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HARD REFUSE COLLECTION
The City of PAE provides a free residential hard refuse collection
service to assist residents to dispose of waste items too heavy or
large for the blue lid bin.
Nick has spent the past 11 years driving around in Council’s hard
refuse collection truck, whilst James has been on board for a year.
A typical day for them starts at 7am when they receive jobs via
their iPad and plan the most efficient route. After leaving the
depot they work their way around the suburbs picking up TVs,
mattresses, furniture, whitegoods, fallen tree branches, and a
variety of other heavy goods, stopping only for regular trips to
the dump where they drop off items for recycling.Throughout
the day, new jobs come in on the fly thanks to Council’s Online
Services system.
Their custom truck features a crane to pick up the rubbish and
place it in the back.Whilst the truck is used to pick up rubbish,
you may be surprised to find out that the boys pride themselves
on keeping it immaculate on the inside.
When asked about the best part of the job, Nick said,“I love that
we get to drive all around PAE, from North Haven to Gilles Plains”.
James added,“We’re the only truck doing this in the Council, so
without us the rubbish would soon pile up.”
After so many years on the job, Nick knows his way around better
than most. “The first couple of years it took me a while to know
where I was going, but these days you won’t catch me using a map
as I think I know every single street.”
If you want to know the worst thing about the job, both Nick and
James are in agreement that it’s the spiders they often find lurking
underneath things!
Residential properties can access up to four hard refuse waste
collections per calendar year. Bookings must be made in advance
and waiting times vary during peak usage. For more information
or to make a booking please visit and click
on “Waste and Recycling” or call Waste Line on 1800 777 844
during office hours.
GET INVOLVED IN NATURAL
CONSERVATION IN YOUR
LOCAL NEIGHBOURHOOD
The Folland Park Trees for Life Bushcare group will be
undertaking a series of citizen science biodiversity activities in
late April and early May 2017 at Folland Park Natural Heritage
Reserve, to determine what we can do to better understand
the reserves flora and fauna value whilst allowing more people
to get involved and experience this area.
Folland Park is a reserve comprising 3.2 hectares of mallee
eucalypt and native pine woodland located in the suburb of
Enfield and is listed on the Native Heritage list. It provides a
great representation of the vegetation that would have once
been present on the northern metropolitan area prior to
European settlement. It is one of the very few areas of native
bushland left on the entire Adelaide Plains.
For many years, the Bushcare group has undertaken
extensive weed control activities to restore the bushland.
This work will continue into the future, however, in addition
the City of PAE will be providing running a series of citizen
science biodiversity activities to increase community awareness
about the importance of the natural value of this area whilst
encouraging people to discover new natural wonders in their
own neighbourhood.
If you would like to become involved in the Folland Park
biodiversity activities please contact Craig Hughes on
8405 6028.
ENVIRONMENT
A City which ca res for its natu ra l
environment a nd heritage
YOUR COMMUNITY NEWS • AUTUMN 2017 PAGE
Nick and James