Jindabyne Landfill: Commercial waste limits and waste drop-off changes
Published on 18 March 2025
Changes to in-person waste and recycling drop-offs at Jindabyne Landfill come into effect on Friday 28 March 2025.
Commercial customers
- A load limit of 1m3 applies to commercial waste from Friday 28 March 2025
- This limit applies only to waste-to-landfill and recycling
- This limit does not apply to scrap metal, green waste, concrete rubble, oil, or mattresses
- Loads must be pre-sorted before arriving
- Loads must be able to be placed into skips by hand
- Jindabyne Landfill commercial accounts can be used at Cooma Landfill for loads above this limit
Local residents and non-commercial customers
- Waste and recycling must be pre-sorted before arrival at the landfill
- Customers must unload by hand into separate skip bins for waste and recycling
- Staff will assist patrons with navigating these changes
- No changes to kerbside bin collection service
- No changes to disposal of scrap metal, green waste, concrete rubble, oil, mattresses, or recycling
- Please follow the direction of staff on site
Council is putting these urgent changes in place this month due to Jindabyne Landfill approaching its end-of-life storage capacity limit significantly earlier than expected.
Plans for the future of the Jindabyne Landfill site, which were released for public comment in February 2025, called for a two-year transition period to move to a new facility and operating model.
Due to sharply rising operating costs, higher than expected cost estimates for the new facility, and the rapidly-approaching capacity limit, Council has had no choice but to take action now to ensure local waste and recycling services can continue.
Council is working closely with the NSW Environment Protection Authority on the implementation of these interim measures, and the agency is assisting our team in securing a viable long-term solution.
Further updates will follow as we navigate this process.
Council apologises for the short notice of these changes. Please contact us with any questions by email at council@snowymonaro.nsw.gov.au or phone 1300 345 345.