For the majority of Lismore residents, the Christmas/New Year holidays are over and it is back into the regular routines of work with the school year still weeks away.

Lismore City Council is promoting its waste vouchers for those that may have generated extra waste over the festive period or purchased new items and need to throw the old broken items out.

Council provides one waste voucher per eligible property, capped at 5,000 in total per financial year.

You can apply if you are a property owner or a tenant.

Once a voucher is issued, you have 30 days to take your waste to either Lismore Recycling & Recovery Centre or Nimbin Transfer Station.

If you don’t use your voucher within the 30 days, it will expire and you can apply again another time.

The value of the voucher is $74.40. Please sort your waste beforehand as much as possible – it will it be cheaper for you and enable Council to recycle items and keep more out of landfill.

For more information on conditions of use and to apply for a voucher, go to https://www.lismore.nsw.gov.au/.../Waste.../Waste-vouchers, call Council on (02) 6625 0500 or visit the front counter at our Corporate Centre in Goonellabah.