Asbestos disposal

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Asbestos can be disposed of at The Rural City of Wangaratta Bowser Landfill situated at 5 Coleman Road North Wangaratta.

You will need to submit an application and book an appointment to dispose of small quantities of domestic asbestos.

All asbestos that is disposed of at the Rural City of Wangaratta Landfill needs to come from within the municipality.

Note - You must fill in the form at the bottom of this page to apply to dispose of asbestos. There is limited capacity at the facility, so we may not always be able to accept your disposal.

Talk to us first - Call us on 03 5722 0888 and we can make sure you are on the right track. 

For more information about asbestos go to the Victorian Asbestos website.

What asbestos types can I dispose of?

According to the Occupational Health & Safety Regulations 2007, an unlicensed person may remove non-friable asbestos material if the area does not exceed ten square metres and takes less than an hour to remove within seven days. All other removal must be undertaken and disposed of by a licensed commercial contractor. 

 

Process

Removal, handling and packaging of asbestos must be carried out in accordance with the methods detailed in Asbestos - A Guide for householders and the general public, which can be found on www.asbestos.vic.gov.au webpage. 

1. Package asbestos for disposal

Removal, handling and packaging of asbestos must be carried out in accordance with the methods detailed in Asbestos – A Guide for householders and the general public, which can be found on the Department of Health website.

Note - You must carefully package the waste, including any offcuts, in two layers of 0.2 mm thick polythene sheeting. The packages must then be labelled ‘ASBESTOS WASTE’ using a permanent marker pen.

Council will not accept any asbestos material that doesn’t meet these packaging guidelines upon attendance to the Bowser Landfill.

2. Application to dispose of asbestos

You need to apply to dispose of asbestos in Rural City of Wangaratta. Please allow five days for your application to get processed. You’ll need to know the approximate size of the asbestos you are trying to dispose. Unfortunately, we won’t always be able to accept your application and a decision will need to be made according to our capacity.

Note that the disposal charge is $292.10 per tonne. Payment is to be made by cash or EFTPOS at the time of disposal (except for approved account customers).

You can download the application from the link below or obtain a hard copy from the Customer Service Centre.

3. Make a booking

If your application has been successful, you can then nominate a time for disposal (between 9am and midday) Monday to Friday. 

4.Transporting and unloading your asbestos

Pack your asbestos waste so it can be easily and safely unloaded by the person transporting it. The Asbestos Disposal Facility is 1 metre high. You’ll need to be able to make sure you can lift your asbestos waste out of the vehicle/trailer transporting the material. 

For more information visit

 Asbestos safety for householders and home renovators – Be Safe (asbestossafety-homeowners.com.au)

 Asbestos in Victoria | Asbestos

 

The Asbestos disposal form can be submitted by either printing off the below PDF or completing the online form below:

Bowser-Landfill-Asbestos-Disposal-Application-Form.pdf(PDF, 398KB)

 

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