Prepare your property for bushfire season and spring-clean your garden.
To help residents with bushfire preparedness, Fleurieu Regional Waste Authority and Councils are again hosting the popular half-price green organics disposal days.
Details and dates:
Goolwa Depot (1226 Port Elliot Road, 9.00 am to 3.30 pm)
- Saturday and Sunday 10 & 11 October 2026
- Saturday and Sunday 17 & 18 October 2026
Strathalbyn Depot (23 Forrest Road, 8.00 am to 4.00 pm) and
Yankalilla Depot (2864 Inman Valley Road, 12.00 noon to 4.00 pm)
- Sunday 11 October 2026
- Sunday 18 October 2026
Get those green (and not-so-green) thumbs outside and fill the trailer before the fire season starts.
Your green waste becomes local mulch – eventually
Green waste + machinery + labour + time + transport = mulch
Our region’s green waste that comes through the Fleurieu Regional Waste Authority (FRWA) Waste and Recycling Depots is a perfect example of the circular economy. A waste product that used to end up in landfill is now processed and converted into useful mulch.
Why is there a cost to buy the mulch?
Some residents have queried why there is a charge for mulch. The answer relates to all process steps and their associated costs required to convert the waste product into usable mulch:
- Green waste is moved by a loader and a skilled staff member
- A large specialist grinding machine and operator from a third party grind the bulk product
- Depending on the product, a secondary grind may occur (premium mulch is a finer grind)
- The ground product is moved by a loader and arranged in special windrows.
- The windrows are watered, monitored and rotated regularly for up to 6 weeks
- The resultant mulch is tested for contaminants
- The final product is again moved by heavy machinery or transported between FRWA sites, ready for sale to customers.
By buying the mulch, you are getting a local, environmentally friendly product that supports local jobs and best practice circular waste management, and its quality and price are comparable and favourable to commercial alternatives.
Follow this link and scroll to the bottom of the page to see a video of the heavy-duty grinding machinery used to grind green waste, as well as a picture of a mulch windrow.