Dumping, tree removal and waste removal were among the concerns raised at a bushfire recovery meeting this week.
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Northern villages residents attended the information session at Balmoral Village Hall on Monday night.
The recovery meeting featured an update from Wingecarribee Shire Council regional recovery coordinator Dick Adams, and speakers from key government agencies including Service NSW and Disaster Welfare Services.
Both residential and small business issues were included in the presentation.
Residents also had the opportunity to ask questions about the recovery process at the end of the meeting, which was led by Wingecarribee Shire Council deputy general manager Mark Pepping.
One resident said dumpers were "trashing" fire-affected villages and asked about what deterrents were in place to discourage this behaviour.
"If you find dumped rubbish somewhere, don't touch it because if it does have asbestos in there or other toxic materials, it could cause you some problems," Mr Pepping responded.
"Phone it in, we have what's called a Regional Illegal Dumping (RID) squad.
"What'll happen is one of our rangers will come out, they'll look at it, they'll cordon it off and phone through to the RID squad to get that attended to as soon as possible.
"Unfortunately there are going to be undesirable people around that will just go and dump something because they don't want to pay the tipping costs.
"I would urge you not to take it upon yourself to move it in case there are some hazardous materials in there."
Another resident asked if there would be an extension to the free waste program.
In January it was announced Wollondilly Council would extend its free waste drop-off service at Bargo Waste Management Centre to bushfire-affected neighbours in Balmoral and the Wingecarribee Shire's part of Buxton.
"At last week's meeting at Buxton, Wollondilly Council and their residents said there would not be any extension to that February 28 timeframe. So basically you have until this Friday in order to take that up," Mr Pepping said.
"If you have building waste and outbuildings, that will be picked up through the Laing O'Rourke clean-up.
"Otherwise you'll need to either go down to the Resource Recovery Centre or if you get a private contractor the waste is also being taken at the Bowral tip site in Kirkham Road.
"The state government has waived the state levies, so you won't have to pay the state levy. But you still have to pay whatever it is per tonnage."
The meeting was one of two meetings held this month, with the first held at Wingello Community Hall for residents in the southern villages.
A Wingecarribee Shire Council spokesperson said there would be as many recovery meetings as needed for bushfire-affected residents.
The spokesperson also said council would move onto resilience processes later.