An easy way you can keep our waste team safe

Published on 15 August 2025

Early in the morning on Friday 15 August, one of our hard waste collection teams had to dump a load of collected materials in the car park at Reg Harris Reserve in Oakleigh East because of a fire. Further investigation by our waste team and contractors quickly found that the cause was AA lithium-ion batteries.

Batteries placed in household bins or hard waste collections they can cause fire, putting our waste team and community at risk. They must be disposed at designated disposal points.

Please think about the safety of our teams on collection trucks and at sorting facilities and read our information about safely disposing batteries and electronic items.

Our hard waste collection runs across Monash to September, if your collection is coming up review the information provided about what you can include.