UPDATE February 22: SBRC has voted to extend the cut-off date until March 14.
February 7, 2023
Free green waste mulch will no longer be available to South Burnett residents at the Kingaroy and Nanango waste facilities.
The decision to discontinue the service from February 28 was made at the South Burnett Regional Council’s Infrastructure, Environment and Compliance Standing Committee last Wednesday.
It is expected to be ratified at the next general meeting of Council.
Council officers recommended the move, saying the supply of the mulch posed a risk to the public and to Council.
They said there was a risk asbestos could be in the mulch supplied to customers, as well as the biosecurity risk of spreading weed seeds.
The mulch currently being supplied is dropped off at the facilities by residents and mulched by a contractor twice a year.
It has been offered on Wednesdays from 10:00am to noon at Kingaroy; and on Mondays from 10:00am to noon at Nanango.
Council was told the practice had occurred for many years but it posed a number of risks to Council as there was no quality control over what went into the finished product.
It was also “anti-competitive” as the free service competed with commercial providers of green waste mulch in the South Burnett.
The resolution was passed 5-1, with Cr Jane Erkens voting against the change.
