Released 28/08/2018
The Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has fined two commercial waste operators $1,000 each following complaints from residents about noise outside the agreed hours of collection in the Curtin Group centre.
The EPA has previously advised the operators of the need to comply with the ACT Commercial Waste Industry Code of Practice (the Code), which specifies the hours that commercial waste can be collected, but this had been ignored.
The EPA is reminding other commercial waste operators of their responsibilities to operate within the Code or risk a fine.
The ACT is divided into noise zones based on land uses listed in the Territory Plan. The noise standards permit the highest noise levels in industrial areas and the lowest noise levels in residential areas.
Under the Code, garbage collection in group centres such as Manuka and Kingston is permitted between the hours of 5am to 10pm and in most other residential areas is only allowed between the hours of 7am to 10pm.
More information about the Code and noise standards in residential areas is available on the Access Canberra website or by calling the EPA on 13 22 81.
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