Builders and owner-builders must take measures to ensure that litter, debris and other waste is contained on the building site to the satisfaction of Council.
Builders and landowners who do not effectively manage waste and litter on building sites may be fined. Council's Local Laws Officers work closely with the Environment Protection Authority's Officers to tackle building waste issues in the shire.
Extract from Community Local Law 2023
31. Building Site Amenity
The owner of a building site or a person in charge of building works on a building site must ensure that prior to commencing building works the building site has in place:
(a) sanitary facilities to the satisfaction of the Authorised Officer;
(b) an adequate refuse facility that contains all building rubbish on the site to the satisfaction of the Authorised Officer;
(c) adequate fencing within the perimeter of the building site to the satisfaction of the Authorised Officer;
(d) a sign at the main entrance to the building site which:
(i) is at least 600 millimetres in height and 400 millimetres in width;
(ii) is placed in a location which is clearly legible in normal lighting conditions from the road immediately adjacent to the front boundary and contains the lot number as described in the relevant certificate of title; and
(iii) identifies the name, postal address and the 24 hour contact number or numbers of the person in charge of the building work.
32. Refuse on Building Sites
During the course of carrying out building works, the owner of the building site, person in charge of carrying out the building works, and each employee, agent, contractor or sub-contractor of the builder must ensure that:
(a) a suitable refuse facility is placed on the building site for the deposit of building refuse;
(b) the refuse facility is designed and constructed so as to prevent any building refuse within the refuse facility being blown out of it;
(c) the lid on the refuse facility remains closed at all times except when placing building refuse within it;
(d) the refuse facility is emptied immediately once it becomes full or at the discretion of an Authorised Officer;
(e) all wind blown building refuse created or accumulated on the building site is deposited into the refuse facility upon the building refuse being created or accumulated;
(f) the refuse facility is removed from the building site within 7 days of the cessation of building work;
(g) all materials and refuse for or from the building site are contained within the building site; and
(h) any vehicle exiting the building site does not carry any mud or slurry onto the adjoining or nearby road.