{"id":5823,"date":"2020-04-03T10:15:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-03T10:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=5823"},"modified":"2020-04-03T10:15:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-03T10:15:00","slug":"social-distancing-in-place-at-summerhill-waste-management-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/04\/03\/social-distancing-in-place-at-summerhill-waste-management-centre\/","title":{"rendered":"Social distancing in place at Summerhill Waste Management Centre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>City of Newcastle continues to provide essential waste services and has implemented social distancing measures at Summerhill Waste Management Centre (WMC) as we work to limit the spread of COVID-19.<br \/>\nThe Public Health Order issued 30 March 2020 directs a person must not, without reasonable excuse, leave the person\u2019s place of residence. Also, if you are feeling unwell, the advice is to stay at home.<br \/>\nSummerhill WMC remains open to the public, however the City is encouraging customers to only attend if they\u2019re symptom free and it\u2019s absolutely necessary.<br \/>\nCash is no longer accepted at the weighbridge, with tap and go the preferred payment option, while dockets are no longer being issued upon entry.<br \/>\nSocial distancing measures have been implemented at the Resource Recovery Centre, including the removal of communal brooms and shovels. Customers may instead bring their own.<br \/>\nFor those who find it essential to visit Summerhill WMC please follow the social distancing measures and be considerate to Council staff and those around you.<br \/>\nCity of Newcastle advises that due to the social distancing measures in place at Summerhill WMC there may be increased wait times or delays for customers.<br \/>\nAll other waste services including kerbside collections and bulk waste\u00a0<a name=\"_GoBack\"><\/a>are operating as usual. Any personal hygiene products or wastes that may have traces of bodily fluids, such as tissues, paper towel and nappies, should be double bagged.<br \/>\nFor the latest updates on the City of Newcastle\u2019s response to the COVID-19 and changes to services, visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.newcastle.nsw.gov.au\/covid-19\">www.newcastle.nsw.gov.au\/covid-19<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>City of Newcastle continues to provide essential waste services and has implemented social distancing measures at Summerhill Waste Management Centre (WMC) as we work to limit the spread of COVID-19. The Public Health Order issued 30 March 2020 directs a person must not, without reasonable excuse, leave the person\u2019s place of residence. Also, if you &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/04\/03\/social-distancing-in-place-at-summerhill-waste-management-centre\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Social distancing in place at Summerhill Waste Management Centre&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newcastle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5823"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5823\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}