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Council provides weekly kerbside waste and recycling collections for homes and businesses, and cleaning services to maintain our public spaces to a high standard. Read about dumped rubbish, public litter bins and street cleaning plus how to recycle or dispose of your unwanted household items.
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Council respectfully acknowledges the Yaluk-ut Weelam Clan of the Boon Wurrung. We pay our respect to their Elders, past, present and emerging. We acknowledge and uphold their continuing relationship to this land.