Waste Management

Council is committed to achieving best practice in waste management across the Barkly region.

Consultants IOLAR delivered a waste management and resource recovery strategy to Council in November 2016 as part of Council's commitment to provide waste management and solutions for the region.

The waste management and resource recovery strategy was developed to ensure that the objectives and targets of the federal and Territory Government legislation and policies will drive and influence waste management in the community of Tennant creek and its landfill.

Special Purpose Grants are also being sourced to develop master plans for the strategic improvement of landfills in communities. This is to ensure that communities and their drinking water are safe from leachate, while at the same time making sure the landfills are not too distant from the communities which can lead to illegal dumping.

Robust analysis of landfill and waste resulted in Council for the first time hiring contractors to shred the very growing pile of rubber tyres (4455 in total) at its Tennant Creek landfill, eliminating the potential for mosquito breeding. Reusing the shredded rubber as soft-fall for playgrounds or for commercial purposes is now being investigated.

Car crushing (386 in total) stirred mutual interest in the neighbouring regional councils of central desert and MacDonnell and so through the Central Australian Waste Management Working group (CAWMWG) plans are underway to seek special capital funding to procure a metal baler to equitable service the three regions. A draft business plan has been proposed that sees the new equipment paid off in its first year of service at the current price of steel. This is a milestone for a joint partnership between the three regional councils.

Bin Collection Schedule (Tennant Creek)

EFFECTIVE FROM TUESDAY 14TH JULY 2026

Day	Streets
Tuesday	Paterson Street + Hotels, Haddock Street, Kittle Street, Staunton Street, Scheelite Crescent, Bornite Street, Limonite Street, Turner Street, Ford Crescent, Shamrock Street, Ambrose Street, Hobby Farms, Stuart Highway, Cemetery, Pink Palace, Mulga Camp, Wuppa Camp, Tingkarli Camp, Karguru Camp, Lake Mary Ann, Battery Hill Gold Mining and Heritage Centre.
Wednesday	Fazaldeen Road, Weaber Road, Whippet Street, Jubilee Street, Meyers Street, Wolseley Street, Skipper Street, Eldorado Crescent, Caroline Street, McDonald Street, Blackmore Road, Casey Street, Boag Court, Chittock Crescent, Cubagee Court, Zigenbine Court, BRC offices, Peko Road, Griggs Street, Martin Court, Kathleen Street, Managaji Street, Hilda Street.
Thursday	Paterson Street + Hotels, Stuart Street, Sporties Club, Blain Street, Noble Street, Schmidt Street, Scott Street, Leichhardt Street, Wilson Street, Thompson Street, Gray Court, Standley Street, Village Camp, Marla Marla, Hollis Street, Ranedo Court, Udall Road, Blueberry Hill Camp, Brown Street, Maloney Street, Windley Street, South Street, Irvine, Parnttali Road, Davidson Street, Wattle Street.

The Council recommends that you place your 240L bin on the kerbside before 7AM on your scheduled collection day.

If you have any concerns or issues regarding bin collection, please contact our office during business hours on 08 8962 0000. Please note we are not authorised to enter properties for the purpose of waste collection.
BIN NOT ON KERBSIDE = NO COLLECTION

Scheduled bin day falls on a public holiday, the council will collect your bin the following day.

Please place your bin correctly on the kerbside to ensure collection.

Once emptied, please return your bin to your property as soon as possible.

PLEASE NOTE: Only one bin is collected per property unless additional bin collection is paid for.

Remote Community Collection Days

For remote community collection days, please contact your respective council office.

Tennant Creek Landfill Site

Location:

Fazaldeen Rd, Tennant Creek

Opening Hours:

Day	Commercial	Residential
Mon	8am to 12pm	8am to 3pm
Tue	8am to 12pm	8am to 3pm
Wed	8am to 12pm	8am to 3pm
Thu	8am to 12pm	8am to 3pm
Fri	8am to 12pm	8am to 3pm
Sat	8am to 12pm	8am to 12pm
Sun	closed	closed