Bucketts Way Landfill

The Bucketts Way Landfill is approximately half way between Tinonee and Taree South at 6843 The Bucketts Way.

Contact Number 6551 5266

Council's contractors for landfilling operations are J R Richards & Sons of Tuncurry.

The Landfill and the the transfer station operates 7 days per week from 7am to 5pm.

The Landfill is CLOSED Christmas Day and Good Friday.

The Landfill fees and charges for 2012-2013 are now avaiable.

If you have any complaints relating to the Landfill please call the customer service centre on 6592 5399. All complaints will be dealt with as soon as possible.

In accordance with the requirements introduced by the Protection of the Environment Legislation Amendment Act 2011 and the Protection of the Environment Operations (General) Amendment (Pollution Incident Response Management Plan) Regulation 2012, Greater Taree City Council has prepared a Pollution Incident Response Management Plan (PIRMP) for the operations of the Bucketts Way Waste Management Facility located on the Bucketts Way, Tinonee.
Pollution Incident Response Management Plan

As a result of the current high rainfall, the storage ponds for management of leachate at the Bucketts Way landfill were breached at approximately 5:30pm Saturday evening, 23 February 2013.

In addition to the existing arrangements to pump water from this storage system to sewer, additional tanker trucks have been utilised to minimise the volume of spill able to leave the site.

Council has implemented its adopted Pollution Incident Response Management Plan for the landfill, which includes notification to relevant authorities and nearby landholders.

As a result of the high rainfall, the water leaving the site is highly diluted, however downstream landholders have been advised to avoid human and stock contact with the water within Dennes Creek until further notice in accordance with Standard Operating Procedures under the Plan.