There has been some confusion regarding the cleanup of flood waste as Lismore City Council (LCC) said yesterday that no more flood waste was to be placed on kerbsides.

This morning LCC has clarified that statement by saying "The process for residents and businesses to have their flood waste removed is changing."

People who still have flood waste to be picked up need to ring Council on 6625 0500 to let us know, rather than simply putting it on the kerb.

Public Works Advisory will continue to collect flood waste but are managing the workload and their contractors differently as the amount of rubbish to be collected reduces.

Any waste already on the kerb will be collected. The change from today is that Council now needs to be told of any new flood waste that is placed out for collection so that we can inform Public Works Advisory.

To date more than 100,000 tonnes of flood waste has been removed from affected communities throughout the Northern Rivers with over 20,000 truckloads required to undertake this task.

We thank the community for its patience as we continue to clean up Lismore.