If your garbage bin has been on the roadside since late last week, you are not alone.

The Lismore App has received queries from locals asking why their garbage was not collected as usual last Friday. So we contacted Lismore City Council to find out what was happening.

A Council spokesperson said some disruptions have occurred to normal services, even though "regular kerbside collections have resumed to non-flood affected areas".

People are asked to leave their bins on the kerb and they will be collected as soon as possible.

The delay in garbage collection comes after a fire began last Friday (April 1) at the Lismore Recycling & Recovery Centre.

The cause of the fire was a pile of flood-affected mattresses that were transported to the site as part of flood clean-up activities.

Recycling & Recovery Centre open

The Recycling & Recovery Centre in East Lismore has now re-opened to the public for NON-flood affected waste only.

Council asks people to keep the two streams of waste separate – non-flood affected and flood affected.

"We ask those with flood affected waste to continue to place it on the kerb for collection by the Public Works Advisory or use the free skip bins in Union Street and the corner of Magellan Street & Diadem Street," a Council statement said.

"The NSW Government’s EPA fee exemption for flood affected wastes does not apply to non-flood affected waste. This means normal weighbridge fees will be charged.

"The Earn and Return Bulk Drop Off has also reopened to regular hours, as has the Lismore Revolve Shop.

"The Nimbin Transfer Station has also re-opened with usual hours.

"To assist with the second round of flood waste collection, we ask businesses and property owners who still have flood waste that needs to be collected to contact Council on 6625 0500."