Brisbane City Council Lord Mayor, Adrian Schrinner has called on the city’s residents to pull together to establish a ‘ute army’ to help with the clean-up response to ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred.
“Help your family, help your friends and help your neighbours clean up all the fallen trees, branches and leaves in their backyards,” said the Lord Mayor.
“If you need help cleaning up green waste, contact our Council call centre. If you can give help cleaning up green waste, contact your local councillor. By working together we can get Brisbane back up and running sooner.
“To help the Ute Army, we’ve opened up our Resource Recovery Centre to free green waste tipping. We’re also setting up free satellite sites to make it easier for the Ute Army to drop off green waste.”
Nearly half of all standalone Brisbane homes have green waste bins recycling bins to remove small amounts of garden debris.
Larger quantities of green waste can be taken to temporary green waste satellite sites at:
- Whites Hill Reserve, Camp Hill
- Mount Coot-tha carpark, Sir Samuel Griffith Drive
Resource Recovery Centres will also continue to accept green waste for free and are currently open at:
- 101 Upper Kedron Road, Ferny Grove
- 728 Tilley Road, Chandler
Willawong and Nudgee Resource Recovery Centres remain closed due to flooding.
