Skip bins for Casuarina

Most Casuarina homes have been built since 2001, so the work here is less about old-house demolition and more about gardens, garages and updates. Landscaping is the job that most often catches people out, because it produces two loads that cannot share a bin.

• Soil and sand go in a Dirt bin, 4 m³ at most. Dirt is quoted by phone, not online.
• Prunings, leaves and grass go in a Green Waste bin, with branches no longer than half the bin.
• Mixing them brings a contamination fee: $200 on a dirt bin, $150 on a green waste bin.

The estate and its homes

Construction began with the Casuarina Beach subdivision in 2001. Tweed Shire planning documents rank the site among the most significant coastal land in NSW zoned for development. Casuarina Way is the link road: Kingscliff lies to the north, the smaller Tweed Coast villages to the south. The 2021 Census counted 3,256 residents, median age 41.

Seventy-one per cent of dwellings are separate houses, so a driveway usually takes the bin, with no approval needed. Townhouses and semi-detached homes make up 16 per cent; flats and apartments, 13. In those, the body corporate has the say over common property; ask before booking.

Other common jobs

A garage clear-out fits a 3 m³, about 12 wheelie bins. A kitchen or bathroom update usually suits a 4 m³, about 16. Larger renovations call for a 6 m³ or a 9 m³.

Public land and our clock

Kerbside means public land, and public land in the Tweed means Tweed Shire Council's “Approval to Place a Skip Bin in a Public Place”. Council sets a fee for it. Applying, and the responsibility that follows, rest with you. Every time we quote is Queensland time; from October to April that is one hour behind Casuarina.