waste service in our rates that we don't have the option of utilising. If we want to have a bin pick up, this is at an additional cost. Our only other alternative is to go to the waste facility. Closing this would make it even more difficult and expensive for us to dispose of waste in an environmentally friendly and economic manner.
86	What is the bottle/bin bank? As I have not seen it in Berry. Was great when we had the buyback area, as it was a place for the community to do something good for the environment, now all those things end up in landfill, as they are not sorted for movement to the other waste depots!
87	Reinstate the recycling / buyback centre. Provide pickup service for bulky items, recyclable and general
88	Educate the public to recycle correctly, and compost as much as possible. Ready availability for green waste disposal which cannot be composted.
89	The waste facility is a necessary service for outlying residents without a kerbside collection option. It does not have to make a 'profit'. I doubt if kerbside collections in the suburban areas are profitable but there is no suggestion that they be discontinued. With no local tips many residents will be required to travel long distances to dispose of kitchen and general waste. With the closure of the buyback facilities more waste is going into landfill and we will need another hole to fill.
90	I have no problem with the current facility or the service provided. I do notice 2 stations (Bendalong & Conjola) very close together and equidistant from Sussex and Ulladulla - on less busy roads. Are they both necessary?
91	I would like to see the Berry waste transfer station supply the free garden mulch again
92	If increasing rates would be necessary to provide a fortnightly green waste pickup throughout Berry, then seriously consider keeping the tip open albeit for less time than the present and subsidize it from rates. Where in Berry are the recycling bins from Council?
93	No
94	Berry is very efficiently managed and Col is very helpful. No changes needed.
95	Keep the "No charge Domestic Tipping Vouchers" Maintain a skip at the far end of River Rd Shoalhaven Heads (for example) and landscape around it to shield it from the neighbourhood. Have dedicated collection days for metals, Hazchem’s and garden waste. Orange Council has introduced green bins for vegetable and fruit waste combined with garden waste for nutrient rich compost that is sold back to the community. We could do that too.
96	No - the guys who work at Berry are fantastic, helpful and very on top of what goes where. Please make sure there is still a service at Berry
97	We use the Berry tip because we live on a private road and don't get a garbage service. If we were able to take a bin(s) to the nearest public road our requirement to use the tip would reduce significantly. However, I notice that there is often litter from bins on the public road due either to wind blowing over bins or animals. Since we compost and sort our waste most of what we take to the tip is recyclables and no litter is created from placing bins on the road.
98	refer to answer no 10
99	No, the Berry facility is a pleasure to deal with and I would be happy to pay more to keep it open.
100	See previous comments.
101	The Berry waste facility works well and is easy and convenient to use. Reduction in service will likely lead to greater dumping of rubbish in the council area
102	I didn't realise you could buy garden mulch, maybe that could be advertised better
103	no - it is perfectly adequate as it is (Berry)
104	No.

Ordinary Meeting – Tuesday 04 October 2016

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Total responses to Q4a: 303

Total responses to Q4b: 159

Total responses to Q5: 252

Further suggestions/comments for Question 4:

1	Remains
2	A green waste bin needed by households (so doesn't go in household waste)
3	A place like KV which has been so innovative in the past regarding 'no plastic bags', need to continue to show how they deal responsibly with waste.
4	All recycling should remain as it is. What the council and governments and people want all councils to have recycling bin, and green bin
5	Allow council to run it, not outsource, many govt services run at a loss, because they are a necessary service to the community i.e. Medicare, legal aids, roads
6	Allow the community to operate the buyback/household recycling using the shed on site at the KV tip
7	Any action must result in residents being able to manage waste with minimal impact on environment e.g. reduced emissions by having local access, not travelling to other sites, adequate operating hours
8	As above (Mon 10am - 2pm, Sun 12pm - 4pm) Allows for visitors & casuals to deposit before returning Sundays. Also for rental - cleaners to deposit Mondays (Allows reduction in Penalty rate payments) Also reduce Xmas, N/Y holiday opening days to say 4 days/week Green waste - Charge fee for mulch, Reduce fees for deposit
9	As I have no garbage collection I am already subsidizing all other ratepayers. If closed I will dump on budgong rd and you can collect
10	As I pay rates on 2 properties amounting to over $4000 per year I don't think I should a poor waste service
11	As we pay rates perhaps you will start a garbage collection service if you take away the tip?
12	Basically shouldn't waste services be a service offered by a local council. If you cut services you will have an increase in Illegal dumping which will cost you more to clean up than leaving the transfer station open.
13	Being pensioners in our seventies, it is not possible to travel to Nowra with household garbage, come facility must be made available
14	Bulk rubbish days two days every second week
15	Buyback is a very important part of the recycling/re-using commitment of Kangaroo Valley. Council should be fostering this.
16	Change attitude that waste has to be profit-making! We pay over $1400pa rates for NO other Council service.
17	Change viewpoint - This service can never be a business - it is a service provided to ratepayers. KV has no kerbside collection days - do I pay same rates as those who do?? Council publish detailed cost of running KV tip? Vs all tips?
18	Charge small fee for trailer load of green waste. Council mulch it on site then sell for reasonable price
19	Class action vs Council for reduction of essential services ... neglect of outlying districts within council... leading to degradation of environment
20	Closing the Kangaroo Valley facility is unthinkable. My farm does not have wheelie bin collection. How is my family supposed to get rid of household garbage?
21	Collect our waste from our house so we don't need the tip. Accept that rate payer are funding the tip and that a tip should not be considered a profit maker for the council.
22	Consider volunteer operation before any decision to close operations or facilities. Perhaps through Lions or Community Assoc.
23	Continue with extended hours in Xmas school holidays due to very high number of holiday makers in Kangaroo Valley. This will hopefully keep the incidence of illegal dumping of waste to a minimum
24	Council has an obligation to provide a reasonable tip facility to ratepayers and should not be looking at this as a standalone business line. As a minimum the KV tip needs to open part day Sat & Sun & until early afternoon Monday for holiday -let rubbish.
25	Council must realise that some services must be subsidised and not deemed to be a way to generate profit.
26	Council should just subsidise this facility as it currently stands. Our rates help pay for this. If necessary rate increase across the board should be made to address this issue.
27	Council should not expect their customers to drive app 30km to a tip
28	Council should provide the service that are the basis of councils responsibility i.e. waste management
29	Council should shift its perspective - you say running a tip at a loss is a negative - that is like saying that a school runs 'at a loss'. Waste disposal costs - accept that and pay up.
30	Council should stop considering the services as a business and remember they exist to provide an essential service to ratepayers. Council could charge more for some items in buyback or mulch.
31	Council to subsidise this SERVICE to ratepayers they say they provide
32	Customers should crush recycling not put 2 litre plastic bottles with lids on. The bin fills in 5 minutes and a great big expensive loss making truck drives over the mountain to pick it up. (increase gate fees) - By way of surcharge not by percentage to EPA
33	DONT CLOSE THE TIP!
34	Elect a new council for considering closing (or reducing) the tip in the first place....if this is done it will only led to a huge increase in illegal dumping
35	Extend waste collection services to areas that don't not presently have it.
36	Find another contractor to look after our waste disposal. The present one needs a 'cleaner' to come in after them and clean up. Have reported them leaving rubbish strewn right down Bendeela Road after a pick up from Kangaroo Valley Road. What are their qualifications if they can't get it right??????
37	Gate fees'? At the moment I thought they were dropping fees. Closing the facility would be a disaster for B & B's, etc. and there would be a huge increase in roadside and bush dumping of rubbish. The economy of the Valley would suffer
38	General waste & Recycling bin collection currently not provided at 673 Tallowa Dam Road
39	Give us regular garbage service - trucks can easily turn at the bottom of our drive 79 Nugents Creek Rd. How we have no service at all.
40	Given that we pay adequate rates for this service, leave it as it is and don't charge any more.
41	Go back to the way it was with Buyback & recycling open only Sat & Sun 9am to 1pm
42	Having just spent time in a number of European country areas why can't the council take a look at installing recycle, garbage pods in community collection areas where council garbage trucks do not service. Seems to work very well overseas particularly France and Italy. We are very concerned that if you remove this basic council service you will be encouraging large scale dumping in what is a major tourist attraction for NSW. We pay rates to the council and receive next to know service for the trouble, we are wondering why a council should be making a profit out of the basic necessity of garbage collection and keeping our community.
43	Household collection of non-recyclable waste once a month in rural locations.
44	I am a rate payer and wonder why services are depleting when rates don't. There is no garbage collection in the Valley and I rely on taking my waste to Currarong/Callala
45	I am assuming this does not impact the weekly waste collection from the property?
46	I can reduce my landfill waste and we compost everything but one collection per week of recyclables is not enough. We are a family of 5 and are forced to visit the tip because we can't dispose of the recycled waste via collection. Even a second big for particular families with the one collection would work for us and save you money.
47	I do not believe any reduction in services to be appropriate. Council has an obligation (founded by the rates I pay) to provide waste, services. Use of alternatives outside the valley is not feasible. Profitability of the service is irrelevant, this is a basic obligation of council.
48	I don't have the time, money or transport to go anywhere but Kangaroo Valley. My property will become a dump with the build-up of rubbish.
49	I go to the tip every Saturday, taking recycle from shops to recycle - A service I have been doing for many years
50	I have now twice lived in towns where the council decided to close tips. The consequence is that the rubbish is dumped in the bush, and recycling of materials ceases. There is also the social aspect of seeing other locals at the tip. I presume that this is a foregone conclusion and I will again see the environment suffer for the sake of pennies.
51	I have purchased and left to be sold many items in the past and I fell closing the shop is a backward step.
52	I like the voucher system 2 tickets ok - May 4 tickets would be very good
53	I note you have already close the buyback area already - so why ask?
54	I pay rates for this service. I use no other council facilities. Why should it run at a profit? Rates All of mine to go to this
55	I think the profitability of waste services needs to be aggregated so the whole equation is balanced for the council. If one is profitable and one isn't, then if the net result is zero - so be it.
56	I think the valley would be a good community to trial an unmanned tip, where you rely on the community to do the right thing as long as there are guidelines in place. (Not sure how fees would be handled)
57	I would like to see at least Sat Sun Open
58	If action is required reduce opening days to 2 days per week. KV is extremely concerned with recycling and effective waste services. If you close the tip, more waste would be dumped in the bush
59	If closed, garbage will be dumped everywhere, anyway.
60	If dropping to only 1-2 days per week - please vary these days through the month (e.g. Sunday and Wednesday in first 2 weeks, Saturday and Tuesday in the 2nd 2 weeks).
61	If reduced to 2 days either Fri/Sat or Sun/Mon. Not Sat/Sun
62	If the fees go up too high, or the operating days are too few, we will see an increased incidence of waste being dumped illegally in bush land.
63	If we had a garbage pick-up one a week like other places we would not need to go to the tip as there is no other option to dispose of household rubbish
64	If you reduce the availability of service in the area you increase the potential for illegal dumping. Most people who use KV facility are on rural land. We pay higher rates than Sydney council rates and get no waste and recycling collection and poorly maintained roads. What services do we get? Surely keeping the services available is a benefit to the environment and the ratepayers in the long run. Does the residential waste and recycling run at a loss? Why should rural areas get a dud deal? Why should we have reduced services when we get stuff all anyway? Why not increase rates on Nowra and other city rates payers who get all the benefits of our excessive rates.
65	If you take this service away you need to offer an alternative for residents who don't have curb side pick up
66	Increase days/hours of operation. Council is meant to provide services, not take them away. Close the tips and there will be illegal dumping everywhere - & council will have more work expenses.
67	Increase price of Buybacks. Introduce a small levy to rates for Kangaroo Valley residents.
68	Increase roadside residential services where possible. Change hours, opening of transfer station for use of home owners, non-residents 10am - 3 pm
69	Install large 'skip' bins at the tip (or various locations) and council can collect on a regular basis. Perhaps 3 bins at each spot for the various waste
70	introduce garbage collection for whole kangaroo valley area (all properties) and maintain 2 mornings tip operation for recycling and dumping of larger items (steel fridges fencing and browse buy shop at least on weekend per month
71	It is already 9am to 1pm so change 3 days 9 - 1.
72	It’s a service covered by rates not a profit business
73	Just imagine if there was no tip. People would leave their garbage everywhere in the forest and on the side of the road or on their properties instead of driving to Nowra. How much would the clean-up cost to the council?
74	Kangaroo Valley is 40+ mins from Nowra waste facility. This mean a 1 1/2 hr travel time to drop off. Tourists will dump waste on roadsides if closed Unsustainable for locals to drive 1 1/2 hrs
75	Kangaroo Valley is a remote regional town and to take a trailer of rubbish to West Nowra would take over 2 hours return if its closed it will only encourage illegal dumping over here
76	Kangaroo Valley tip is used by many residents who are not on the Council garbage collection so is very essential.
77	Keep it open. It is important due to the pristine nature of a Tourist/ rural area and helping residents to reduce bushfire/ waste material.
78	Keep the wee shop that sells the second hand goods, therefore it continues to recycle one man’s trash is another man’s treasure.
79	Kerbside pick-up does not meet the needs of aging people in rural acreages. It is often physically too difficult to get full bins to the kerb.
80	KV already has reduced hours 9am - 1pm
81	Larger red bins for domestic waste
82	Leave as is and reintegrate Buyback centre
83	Leave as was, with buyback. What's the councils roll if not to provide this type of service
84	Leave tip operate as is, people from Nowra etc. can travel to west Nowra, lots of people here are elderly and don't have trailers to take over the mountain all the BB's need to be able to take excess rubbish to tip there will be more road side dumping if you shut kangaroo valley tip down
85	Less often would be an issue of you missed that weekend and not convenient for getting items for upcycling.
86	Look after rate payers
87	Main concern in closing facility is increased chances of bushland dumping in an environment visited by many.
88	Make a comment really: We pay council rates and expect a level of service for this. Sewage and garbage disposal are 2 of the essential services. Not every service can be run at a profit. Think of how some elements of the community will respond to not being able to 'tip' waste. They will just do it in the bush and ruin the beautiful environment.
89	My home is a long way from the other facilities.
90	No other options because if facility is closed than dumping will no doubt increase particularly during holiday periods. Locals should not have to drive over the mountain to West Nowra towing their rubbish.
91	None. Take re action is the only option. Tourism is a massive economic focus in KV, and the WMF is essential for these businesses to operate.
92	Not all services make a 'profit' and are supposed to - e.g. mayors salary
93	Offer to tender the site to a local kangaroo valley businessmen. Let them run an alternative business on site for free rent, however they must also run the tip.
94	Open one extra day per week for longer hours
95	Place skip bins for public use with easy access
96	Please consider if KV residents have to travel to Nowra to dispose of their waste. It is an additional 40 minute trip each way. Who will compensate us for this extra time and fuel costs for us to dispose of our waste
97	Please do NOT close the Kangaroo Valley tip.
98	Please don't close as it encourages people to dump in the bush
99	Please note that the buyback section of the KV tip is of great value to the community. People like dropping off useful items knowing that their neighbours will take them. It is also one of the great social area of the community. Such a shame if it remains closed
100	Please note the buyback area in KV is already closed. Closing the site or significantly reducing the availability to access this service will see considerable illegal dumping of rubbish. Seeing rubbish on the road side will bring KV down to countries with 3rd world facilities...is this what you believe we deserve?? I question how my council rates are being spent.
101	Please please keep our tip operational
102	Please see attached
103	Please, We object very strongly. Please do not close the tip. We cannot have curb-side collection and so rely on the tip every 2 weeks. Driving from Upper River to Nowra and back is 45 minutes each way. This is ridiculous to expect this is necessary in 2016. Council has a responsibility to offer this service.
104	provide a kerbside collection service
105	provide household garbage waste collection at home gate with sufficient bins for glass, paper, plastic and household
106	Rate payers deserve services - no every facet of Council operations needs to make money.
107	Realise that at Jacks Corner Rd the council supply zero services except badly patching the road and the tip. In spite of ever increasing rates
108	Reduce Council income at top end so that these services remain for the people at a reasonable cost. Otherwise the rubbish will end up where we Don’t want it.
109	Remember- Council is supposed to be providing a service, not making a profit. It is important Council reopens the KV buyback shop. This is an important social activity and facilitates local reuse of unwanted, saleable items. It is up to SCC staff to decide what is saleable and/or reusable, and so divert waste from landfill.
110	Run the facility as it has always been run. It is a service covered by our rates.
111	Scrap green waste fees, but sell mulch (works well in ACT). Be more selective with the acceptance of 'recyclable/reusable items' in shed. Clamp down on provision of 'local mates rates', but equally review charges with a view of making it cheaper to encourage payment rather than avoidance.
112	Self-serve recycling collection area
113	Self-serving recycling drop off area/point/facility Re-instate buyback/re-use centre in Kangaroo Valley
114	Sell recycled and unwanted goods and materials from the site
115	Stem 7 above is not an option as Nowra, Huskisson or Ulladulla are too far from Kangaroo Valley
116	Stop treating is as a business. A tip is a public utility. Better to run it at a loss than see increased dumping/environmental degradation.
117	Suggest opening of tip shop. Also reduce to 3 full days possibly Friday, Sunday and Monday. Having no tip is not an option as to dumping of rubbish on dead end roads
118	Suggest Saturday 9am to 1 pm/ Sunday 9am to 1pm/ Monday 9am to 5pm Maintain recycling facility Charge small fee for taking mulched material away
119	surely the purpose of council rated is to provide facilities for residents this is usually a cost to council and should not be operated on a profit motive
120	Surely this facility is a public service and local councils are set up to provide public services even though they may run at a loss - so many people I know use this facility to recycle material for projects they have I hand.
121	Take better care of recyclable articles. (?) Shed had only a dusty floor in it. A good floor would keep dust to a minimum
122	The Kangaroo Valley facility is important to me for maintaining the pristine nature of the area and helping residents to reduce their bushfire/waste material
123	The possibility of total closure is not an option. Currently we keep Budgong and surrounds clear of road rubbish and need to be able to dispose of this. If tip was to close ??? believe quantity of rubbish would seriously increase to a level of not being able to handle. If holiday Monday, then open the 9am-1pm
124	The reuse of material from the tip is very important. Things like pushbikes can be refurbished easily, total waste to crush and recycle metal. Same for children's toys, building materials etc.
125	The service is already only 4 mornings per week - it should remain the same and all services, especially recycling should remain.
126	The transfer station provides a vital service. Operating hours could change to all day Sunday and Monday, however a 50km round trip to dispose of rubbish is not acceptable
127	This facility must not close. Waste services for rate payers is a necessary function of local government. It should not be regarded as a profit making enterprise.
128	This is a crazy idea. To reduce service or even close it. Managers need to look at other non-essential items to make up for negative revenue on essential services.
129	This is a service - KV attracts the largest number of visitors in Shoalhaven as a thank you to the community, providing us with a tip is the least you could do :)
130	This is a service not a facility. We need to have the complete service operational as it will be distractions to the environment here in our beautiful valley
131	This is an important service to the community. Not all council services make a profit. If rubbish disposal becomes too difficult it will increase illegal dumping at a greater cost to the community
132	This would be impossible 30+ km drive to get ?? of household rubbish
133	to close the tip is this a cost cutting purpose for the council
134	To have the facility close when we don't have side of road pick up would be very difficult. I'm sure it would increase illegal dumping of rubbish.
135	Totally understand that a waste management facility in an area such as Kangaroo Valley may be a cost burden on Council, however surely it is a service to be provided to rate payers (even at a loss). Not everything is about making a profit and not everyone uses every service that they fund via their rates or taxes (parents who chose private education still fund public education; people with private health care and Medicare levies fund public health care etc. etc.). We are a society which needs to look after each other - and sometimes that comes at a cost.
136	Variation on days and hours of operation offered i.e. Monday 1pm - 5pm, Sat 9am -1pm, Sun all day. According to popular use
137	volunteer operators
138	Waste collection and recycling is a core responsibility of council. It is a service not a profit centre. What profit does roadside collection make - None! It is a service. Efficiency could be improved. If services are reduced too far, roadside dumping will soar at a big cost to council and ratepayers. It is 60km return trip to West Nowra over mountain roads. People will just dump. Local recycling and buyback was an integral part of KV life. Now only paper, glass and plastic can be seen with some electrical and metal.
139	Waste collection & recycling is core function of council & should be seen as a service not a profit centre. Efficiency is important. Reducing waste recycling too much will result in rubbish being dumped on all the back roads at great cost to council & ratepayers. A 60k trip over the mountain to West Nowra discourages recycling in a country town where people are happy to recycle if they know something is going to be re-used locally. KV tip used to have a happy atmosphere, now it is a bleak chore.
140	Waste removal is council’s responsibility whether or not it costs. There are scores of B & B's, Guest houses bringing huge $$ into the valley. They must be able to dispose of waste.
141	We all rely on the services the tip provides especially businesses which are vital to our economy. The council is a not for profit organisation and needs to provide waste services even if they are costly
142	We have no bin service from council so our only option is to transfer waste to KV facility
143	we have no roadside service we need an accessible tip
144	We live in a water catchment area and a small village. Land valuation are high so this makes our rates high. This is the main service we need to stop illegal dumping. Many residents are not on a bin collection service
145	We need 2 trailer loads of bulky per year and we could take that to West Nowra if necessary. I expect council has lots of compactor trucks sitting in parking lot all weekend. These should be used as drop points on weekends, for general and recycled. Then close the KV facility completely.
146	We need to be provided with the audited accounts. What are the costs, how are the costs allocated? What is the revenue? We pay gate fees in the rates. Cannot answer as detail costs not provided.
147	We pay extremely high rates for little service. We have no mail delivery or waste collection at our property. If the Kangaroo Valley facility is removed, we would demand a rate reduction
148	We pay for the service leave it alone. Go and cut costs somewhere else. Less staff. I will not travel to west Nowra. I would however travel to council to to dump my rubbish
149	What a joke, council give kangaroo valley nothing now don't take away one small facility
150	What would you expect my options as an 80 old person (with no pick up facilities) do with my recycling and waste (I compost what I can!). The depot is important part of any civilised community.
151	When wind blows there is a great need for green waste dumping. I am surrounded by trees and branches and leaves are always falling
152	Whichever option is chosen, kerbside dumping will be increased.
153	Why does council expect to make money on a service that is meant to be provided in lieu of payment of rates every year? You seem to be forgetting what your primary roles as a council should be. This facility is a basic right and should not be closed
154	Why does West Nowra make so much money and why does Kangaroo Valley cost so much? Then we could answer this question and make informed decisions
155	Why not see if you can get community volunteers to work - perhaps organising the tip shop.
156	Why should this facility operate at a profit? Do roads, parks and other facilities operate at a profit? What price do you put on saving illegal dumping?
157	Why this is supposed to be a service paid by rates. This and the terrible job you do on the road (Jacks corner) is all we get for our rates. (Time for a change of council)
158	Yes, please reconsider a closure. KV is a tourist town and needs a facility for tourist operators every few days. The residents all need a place to dispose of their waste and recycling without the time and cost associated with going over the mountain once again. In Nowra everything is close including the tip and shopping - in KV we must drive for everything! It may save council to shut the tip, but its adding time and costs to every resident and business in KV and that is inappropriate and inconsiderate. Council needs to make a decision on looking after the community, and not increase costs to KV to rate payers by closing the facility. There will be impact environmentally as tourists and locals begin to illegally dump rubbish in the bush and street bins. It is clear what will happen and council will get a lot of trouble from this as they will need to clean it up! Not all decisions need to be financial - look at better hours and days and leave a service in place for this town.
159	You do not give us any collections now. You will force us to burn rubbish or dump it illegally

Comments for Question 5:

If waste facilities were closed, what services would you like to see in the area?

1.	A normal weekly garbage collection
2.	A pick up at my property would work. Please this is 2016
3.	A reduction/credit on rates commensurate with the cost of engaging a commercial waste service should be made.
4.	A regular service to pick up the mountains of rubbish that will be dumped in the bush if the facility is closed
5.	Advise collection required by last Friday of each month, collections then scheduled for following month
6.	already rubbish is dumped up Barrengarry mountain closing the tip or increasing charges will make this worse
7.	As above
8.	at current rates x volume
9.	Better recycling facilities within the Kangaroo Valley township i.e. not just waste bins but dedicated bins for all recycling including green waste, to be collected daily
10.	Better recycling services where locals could reuse unwanted items in the local community like star pickets, chicken wire, etc.
11.	Bigger recycle bins, Rubbish/recycling pickup days per week
12.	Budgong has very poor collection due to remoteness so not an option
13.	Bulky waste collection days are not appropriate will spoil the ambience of a pristine rural tourist area
14.	Closure is an anathema
15.	Council cleaning up dumped rubbish from bush on a very regular basis
16.	council needs to keep kangaroo valley tip open
17.	Council to immediately pick up illegally dumped rubbish wherever it is dumped as soon as advised by concerned residents
18.	Daily clean-up of the Kangaroo Valley roads to pick up all of the rubbish that people will dump in the street.
19.	Do not accept closure as acceptable option
20.	Do Not close the facility
21.	Do not close the tips.
22.	DO NOT CLOSE waste facility!!!!
23.	Domestic waste collection as a regular service
24.	Don’t close
25.	Don’t close it!!
26.	Don’t close the facility
27.	Either On call or scheduled collection days as long as they would reach rural properties (10mins from town centre) and allow waste to be collected on a Monday morning after a weekend trip to the property.
28.	Establish Buyback as a more commercial enterprise i.e. charge nom fee for deposited goods (less than waste fee). Re sell at a small profit, including scrap metal (better return than re-processing) Facility operator to receive commission on sales.
29.	Extra council services to address fly tipping and additional refuse on roads and lanes.
30.	Facility should NOT be closed!
31.	feel closure not possible as we have enough dumping of rubbish in bushland now
32.	Free garbage/recycling pickup from front gate every fortnight
33.	Free or heavily subsidised kerbside collection maybe every 3-4 weeks
34.	free recycle and waste collection for all rural properties
35.	free recycling pick up and transfer on a regular basis
36.	Free to access recycling at least (on a weekly basis)
37.	garbage collection at home gate
38.	Green recycling bins
39.	Green waste
40.	Green waste bins
41.	Green waste collection also
42.	Green waste collection scheduled like recycling & waste removal fortnight basis like Sydney
43.	Green waste removal wheelie bins
44.	I just want our tip open please
45.	I suggest you check with central west council they have their act together this is a basic service
46.	I would like a 'green bin' for garden clippings etc. like they have in Gerringong/Kiama etc. I would also like the monthly curb side recycling.
47.	I would like the facility to stay open.
48.	I would not like to see the waste closed as we have a lot of B&B in the area then owners would have to tell their guests to take their own rubbish home, then you will see rubbish throw into the bush
49.	If facilities close this would be a breach of ratepayers' trust
50.	If you close the KV tip, you will cause much dumping on roads. Bad publicity for SCC
51.	If you have pick up bulk collection days how will that look, rubbish on kerbside & this is a place people come to because of the beauty & cleanliness. NO NO NO thank you
52.	In our farming community, waste metal seems impetrative. Do not close
53.	Increase recycle to weekly for commercial in town
54.	Increased limit on garbage collection; weekly recyclable collection. And on call FREE bulk waste collection.
55.	increased recycling collection OR a second recycle bin for larger families
56.	Iron & Drums need collection, everything else burns. No way are we going to West Nowra
57.	It doesn't make sense to close it, It's a service not a profit centre
58.	Just leave our rubbish on the land for the next generation
59.	Kerb side waste and recycling pickup
60.	Kerbside collection of waste & recycling (Not currently available to me in Quirk St)
61.	Kerbside recycling and household waste collection to all properties
62.	Larger red bin, increased pickups after holiday or during holiday periods
63.	Local availability for small domestic waste drop off / collection points if council does not come to property
64.	Major increase in roadside clear up
65.	Monthly bulk waste drop off
66.	More enforcement of illegal waste disposal as this will increase if depots are closed
67.	More tip vouchers
68.	Must retain a tip and recycling service to support Shoalhaven tourism, & KV's commitment to environmental sustainability
69.	no
70.	N/A As it it’s not allowed to close
71.	No bulky waste collection days. It just gets left on the side of the road for days. There is already extra litter on the road since household bins have been introduced to Kangaroo Valley
72.	No way
73.	Non would be satisfactory
74.	not a preferred option
75.	Not applicable to us
76.	Not one bit interested in tip closure
77.	Offer rate payers weekly collection
78.	On- call bulky waste collections recycling and green waste on call or scheduled
79.	On- call bulky waste collections we are located in the township of kangaroo valley putting waste on the street would not be practicable
80.	Option of fortnightly roadside collection. I produce very little landfill. It is mainly recycling
81.	Option of fortnightly roadside collection. We produce very little landfill-mainly recyclables
82.	Perhaps 'Clean up' twice a year
83.	Pick up from my home
84.	Please do not close K.V facility. I have already seen a marked increase of roadside dumping outside our place along Moss Vale Rd.
85.	Please don’t close
86.	Please don’t close the tip.
87.	Quarterly bulk waste and recyclable material (e.g. metals, reusable goods)
88.	Recycle bins in KV, plus large waste bins close to Village
89.	Recycling
90.	Recycling & rubbish collection in outer areas of Kangaroo Valley
91.	Recycling bins somewhere
92.	Recycling centre
93.	Recycling Collection
94.	Recycling for recovery
95.	Recycling Options
96.	Recycling service
97.	Regular collection days for general waste and recycled goods (e.g. Wheelie bin service)
98.	Regular garbage collection on Jacks Corner Rd, Kangaroo Valley
99.	Regular general waste collection at property boundary
100.	Regular waste collection, as you do not service our property.
101.	Rubbish pick up from all gates in the Valley including 930 Jacks Corner Road once a week
102.	Scheduled bulky waste collection days
103.	Scheduled bulky waste collection days
104.	Scheduled bulky waste collection days
105.	Scheduled bulky waste collection days
106.	Scheduled bulky waste collection days
107.	Scheduled bulky waste collection days
108.	Scheduled bulky waste will ruin the look of a pristine tourist area.
109.	Scheduled recycling extend regular garbage trucks services for those who have none.
110.	Scheduled waste pickup would make our village look untidy. An awful mess
111.	See above
112.	See above comment.
113.	see my earlier comment, community garbage and recycle pods ( commercial size) bins located in easily accessible areas for residents who do not receive weekly garbage truck pick up
114.	selected waste to utilise waste when this is relevant to good uses of earth / soil etc.
115.	self-serve recycling collection area
116.	Self-serve recycling drop off area
117.	Should not closed
118.	The closure would result in waste being dumped in bushland, many elderly people would not be able to travel to west Nowra
119.	The same one.
120.	there is no alternative, closing tip would result in massive illegal dumping
121.	They should not be closed
122.	This facility must not close
123.	This is not an option
124.	This is really of little help, we all need a place to take domestic and business waste each and every week!
125.	This would be unthinkable - It is impractical to travel 35kms to drop rubbish off, and I cannot get a wheelie bin down to the road from my house (150metres)
126.	This would need to be an 'at-the-house' personalised collection as our house is some way from the road. Moving waste to the road is not a feasible as 1) no room kerbside and 2) defeats the purpose as loading is half the trouble
127.	This would not work as said above.
128.	Tip shops are busy everywhere else. How can they fail but to generate income
129.	Vouchers for use at other tips to offset the cost of travel
130.	Waste & Recycling
131.	waste 4 recycling collection points around the area
132.	Waste facility reopened as an essential service. Group action / media coverage council overturned by vote / litigation for neglect of 'some' council ratepayers and residents
133.	We are a rural property which does not have a waste collection service at all. The 3 options above are of little use to us. If the waste facility was closed we would probably be forced to going back to burying on site.
134.	We have never had a home rubbish collection in the 35 years we have lived here, as we are some distance from the main road - so we depend on our local KV facility
135.	we have no councils regular waste collections presently council doesn't collect our waste at gate kangaroo valley facility is the only service for us if it will close we need waste collection at our gate
136.	We have no kerbside collection service in Budgong. The kangaroo valley tip is essential
137.	we so not have any collection so require to facility to remain, Come out the fire trail on a monthly basis to collect our rubbish and save us having to drive anywhere to dispose of it
138.	We would require kerbside collection as we currently do not have this service and have limited resources to transport waste anywhere else as we are elderly seniors.
139.	Weekly Bin pick up for all rate payers. Closing KV down will lead to significant "illegal rubbish dumping" for a heavily reliant "tourist town".
140.	Weekly 'Christmas holiday' kerbside recycling service in Kangaroo Valley
141.	Weekly collection - recycling, garden waste, household rubbish already exists
142.	Weekly collection for household garbage
143.	Weekly ordinary waste collection, nothing that there is no waste collection in this area at the present
144.	Would these be at the roadside or at the transfer station?
145.	You will need to dramatically increase your costs of cleaning up rubbish being dumped in the bush
146.	You’re kidding we live 20 mins out of kangaroo valley, we get no services as it is, do you honestly expect us to drive 1 hour to the waste depot in Nowra If so then reduce rates

Comments for Question 7:

Do you have any other comments on how your local waste facility could provide a better customer experience for you?

1	Can I remind you that results posted on a website will not reach 50% or your residents? Publish them in the paper
2	If the tip is closed, illegal dumping would massively increase, making clean-up costs far higher than the current tip. It would also spoil the beauty of our Valley
3	The council has to keep the KV tip open. It is a non-negotiable service that is its responsibility
4	2017 ??? Regulation will require 'Return facilities'
5	It took 40mins to gain entry to Nowra facility due to traffic and 1 operator working
6	If waste facilities were closed, please be aware of the impact it would have on elderly rate payers.
7	I don't want to see it closed. Regarding the fact it runs at a loss; it’s a service not a business, I'd rather see my rates go for running the tip than into waste of money like the Nowra entertainment centre.
8	I don't believe KV can function without a waste facility - an important service council must provide (not a business)
9	If we are not entitled to roadside pickup, then I feel we should have fee free rubbish disposal as we incur the cost of time and energy to take rubbish to tip. If we now have to get it over to Nowra, more time, more energy/petrol. It is not right that we have the cost as well as inconvenience as compared with suburban town dwellers who have a paid kerbside service.
10	This is not about profit, it is about community service. No waste facilities is not an option.
11	Please don't close our tip
12	If this service is terminated, aside from inconvenience and annoyance to rate payers in having to travel further afield with a large visitor and holiday making community we would expect that rubbish dumping would increase. More remote areas, for instance along jacks corner road, would expect to suffer dumping. Aside from being a visual blight it would present a health hazard to our community that possibility is not acceptable.
13	If the facilities were closed or reduced to much, would the cont. of picking up dumped (illegally) rubbish be higher than the cost to stay open.
14	The Valley needs a waste facility. If this is closed it will make rubbish disposal a problem and will add to the problem of illegal dumping
15	If you are currently not ???, I see no alternative than the existing facility. Please reopen 'Our Shop'
16	We receive no pickup (live on a farm). Deliver our own rubbish to the tip and pay for the pleasure. The tip is an essential service and the only one the council provides to my property. (Maintain own private room over winter etc.) Remove the tip and you will have one very unhappy rate payer.
17	Lack of facility my result in increased dumping and pollution of our environment. Given the high level of visitors to this area, adequate waste management access is essential.
18	We need the facility to be kept and operational for all our waste management needs
19	If this facility closes it will increase illegal dumping which I believe is more expensive to rectify. Waste is a core council function
20	In country areas everyone should be encouraged to recycle. The present weekly service just encourages people to throw everything out - creating more landfill.
21	We would be most disappointed if KV facility was closed. There is no acceptably close facility to Barrengarry. We do not have waste or recycling collection offered. This is the most basic service for our rates paid.
22	Living in Kangaroo Valley plus seniors, taking rubbish over the mountain is out of the question as is dragging garbage bins down a 1km unsealed road to the main road for collection. Bins don't fit into the boot of a car.
23	How about council pick up the garbage and sort it out later in Nowra.
24	Please don't close the tip, as we have many B & B's, & tourists and I know rubbish will get thrown over the mountain.
25	A big problem is people coming into town and using (untidy) the 'collected' bins and placing any rubbish in any bin - it will only get worse.
26	Many KV residents have NO refuse collection at all. Closing the KV tip will have ??? impact on wildlife, tourism and health. This is a mandatory council service. Imagine the outcry if a Sydney ??? Was told their service was stopping.
27	If facility was to close I can only see an increase in illegal dumping that in the end would cost council more than keeping it open.
28	Along with other residences, the buyback centre in the Valley is much missed,
29	If Kangaroo Valley was closed, it would be a catastrophe as we have no rubbish pickup and therefore would not endorse complete closure under any circumstances.
30	Please don't close the tip. We upcycle lots of things that reduce landfill and save us driving to Nowra. We are fixing up our farm and often need a bit of ag pipe or short length of wire or bit of metal to weld with or bit of tin to fix hole in shed
31	Previous owners have dumped a lot of rubbish on our property which we are still cleaning up and the Kangaroo Valley tip is invaluable. Thank you
32	Pickup days every Wednesday costs too much for general waste as we only generate 1 otto bin every 2-3 weeks but we always have lots of recycling to dispose of. A trip to West Nowra is an approx. 60km round trip which seems un-economic & un-environmental for recycling.
33	There must be a tip or large bins to drop off rubbish, including recyclables. If not, locals are severely put out, and the tourist operators will be really disadvantaged. Tourists will dump rubbish in the bush and locals will use street bins which will cause serious issues and spoil our town’s beauty. KV is a beautiful town - don't allow this closure.
34	Perhaps a clearer understand of the area including our large tourist industry will assist you decision making.
35	Closing the KV tip would be a disaster. The only solution is to keep the KV waste management facility, or be prepared for people dumping rubbish in the bush. This happens already, and will only multiply massively if the facility is closed.
36	Closing KV tip - you must have rocks in your heads
37	Many residents are not on bin collection services. This is a council service and paid for by the rate payers. Bin in the main street overflow on most weekends and need to be emptied more times a week and more bins available.
38	We would need daily collection of the rubbish that will be dumped in the bush, on roadsides, piled around existing bins in town. Plus regular pest/vermin control. Please just provide waste service to ratepayer.
39	Close the facility and rubbish/green waste will just be dumped in the bush
40	At present I cannot see where my rates go - how does council think closing the recycle and waste area in KV - A tourist area - will not lead to extensive 'dumping' of rubbish
41	There is no substitute for a waste transfer facility. Illegal dumping will result. Council is not there for profit but to provide services paid for by our rates. Council wishes to 'reduce' waste in landfill - yet closes down the Kangaroo Valley buyback centre. All those goods now go to landfill. Re- open please.
42	As we live neat tip, we see all the rubbish that gets dumped in the bush when the tip is closed and never gets cleaned by council. This will happen more if the tip goes.
43	Many properties (the majority) do not have rubbish collection. What are these households supposed to do with their waste? Bushland dumping will be the result of this.
44	Kangaroo Valley is a beautiful tourist destination. Unless convenient garbage and recycling services are maintained, it will be trashed.
45	Don't close it. The nearest tip would be 40 minutes away. This is simply not feasible or appropriate.
46	Shutting the tip and the distance to alt would encourage illegal dumping
47	Without adequate garbage disposal there will be a significant increase in illegal dumping which ??? no one.
48	Enough money spent to ensure no illegal dumping of rubbish occurs, instead clean-up services post our frequent wind damage with trees and health services to manage depression and social networks in the KV area. See additional letter
49	Keep the facility open as is. What an inconvenience cost in fuel and time to have to drive all the way to South Nowra
50	Please do not close this vital facility. Public health is one issue, we are an important water catchment zone. Rubbish would be dumped in streets and national parks and wilderness
51	Because we are too old to bring the bins to your pickup points - we prefer the current situation.
52	Rural should have garbage pickup as they do in town. I know we can have it picked up but cost a lot.
53	Having no garbage collection door to door service our local waste facility is crucial to us and the sustainability of the environment
54	It is important service to locals. I don't want to drive 40km's for recycling regularly! We do pay rates and it is not always necessary to make a profit - esp. for such an important community service.
55	You are not a profit making company, you are supposed to supply services to ratepayers
56	Waste facilities cannot be closed. It will be too negatively impartial on K.V.
57	The Buy and Browse system works very well for K.V people. Please understand that many people don't have garbage pickup. Also - having the buyback system enables people to purchase from others that discard, this in turn reduces waste.
58	In this era of increased emphasis on waste management, it is outrageous to consider reducing current services. This is the job council should be doing. It is vitally important
59	Waste management is part of the council’s responsibility it should not be a profit and be environmentally sound.
60	Maybe you should close our tip and use the money to put another aeroplane on a pole in a park in Nowra
61	Note if tip closes there will be more illegal dumping
62	Only use tip for tip shop which I think is an important asset for our community, to recycle old wares. We are a dairy and pay for our own waste pickup and we recycle.
63	Please not that waste collection services are a service and should not be expected to be always profitable and run as a business
64	If Kangaroo Valley tip was closed there would be more illegal dumping. I am sick and tired of picking up rubbish outside my property
65	This is a service and should not be expected to be always profitable, it should not be seen and run as a business
66	The Kangaroo Valley facility should not be closed
67	Being remote and a long way from other tips, the tip should stay in the valley.
68	We don't want facility closed. There are no collections in our area.
69	This service needs to remain open. We cannot afford for this valley to become polluted because of bad council policy and tourists not bothering to take their rubbish out of the valley. We are a pristine valley, tourism and we need good waste management from council
70	How would Kangaroo Valley look with garbage at the kerbside? No very appealing for tourists
71	Metal slides need to be provided for easier dumping into the bins.
72	Definitely open tip shop - someone’s trash is someone’s treasure. Recycle as much as possible and encourage people to be welcome at the tip.
73	The facility at the moment is acceptable, being open 4 days a week. The recycling is an important environmental service and the ability to put unwanted but usable items in a secure environment for sale is an initiative that should not be lost. Council has many operations which are not financially rewarding. The recycling and waste depot should be regarded as a service to the community and not a money-making venture.
74	Stay open, don't charge so much. Recycling and waste collection is a service not a business surely?
75	By not hassling customers every time they use a tipping voucher. A trailer load should be a trailer load not some arbitrary amount that is less than a standard 6th or 8th trailer. Bulky items are by their definition bulky and unable to be compacted without damage to less than 1 cubic metre
76	Customer experience?? We go there to dump rubbish and recyclables Current service is fine.
77	The service provided at the Kangaroo Valley site is very good, as it is. However, if the savings have to be made then a reduction in the days open is probably the preferred option, although this would make the site very busy? If the reduced opening hours caused long delays or increased the cost to the ratepayer, then Council risks the options of roadside dumping and onsite burying increasing significantly.
78	I think they do a great job.
79	I think it was fine just the way it was being run previously with the little shop.
80	Don’t close!!
81	Be open so people do not dump illegally
82	As an owner of a holiday rental it would be more convenient to have the tip open in the afternoon as it can be difficult for the cleaners to get the waste there before closing time. (I have opted out of the council bin collection service). I imagine that this would benefit many other of the numerous holiday rental places in Kangaroo Valley. I have been impressed by the services provided at the waste facility and, as a lover of recycled items, I would love to see the 'buy-back' area improved and expanded.
83	no
84	Waste will always be an issue for council. Would like to see a responsible, sustainable example set by council in how they process waste.
85	no, it operates very well currently
86	Recycling is very important in the town which is very environmentally friendly.
87	Be there. Stay open... it is an essential service. Some revenue areas will always be revenue negative. Managers look to other non-essential areas to cut.
88	I think it's important to be able to re-use others waste, such as fencing materials and pots etc.
89	bring back the buy back
90	The current service is just fine. How come the rates we pay don't cover the costs of providing a service???? They used to.
91	Sell recycled building materials, including crushed bricks & stone etc.
92	It may encourage people to use facility if the was a price for a quarter load for a car. I would be prepared to bet that this would reduce the amount of rubbish that is illegally placed in roadside bins.
93	Stay open
94	The tip shop should be reinstated so that locals can recycle, reuse, upcycle items that are still usable. Landfill waste will increase if people don't have this option.
95	-
96	1 Reintroduce local recycling and buyback 2 What profit is made from roadside collection? Why then should local depots have to make a profit? They are both services not profit centres
97	By remaining OPEN, this will affect many community businesses in Kangaroo Valley
98	The current facility works well and is a community asset
99	Option for silage wrapping recycling during peak times. Most goes into landfill unnecessarily. Also probability of recycling feed bags.
100	Ability to pay by eftpos/credit card.
101	It's fine just as it is
102	Its fine as it is.
103	I really don't "need" a better customer experience, but reinstating the old shed where items could be dropped off and then re-used by other members of the community would make environmental sense and help the community reduce their impact on the environment - which is surely also within the councils remit also?
104	Ideally, we just want waste facility!!! A lot of us live partially or fully off the grid - we do our bit for the environment by harvesting water, using solar, growing fruit and veg and taking our own waste to the tip but don't take that away too!!
105	Keep it as it is in Kangaroo Valley - it's awesome
106	I dislike seeing things go to waste. If there was an effort to allow a type of swap/sell/buy/trade centre for unwanted items, that would be a massive step towards reducing landfill in all areas!
107	Stay open. It is a fundamental right to be able to dispose your rubbish without having to drive over 50 - 60 mins (return trip) to Berry or Nowra. The idea of closing or reducing this service will lead to more illegal dumping of rubbish. I would like to know the numbers of exactly how much the council is spending on basic - essential services such as these Recycle and Waste Stations against other "initiatives" that area "nice to have" services.
108	Certainly!!!!! Reported rubbish dumped on Barrengarry Mtn nearly 18mths ago - still there!!!!!!! Have rung council numerous times.
109	Our local Kangaroo Valley waste facility was running fine just as it was - it provided employment, regular hours for disposal of items and a buy back scheme which creased landfill. Not everything should be purely about profit. Service is still a word in the English dictionary.
110	We live in a small community (Kangaroo Valley), known for its pristine beauty and being the first mainland plastic bag free town. We are doing our bit - Council needs to provide a service which does their bit. Our four day a week service accepting all manner of refuse and recyclables with a buy back facility (very useful to recycle unwanted by one, but perfect for another) should stay. The fear is that any closures or reduction will lead to dumping - surely not good for our environment.
111	By being there and open for business. Isn't this what we pay rates for?
112	As a rate-paying customer, I need my tip to be operational the way it has been.
113	"Customer experience"????? This is a service that the Council provides, paid for out of the property rates. Just leave the tip alone.....
114	Don't change it!
115	Bring back local re-use and buy back centre. The amount of quality items and re-usable materials being wasted since this service was removed from Kangaroo Valley is criminal and is in direct opposition to councils reduce / reuse / recycle policies.
116	Be open - as is
117	Keep Kangaroo Valley open - whilst I understand the cost concerns, you can't remove the waste depot AND not provide waste collection. There has to be one or the other, for domestic waste at least - it's not feasible to keep domestic waste on property for long periods of time.
118	None. The service has been excellent and the staff terrific.
119	accommodate buy back scheme

Ordinary Meeting – Tuesday 04 October 2016

Page 470

Total Responses to Q4a: 349

Total responses to Q4b: 198

Total responses to Q5: 374

Further suggestions/comments for Question 4:

1	1) Closure of Bendalong/Manyana facility would result in an increase in illegal dumping - already a problem here 2) We are the tip for disposal of green waste from clients properties (absentees) who would be loath to pay the extra cost of travel and labour fees to say, Ulladulla
2	1) Regular kerbside collection of green waste 2) 2 times/year collection of bulky waste Done by other councils
3	a combination of 1 and 2
4	A small increase in rates would solve our issues with the local tip. Don't up the tip fees. Currently we have No footpaths, bike tracks, green waste bins
5	after 1,2,& 3 the other options weren't really options and need disregarding
6	all day if reduce to 1 day per month
7	All house owners in the Bendalong/ Manyana area pay for weekly garbage collection, yet few get to use it as they are only there on weekends or holidays. Why not collect garbage fortnightly to save money and keep a tip that all can use. My bin is 1 of very few in the street that goes out weekly & is then only half full. I could easily use a fortnightly instead of weekly service (like the recycling). The danger in reducing access to the tip is that people will find doing the right thing too hard and just dump their stuff in the bush. (Answers '9 & 10' above are excluded for Bendalong yet were made a requirement to be filled in.)
8	Alternate days available for local tips that are near one another. i.e. Bendalong Sat, Conjola Sun the following week alternate to Bendalong Sun & Conjola Sat
9	Any changes to current system are unacceptable as it would be disastrous to the environment, national parks, residents and visitors
10	As it is, I don't use the facility. As it is a holiday home I go once a month and I recycle my organic waste and I take my rubbish bulk to Sydney. You people are waste space.
11	As we are about 30-35km to Ulladulla and old residents we feel the above would be satisfactory.
12	At Manyana we have many trees, with winds they generate, debris - it can't be dumped other than in the tip extra vouchers for green waste only would be welcome
13	Bendalong facility currently operates 2 days per week (except Xmas holidays) so I don't see how the option I've marked 2 Is a reduction.
14	Bendalong in the summer is a very busy place with No tip I can just see what would happen - rubbish dumped everywhere
15	Bring in green bins for garden waste like most other councils
16	Canvas the local community for volunteers to assist in the operation of the facility e.g. the environment committee. Locals may be able to help run the facility more efficiently as it is in their interest to keep it open.
17	Rates go up every year, so why can't the council leave the waste depot as it is to provide the area with a much needed service. If this depot is closed, this beautiful bushland & beach will become a local dumping ground
18	We need the tip to remain as it is Sat 9-12pm, Sun 1-5 pm, as we have no green bins, other councils provide green bins. People will start dumping their rubbish in the bush if you close the tip.
19	Closing Bendalong facility will increase illegal dumping in the area and also add to road traffic into Ulladulla loaded with waste
20	closing Bendalong tip would a substantial imposition, taking waste to Ulladulla Nowra is not an option
21	Closing the Bendalong facility will only result in more illegal dumping and degradation of the local bushland. As a rate payer we tread very lightly on the area and would be very disappointed if the tip were closed, especially with the increase housing population
22	Closing the facility completely might encourage people to dump rubbish in the bush. I believe facility should be available even at reduced hours. Holiday traffic around Ulladulla during holiday season is ridiculous.
23	Closing the local tip at Bendalong will cause dumping of rubbish in bush and roadside and change the beautiful area forever
24	Closing the tip will result in increased illegal dumping in Bendalong district resulting in additional council expenditure in clean ups
25	Closing the transfer facility will increase dumping and pile up rubbish around public streets bins
26	Closing this facility, especially operating hours in summer holidays, will result in more illegal dumping along the Bendalong Rd and into Conjola NP. This is NOT a cost exercise but an environmental issue.
27	Collect bulk rubbish 4 times a year from households
28	Community run or lease to recycler
29	Consider just green waste once a month.
30	Council could use some of the income from the Bendalong holiday haven van park to subsidise the Bendalong waste facility. As I understand it council is supposed to be spending a larger proportion of that money in our area. To consider cutting services is outrageous.
31	council has a responsibility to provide a rubbish and large item disposal site in distant locations this will prevent street litter and access for disposal in easily accessed location
32	Council should consider the funds generated by the Bendalong camp/caravan park (which are substantial) as a means of offsetting the running costs of the waste facility. In other words, the money generated by the caravan park and by??? this community is more than ample to maintain its waste facility.
33	Council should implement a Green waste collection bin service therefore eliminating a green waste operation at Bendalong
34	Council should provide a garden waste green bin, if so we would be in favour of closing Bendalong facility
35	Councils are the 'local' part of the government whose obligations are to supply services to the local community
36	Curb side vegetation bin pick up once a fortnight Curb side pickup bulk items or a phone call to council ( 3 per year)
37	Don't forget if there is no tip people will dump rubbish in the bush which we don't want
38	During summer months - open 1 day per fortnight. Rest of year - 1 day per month - Sunday 1pm-5pm both
39	Either open 1 day only on weekend, weekly or 2 days fortnightly 1 - 5pm
40	Either reduce operational hours or fortnightly operations but do not close the facility which will likely create illegal dumping locally. Volunteer management of the facility
41	Extend opening times during school holidays periods
42	Fees are too expensive, cheaper fees, people will go more. If closed Bendalong waste facility like you did about 20 years ago. People will dump rubbish in the bush like what happen back then. Keep Bendalong waste facility open thanks.
43	For Bendalong, which is usually only open 2 half days on the weekends any reduction in service is unreasonable. A modest increase in gate fees is the most acceptable option.
44	fortnightly Sunday 1pm-5pm
45	Green bins for locals
46	Green bins!!!!!
47	Happy for facility to close if there is free pick up from the house as below
48	Having lived in an area where the local tip became inaccessible to many residents due to price hikes the amount of rubbish dumped by the roadside became a major problem- think hard before reducing access by pricing or time restriction- the pristine areas may becoming de facto tips.
49	Hours of operation are already reduced
50	How about offering people a 'green bin' on top of recycling bin? The waste facility is the only community service available to Bendalong and Manyana residents. You need to ensue you ??? the cost of operation with providing a service to the community. The ??? continue to sell and I'm the ?? population growth and profit and trying to further reduce facilities available. Very disappointing and does not make any sense. We are all also desperate for green bins
51	I (Robyn) am the coordinator of clean up Australia for redhead villages association. We will have more dumping than now if the tip is closed. People will not travel to Ulladulla/Nowra. A green waste street collection would be an advantage for us. At present ours goes into the garbage bin and is wasted.
52	I am sure if waste facilities were closed, dumping would take place at a huge clean-up cost
53	I believe if you close the facility the council may have more dumping in the area.
54	I cannot understand why you would consider closing as people will dump and this will be a lot more expensive to council.
55	I consider service at the moment to be the only one that is acceptable
56	I have No 2 -7 preference. To keep the facility open as currently operated cost could be subsided by Bendalong caravan park income which does nothing else to subsidise this area
57	I think it is an eyesore and not needed Keep the tip in Ulladulla for Manyana residents
58	I think it will be a shame if the tip was closed as it is only open for a couple of hours on a Saturday and Sunday and if closed the rubbish around the place would be dreadful as holiday makers don't care and leave rubbish all over the place which is a right hazard.
59	I wouldn't mind the tip closing if there was an alternate way to dispose of garden waste (or perhaps there is and we don't know about it)
60	If Bendalong closes, site to be reinstated to natural bushland (& extra screening to sewage treatment plant)
61	If Bendalong is closed or reduced significantly, there will be increased dumping in the bush or at tip gate
62	If gate fees are put on - people will just dump their rubbish. By keeping some form of collection, will stop dumping.
63	If outcome was to reduce operation to one weekend per month then that open weekend must be at the long weekend (Public holiday weekend) if one occurs that month
64	If the facility is closed would providing the residents with a green bin be optional.
65	If this tip is closed, non-local part time residents will dump in the bush. Please be mindful of this. Thanks
66	If tip is close who puts up with and pays for rubbish dumped in street or surround bush.
67	If tipping hours are reduced or gate fees increased, there will be more dumping of waste along the numerous bush tracks at Bendalong
68	If waste service is not provided, there will be increased dumping in the bush and along road edges.
69	If we were supplied with a green waste bin we would not need to use the facility as much
70	If you close Bendalong facility people will dump waste in the bush giving the community a bigger problem. Have it open at least once a month
71	If you close the tip, people will put their waste in the national park, bush or wherever they wish, we personally are constantly clearing bush at the back of our home. Council does not consider our environment
72	If you go to 1 day a month the facility needs to be open all day, with additional storage capacity for landfill operation
73	In other council areas where waste facilities have closed or increased gate fees, there has been both a substantial increase in illegal dumping in bush areas which would cost council a lot more to recover than keeping the Bendalong facility running at a small loss.
74	Inappropriate suggestions above as several do not apply to Bendalong!!! Poor survey design!!!charge no tip fees and recoup costs as there will be less dumping in bushland and therefore less call on ranger/council service to clean up illegal dumping
75	Increase cost at the bigger facilities.
76	Increase size of general waste bin and introduce a green waste bin
77	Introduce a green waste recycling bin for fortnightly pickups
78	Introduce Buyback or free takeaway
79	Introduce composting
80	Introduce large recycle bins open all hours for glass, paper, plastics and metal
81	Introduction of Green Waste Bin alternate weekly service
82	is already operating at 1 day per week 1/2 day sat and 1/2 sun hours are minimal now increase gate fee not practical
83	-Issue Household Green waste bins -Green waste drop off only for free (Therefore stopping the use of red bins for green waste) -Increase fees for commercial waste (building products) -Operate either all day Saturday or all day Sunday -Don't have an attendant - free to dump anytime (self-manage - rangers to occasionally attend the site) -Contract out to private operators at neutral cost to council
84	It is unacceptable to not have access to green waste disposal residents will consider dumping green waste in the national park and risk contamination
85	It must stay open. There is no green waste bin at our residence. If you close it where will we take our grass clippings and green waste?
86	It would be grossly unsafe and costly to expect Manyana, Bendalong & Cunjurong property owners to drag waste up and down the highway to Nowra or Ulladulla. It is irresponsible and preposterous to even suggest such an option. What are our rates for?
87	local tip is an essential service please note there needs to be a seven day a week service for recycling of garden refuse
88	Make all tips free but fine illegal dumping severely.
89	Manage finances - the depot consists of an essential service for which I pay revenue (rates)
90	monthly and 1 day a Saturday and Sunday, let’s all locals prepare for that day or days every mth plus you will have a bigger mess to clean up with people just dumping in the bush there are a lot of them in this area believe us
91	More carefully enforce existing fees
92	Need an alternative for Xmas/holiday extra waste if no facility
93	Need availability of facility at some time which is predictable and reliable
94	Needs to stay open as illegal dumping is a big problem in area.
95	Negotiate for higher scrap metal prices and let the scrap buyers handle all aspects of collection & removal at their cost with their own staff on site.
96	Nil - pls keep it open, it is a very convenient service
97	No
98	no
99	No
100	No increased rates!!!!!!
101	No, the Bendalong facility is already restricted to 2 days and limited hrs.
102	One day a week full day 9am - 5pm
103	Open 1 day (Sat or Sun) all day i.e. 9am - 5pm.
104	Open a 'Buyback' facility to facilitate the residents of Bendalong/Manyana/Cunjurong Point/ Berringer Lake to re-use items deemed trash by other to re-coup some cost.
105	Open it one day a week, from 1pm - 5pm on Sat, and increase fees.
106	open Monday morning
107	Opening 1 day through the week will allow commercial & domestic collection, & 1 day on the weekend instead of the currently 2 days on the weekend.
108	Our greatest fear is that if the facility is closed there will an increase in 'illegal dumping' in the bush by out of towners who consider they don't have time to go further to tip. The cost to monitor clean up etc., and damage to the environment would be great, particularly since the area is growing in terms of residential development.
109	People will dump illegally if you shut this site down, we need to avoid this at all costs.
110	Please bear in mind if the waste facility is closed we believe the environment will suffer as some people may dump their waste in the local bushland which may only add further costs to remove
111	Please get real. Bogans and redheads already dump their stuff in the bush. Close the tip and the borderline bogans will start dumping stuff illegally. And increase prices - poor people will start dumping stuff in the bush. Waste and recycle management is a service and is essential. It should never be driven and motivated by profit.
112	Please keep Bendalong tip open!! does Bendalong have kerbside recycling
113	Please see letter to general manager
114	Please supply all houses with a green waste bin with monthly pickup. Residents only
115	Please, please keep this open. Bendalong & Manyana pay rates too. There will be a huge dumping problem if it is closed. A garbage tip should not be there to make a profit.
116	Population in this area is growing and land is going to the developed. Absentee owners come down regularly during holidays, weekends, explosion of people. Other tips far for the elderly, retiree’s weekenders & holiday people to travel to. Ridiculous to close the tips, council would have more problems to deal with visitor’s etc. leaving rubbish or dumping it. Not good. No way should Bendalong tip be closed. A big NO from me.
117	Proceed with caution. Unfortunately residents/holiday makers will resort to dumping waste in bush land/national parks. Cleaning up will also be costly and environment will suffer.
118	Provide a green bin.
119	Provide a weekly green recycling service for garden waste.
120	Provide all residents with a green bin. This can be collected every fortnight for green waste, in conjunction with yellow bin.
121	provide buyback opportunity for Bendalong
122	Provide each household with 1 green waste bin and collect it fortnightly I can’t believe we so not have a green waste bin service
123	provide green waste bin
124	Provide green waste bins - would reduce the need for green waste at the tip. Would also reduce the amount of green waste in the red bin
125	Provide green waste bins and an area in RHVA area where mulch can be collected
126	Provide Green waste bins and pickup service from home
127	Provide residents with a green bin, so that we can reduce need for tip.
128	Reduce costs make it easier to dispose of rubbish - by closing it will only increase the amount of illegal dumping
129	Reduce operation to one weekend per month but also provide green waste bins for collection once per month
130	Remember we are rate payers - so perhaps reducing rates for Bendalong owners if you are reducing services
131	Run by local volunteers
132	Shoalhaven shire rates are extremely high compared to other NSW council rates. Surely Shoalhaven can supply council rubbish collection or free tip one or twice a year.
133	Should the Bendalong tip be closed, illegal tipping of rubbish will end up in local bushland
134	Small buyback fee for processed mulch. Unable to do this at Bendalong at present time
135	Supply each property with green waste bin, perhaps collecting once a month
136	Supply green bins
137	Supply green waste bin or alternative with yellow bin or free drop off green/ garden waste.
138	Supply green waste bins and retain 2 tip vouchers or 2 kerbside rubbish collections per year
139	Supply green waste bins for kerbside collection for permanent residents
140	Supply green waste bins to every dwelling.
141	supply households with Green waste bins as in Sydney
142	The Bendalong facility is so convenient. It would be great to see it remain in same capacity. Thanks
143	The Bendalong transfer tip works well now
144	The facility is only open 2 days a week at present (Saturday and Sunday)
145	The facility is vital and a basic facility that should be provided by council even at a loss. If closed or changed in operation, people will dump waste in the forest. I am happy for my rates to subsidise any loss. It is a required facility
146	The high proportion of holiday homes for rent must be taken into account. Conscientious renters tend to use tip on way home. If close on Sundays, rubbish would be dumped at tip entrances in bush
147	There is a need after violent wind storms to get rid of small branches and twigs that get blown down. Also periodical green waste for those near forests.
148	This is a council facility. Do all facilities have to make money? Do our local parks make money, streets etc. make money?
149	Tip to be opened only one day of the weekend. Concern if tip closes increase of illegal dumping in bushland
150	to generate income council could link in with local business that recycle reuse different parts of the operation e.g. paper recyclers
151	Waste bins/Skips scattered around the community and along Bendalong road to control the dumping of rubbish
152	We can't accept the financial information without detailed costings. We also need an indication of alternatives under consideration with conflict of interest statements.
153	we need a green waste collection bin
154	We only get weekend service now.
155	We pay rates and don't get a lot spent on our area e.g. Children's parks so I think we could keep the tip open as it’s a long drive to Ulladulla or nearest tip. Otherwise people start dumping in the bush
156	We suggest Bendalong should be fully operational 2 weekends a month
157	We will have to burn our vegetation and option we don't take but is getting so expensive even now to take vegetation to the Bendalong facility
158	We would prefer to have the tip open one day per week with restricted times
159	What other service could the facility provide to make more commercially viable? What is the cost of not operating the facility? Increased costs in other areas? Increased illegal dumping? Environmental impact?
160	Why does it have to be profitable? We pay for every service and get very little council assistance in Manyana
161	Will only lead to illegal dumping in bushlands (Increase gate fees)
162	Would like to keep Bendalong tip open. Restricted Hours

Comments for Question 5:

If waste facilities were closed, what services would you like to see in the area?

1.	2 collections per year, per household, size one metre cubed
2.	2 x year free waste collection bulky goods
3.	3 or 4 per year or it will just appear in the bush somewhere
4.	A 20% reduction in rates
5.	A bulky waste collection service must continue to be provided
6.	A green waste collection fortnightly be worthwhile considering.
7.	A green waste recycling bin for fortnightly pickups
8.	A weekly facility for green waste should be a standard for any responsible council
9.	Add extra 'No charge' domestic tipping vouchers (3 extra per annum)
10.	As above. If the tip is closed it would only lead to more illegal dumping of rubbish, meaning more money being spent cleaning it up.
11.	As absentee owners cannot leave our garbage out as once emptied the bins get stolen as we cannot always bring them in. hence we use the waste depot for our recycling
12.	at least one day a month green waste only
13.	at least one day a month green waste only
14.	At least quarterly, plus additional collection over busy holiday periods.
15.	at no extra cost
16.	Bigger red bins, green bins, weekly recycling all year round
17.	Bring in green waste bin to residents houses.
18.	But this makes area look untidy
19.	Chemical waste drop off days in area.
20.	Clean up crews to regularly attend Manyana to pick up rubbish that will end up in bush
21.	Council has a responsibility to have green waste facilities, if you don't it will be dumped in the bush as is the case at Lucas Heights and a reasonable quantity should be allowed as this is a very leafy suburb
22.	Council rangers patrolling roadside and bushland 7 days a week and impose heavy fines
23.	Council to provide a 2 weekly kerbside greens bin. It is quite obvious that the main services at Bendalong tip is to receive green waste and recycle this into green mulch, which would surely operate as a profit.
24.	Don’t close for given reason above
25.	Don’t close it
26.	Don’t close the facilities
27.	Don’t close. Vote
28.	Either on-call (if free) or scheduled - whichever is cheaper/easier for council.
29.	extra as above
30.	Fortnightly green recycling bin
31.	free on call bulky waste collection
32.	Free use of trailer upon booking to accommodate those who ran currently do multiple drop-offs due to proximity - that will be lost so replace that option.
33.	Garbage service and recycling service to our front gates as we have none at the moment
34.	Garden Bins
35.	garden green waste collection
36.	Garden waste bin collection
37.	Given Bendalong is mostly holiday homes and on call scheduled pick up service would work well, provided there are no time delays and it is not a long wait list.
38.	Green bin collection
39.	Green bin facility
40.	Green bin fortnightly p/up
41.	Green bins
42.	Green bins
43.	Green bins
44.	Green Bins for residence
45.	Green bins, bigger bins including green waste
46.	Green side waste collection bins
47.	Green waste
48.	Green waste bin
49.	Green waste bin
50.	Green waste bin
51.	Green waste bin
52.	Green waste bin
53.	Green waste bin
54.	Green waste bin (green bin)
55.	green waste bin collection
56.	Green waste bin in each household - This would alleviate the number of residents dropping off green waste at the waste facility.
57.	Green waste bin or green/garden waste drop off
58.	Green waste bin per house, weekly collection along with other bins the domestic bin is far too small to use for garden clippings as well as domestic waste
59.	Green Waste Bin Service
60.	Green waste bin with fortnightly collection
61.	Green waste bins
62.	green waste bins
63.	green waste bins
64.	Green waste bins
65.	Green waste bins
66.	Green waste bins ( fortnightly collection 4 free kerbside waste collections annually
67.	Green waste bins and collections.
68.	Green waste bins introduced for fortnightly collection
69.	Green waste bins on a fortnightly basis
70.	Green waste bins should be provided as part of regular domestic waste collection (at a reasonable cost)
71.	Green waste bins to be collected fortnightly
72.	Green waste bins with a fortnightly collection
73.	Green waste bins, weekly recycling pickup all year.
74.	Green waste collected fortnightly
75.	Green waste collection
76.	Green waste collection
77.	Green waste collection
78.	Green waste collection
79.	Green waste collection
80.	Green waste collection
81.	green waste collection
82.	Green waste collection (curb side) preferably on a Monday for absentee residents who mostly visit on weekends
83.	Green waste collection bin monthly
84.	Green waste collection days
85.	green waste collection once per fortnight
86.	Green waste collection, Green bins. To prevent dumping in our local area & national parks estate
87.	Green waste collections bins
88.	Green waste disposal of some sort.
89.	Green waste like other councils offer
90.	green waste material bin
91.	Green waste or garden rubbish pick up once/month
92.	Household Green Waste bins and twice yearly free to dump passes
93.	I would just Dump it at the gate as happens now
94.	If no charge
95.	If the Bendalong facility closed people would dump on the side of the road or in the bush. we have never been at the tip when no-one else was there
96.	If the Bendalong transfer tip is closed this will start dumping rubbish in the local bush and national park areas. This is a small problem now
97.	If the facilities were closed people will use the bushland to dump the rubbish
98.	If the facility at Bendalong is closed dumping in the area will significantly increase and Council is not in a position to enforce relevant laws...much like the inability to enforce illegal camping rules in the area
99.	If this is the option the n you will only encourage illegal dumping. Bulky waste collection is unsightly
100.	If tip is closed', On call for removing white good and bulky goods (etc. old furniture), would help to prevent dumping
101.	If we have to travel - 30mins to get to the nearest facility we should be given more tip vouchers so we don’t have to pay
102.	Important green waste bin service fortnightly of week of recycling
103.	Increased recycling collection
104.	Just keep the service as is
105.	Just provide green waste bins
106.	Keep Open
107.	keep tip open simple
108.	Large Green bin picked up each week
109.	LARGE Green Bins picked up fortnightly
110.	Larger garbage bins, green waste bins
111.	Last time the council closed the tip. A pile of rubbish the size of a block of land was found at the corner of in yadda drive and curvers drive, costing the council thousand to clean up. Think about it. Closing these tips is not the answer.
112.	Leave it as it is
113.	More frequent disposal arrangement for chemicals/oils, paint etc. Note: 2 days/year is not sufficient. Suggest at least 4 days/year.
114.	N.A. this a council wide service irrespective of individual facilities, an overall solution must be found
115.	No
116.	No change
117.	No increased rates!!!!!!
118.	None because you people can’t be trusted with anything. 26 yrs. I’ve been there and nothing has been done to the kerbs and gutters in my street
119.	None of the above
120.	Not an acceptable option. We have had rubbish to be disposed and otherwise it’s a 70km round trip
121.	On- call bulky waste collections
122.	On- call bulky waste collections 10 Scheduled Bulky waste collections per year
123.	On- call bulky waste collections and fortnightly green waste collection
124.	On- call bulky waste collections and other It has been an ongoing issue with illegal jumping - rubbish has been dumped on our property several times - please make it easier to dispose of rubbish in Manyana
125.	On call green waste collection, but obviously much more expensive.
126.	on weekends
127.	Periodic green waste
128.	Pick up waste types from our homes. We pay adequate rates fees and insurances to keep our homes. We do not want the facilities to close. Many thanks
129.	Please do not close this facility
130.	Please don’t close the facility
131.	Please see letter to general manager
132.	Provide a green waste bin similar to other councils
133.	Provide a larger 'green' bin for garden waste
134.	Provide green waste bin
135.	Provide green waste bin service
136.	Providing green waste collection bins
137.	provision of green waste service for those of us who mow and collect green clippings green waste is essential I mow approx. 40 metres of lawn back which generates substantial green waste in the summer months
138.	Recycling has to remain or bushland area will be illegal tips for rubbish/electrical/whitegoods
139.	Recycling pick-up
140.	Regular clean ups of rubbish dumped in bushland. Closing the tip would most certainly lead to an increase in illegal dumping.
141.	Regular green waste collection
142.	regular green waste collection
143.	Regular kerbside collection of green waste with dedicated green wheels bins. "Hard rubbish" days, at least 3 a year. We have a high level of concern that reduced access to the Bendalong tip will lead to green waste being disposed of in the bush with increased fire risk. We also call from a statement from Council about what they would do with the Bendalong site if the tip was closed, with complete conflict of interest statements.
144.	Roadside waste collection, twice a year like Sydney suburbs
145.	Schedule bulky waste collection days usually result in using the stuff dumped on footpath for lengthy periods.
146.	Scheduled bulky waste collection days
147.	Scheduled bulky waste collection days
148.	Scheduled bulky waste collection days
149.	Scheduled bulky waste collection days waste collection we collect heaps of green waste trees bush etc. as burning is very dangerous. we need to remove rubbish not let it build up
150.	Scheduled bulky waste collection days and Green Waste Collection
151.	scheduled vegetation clean-up
152.	See other options above
153.	send trucks weekly to collect garbage from our front gate and recycling and green waste like other ratepayers
154.	site must not be closed - rates are source of revenge to fund waste collection of residents disposable items
155.	Specific green waste collections fortnightly
156.	Supply 240L green waste bins. Bulky waste clearly defined - what constitutes bulky waste
157.	The best option to reduce costs to council and to ensure people are not dumping rubbish in the national parks that surround this area.
158.	The Bush would be full of rubbish
159.	The local residence will still need a waste facility or some sort of schedule collection days especially during peak holiday times.
160.	The problem for those who own holiday houses is that on call collections mean stuff has to be left out - it gets trawled through, added to etc. and left messy
161.	This operates in other areas e.g. Sydney metropolitan but only 1 day per week, very successful, as long as not more expensive
162.	We also need a green waste collection bin
163.	We consider that a green waste bin is essential for our area for collection on a fortnightly basis, which will assist in stopping illegal dumping
164.	We need a green waste bin, like all other councils area have had for years, as well as the waste red bin & the yellow recycle bin we already have.
165.	Weekly green waste pickup with multiple free bins provided
166.	Weekly recycle pickup
167.	who will clean up bush
168.	yearly collection for bulk waste
169.	You must keep the Bendalong waste facility open. Closure would increase the risk of bush dumping/fire risk

Comments for Question 6:

Do you have any other comments on how your local waste facility could provide a better customer experience for you?

1	Considering a large number of homes in Bendalong/Manyana district are only occasionally occupied, council is already deriving income from services only being used occasionally, i.e. roadside garbage collection charges included in our rates.
2	Closing this tip will result in dumping in the bush which in the long term will cost the council more in clean-ups
3	The other waste facilities West Nowra, Huskisson & Ulladulla are too far away
4	Leave it open because we should process our own waste, in our own area, not dump it elsewhere, so inconvenient for all residents, will cause people to dump illegally
5	We still need Bendalong recycling and waste depot to remain open. It is too far take waste, recycling etc. elsewhere
6	Suggest dig big hole in your backyard, and reduce cost and save $. Also the best thing you resign from job and we'll save $$ God Bless
7	Often drive to Ulladulla (inconvenient) as so much cheaper (i.e. once a month or so)
8	People are already dumping rubbish. If you close our facility this will get much worse. We need this service.
9	As part of the rates we pay for this area, you losses should be subsidised by our rates.
10	I would not like to see the facility closed. This would promote dumping in bushland.
11	Concerned if Bendalong is closed rubbish will be dumped in the village surrounds.
12	I stopped using Bendalong years ago. The guy there won’t let you dump anything. I use Ulladulla. Close Bendalong
13	Some access to a tip is necessary to keep the village neat and tidy. This is a tourist area and so needs to be kept as attractive as possible.
14	I would not like to see this facility closed as the streets and bush would be trashed.
15	What measures are in place to prevent illegal dumping in surrounding bushland, if facility is closed? As already witness rubbish not disposed of properly in surrounding area.
16	Please don't close it People will start dumping in the beautiful bush
17	If closed there will be more illegal dumping. Absent owners pay the same rates as residents, but their waste is only collected when they are there, a cost saving to the council.
18	There is no sense in replacing facility with something else which we can’t afford either. We have been going down to Cunjurong Point for almost 40 years and there has always been a facility of some sort there.
19	In the past green waste collection were cancelled with no reduction in rates. Closure of Bendalong facility will???? illegal dumping
20	Our waste facility is needed due to out geographical location and location near a national park where dumping would threaten our natural environment.
21	If Bendalong tip is close even more rubbish will be dumped in the bush. Who will be responsible for removing it all?
22	Could not imagine our waste facility closing as nothing is as sure as waste will be dumped on roadside and the national park.
23	If waste facility is closed it would most likely be dumped in the bush or beside the garbage bin near the beach
24	If waste facilities where to be closed in my area, hopefully councils visionaries would realise the folly of doing so and re-implement waste facilities.
25	Please do not close facility, as unscrupulous people will dump in bushland. Tip is convenient for aging residents
26	Ulladulla is too far away to make it ???? to drop off waste. Hopefully Bendalong will remain open.
27	If you close our waste facility people will dump their rubbish in our bushland
28	It is also ridiculous to suggest that every service of the council should be self-financing. Often isn't this why we pay rates. If you wish to reduce or withdraw services then reduce the rates
29	A replacement service/re-assessment of the local tip facilities. My business relies on the local tip facility and without such, will result in a reduced capacity to operate and service the residents of the area. It will also force me to undertake a much more dangerous drive (with a load) along Bendalong Rd to dispose of my waste generated from my business on a regular basis. (Unnecessary danger imposed on me and all residents) It will also encourage a spike in dumping in the bush as locals and tourists won’t have a local tip to dispose.
30	As a long term local, I know that absentee/occasional tenants/landlords would simply not take waste to Ulladulla or Nowra if only down for the weekend. Where would they go (The National Park)?
31	I think council sometimes needs to take a hit financially to provide a service to ratepayers. It would only mean more rubbish in the bush
32	Instead of closing, Do the right thing and add another day. The loss of the facility would require a 80 to 90 km trip return
33	The large number of holiday houses in our area results in significant rates for council without needing to provide the services required if the area had more permanent residents, the council can subsidised the Bendalong facility with some of the rate income from our area
34	Prefer to keep Bendalong facility open 1 day per week
35	Urgent Suggestion - We need a place at all tips to take private papers to burn
36	I cannot pull bin up to Bendalong Road on collection days. I regularly use Bendalong station
37	Clean up the mess people would dump in the side of the road & in the bush. I question the 3 million cost but it would certainly cost more to pick up the mess
38	My concerns is if the tip is closed in Bendalong (or other areas mentioned) people will dump their rubbish in the bush. The tips being cost effective is not always the most important priority especially when it comes to our bushland being wrecked by illegal dumpers.
39	It would simply become the removal of a service, and a necessary one at that.
40	People will dump all their rubbish and waste on the side of the road and fire trials
41	Council schedule pickups as per other council areas otherwise people in the area will just dump in the surrounding bush. You want to prevent this as it will cost you more in the long run to clean.
42	Closing will lead to dumping in the bush
43	I would sell. This tip is a very valuable asset and I expect illegal dumping would resume, costing council a lot of money to clean up.
44	There must be some local provisions, other places are a long way to transport waste
45	We do not get that many facilities from council as it is. Or roads need a lot of attention, potholes everywhere. No kerbs or gutters out our way. Hardly any maintenance carried out at parks and coastal areas. Now the tip is on the agenda to go. We pay rates and will not get anything for it. If the tips go we only then would have red bin garbage each week and yellow every 2 weeks.
46	Don't want the tip closed
47	If facility closes many people will perhaps resort to dumping
48	Noting the Extremely high rates I currently pay - No kerb & guttering no street lamps, no public bins in carparks I find your survey a bit Rich.... Feel free to email me your P&L statement for Bendalong
49	Without our local waste facility, rubbish/waste would end up in our environment/bush/national parks. We can't have this. People will not drive out of the area, but take the option of 'dumping' in our 'backyard'
50	For it to remain open and provide green bins. We need them badly!
51	Don't close Bendalong tip as dumping will occur on the side of the road and in the national park.
52	By not reducing current local services so to minimise dumping of rubbish in bushland (National Parks) and along roadsides
53	I need to be able to get rid of my green waste. This must be in the form of a 'waste disposal' facility at reasonable cost or green waste bins. Currently the dumping of 2 chaff bags costs me $5.50, any more than that I would need to consider other cost effective options. Also, it is impractical (time & cost) to drive 80km (round trip) to Ulladulla, Sussex Inlet or other. Be there when I need you!
54	Yes take the fees off completely this will reduce the HWS issues with staff, dumping garden waste in bush, building waste dumped along Bendalong Rd. Provide large bins outside fence so Building & Furniture etc. Not house rubbish.
55	I am very happy with the way it has been run up to date and pay rates for this service. I am also very worried that dumping in the bush and beside bins will escalate.
56	See previous answers.
57	As an out of area Shoalhaven ratepayer, I feel very strongly that the Bendalong tip stay open. Overtime we go to Manyana, at least, if not more than 1 a month, we use the Bendalong facility. My fear is that if it were closed the beautiful environments - State forests and National Parks, would become a dumping ground for rubbish. A lot of people would be too lazy to drive to the next closest Ulladulla facility. Please help save our beautiful area by leaving the tip open.
58	it’s no experience it’s a service a government utility being assured that I can dispose of my waste conveniently and at my leisure not requiring bookings or phone calls a community asset
59	No
60	If Council closes Bendalong tip, I believe it will face even bigger financial losses as it deals with the rubbish that is dumped in the bush. This is what we pay our rates for, no?
61	open all Saturday only each week
62	No. Current operation at Bendalong is satisfactory.
63	I appreciate that council has costs and that the Bendalong facility is "running at a significant and increasing annual loss"; however, councils are there to provide services and this is a service to the community. If the facility is closed down it will result in illegal dumping in the surrounding environment which will in turn have diverse environmental impacts and polluting effects. It may also result in an increased bushfire threat if people dump flammable materials. The increased costs to council of rangers and collecting illegally dumped materials and perhaps legal action in future if council is found culpable would certainly add up to financial loss. Please keep the Bendalong facility functioning.
64	No
65	It is not practical to expect residents to transfer waste to Nowra, on the payment of council feed s reasonable service is expected which should be accessible
66	If we had a half Saturday say every second weekend for Bendalong, it’s pretty a minimal and cost service, but greatly helpful. The philosophy of little and often small trips to the tip means you never have a problem of hiring trailers or getting stuff to waste, I did a trip to Ulladulla as the Bendalong guy wouldn't take my waste, and it was a nightmare going out onto the princes hwy with a big load. Thankyou. rob johnson
67	We are very satisfied with the current partial weekend service at Bendalong - certainly a minimal service.
68	Green garden bins and at call pickup 2 times a year if the Bendalong facility is closed
69	nil
70	See above - rubbish collection is a community service provided by council. To impair access by price/ rostering will have adverse effects on the local environment. Increasing council rates to cover the funding shortfall and then providing free entry to local ratepayers on a voucher system- EG 12 vouchers per year, will provide a better environmental outcome
71	Current facilities and personal are first rate.
72	Happy with Bendalong’s service. I am concerned if closed the amount of illegal dumping that may occur.
73	Don't close it
74	It's not needed and too expensive for recycled or green waste. Close it and make green waste free and recycled items cheap to drop in Ulladulla
75	Why were there no questions on this survey addressing environmental and social aspects of the closure of waste facilities in isolated areas such as Bendalong? Included in any decisions must be consideration of the effects of large scale illegal dumping in surrounding bushland for residents, visitors, and bush care groups and rfs volunteers. Also, with the next nearest waste facility over 40km away at Ulladulla, asking elderly residents to load up a trailer and take waste to Ulladulla is ridiculous and dangerous.
76	No, we are currently happy with the facility of Bendalong which is open for 2 days.
77	Happy with current arrangements
78	Organised pick-ups
79	I would like to see scheduled bulky waste collection days.
80	Happy with present setup.
81	If the waste facilities are closed illegal dumping is likely to greatly increase
82	I am happy with the maybe 4 times per year I use the Bendalong facility.