THE ENVIRONMENTAL Protection Authority (EPA) have updated their advice on permitted use of waste-collection facilities in regional NSW following extensive criticism surrounding the lack of clarity.

Under the updated advice, all regional NSW residents who do not have access to kerbside collection are allowed to travel to their local landfill as a "reasonable excuse" under the current Public Health Orders.

Up until Tuesday 24 August, the EPA advised all regional tips must be closed - like they currently are in Greater Sydney - leaving council bin collection as the only available option.

The news was not well-received by several remote landholders across the state, as pointed out by Local Member for Barwon Roy Butler.

"Many of us don't have kerbside collection of waste - our only way of getting rid of rubbish is to load up the ute or hitch up a trailer and drive to the tip," Mr Butler said last week.

"I don’t know who thought people in regional areas could stockpile waste for week, but we need to be able to dispose of waste."

Mr Butler said he had immediately contacted the state Minister for Environment Matt Keane about the issue and on Tuesday 24 August the EPA released new advice to give these landholders peace of mind.

"For regional residents who don’t have a council bin collection, the EPA received clarification from NSW Health that taking waste to a landfill is a 'reasonable excuse' for a person to leave their home in regional NSW," an EPA spokesperson said.

Based on the current Public Health Orders, most goods and services must be obtained within a resident's Local Government Area (LGA), no further than five kilometres from their home and not in an area of concern.

However, the updated advice clarified if in regional NSW, the nearest landfill was not in the LGA and was more than 5 kilometres away, residents in regional NSW would be permitted under the current Order to take their waste to a landfill.

"The EPA is satisfied that this common sense outcome has been achieved for the residents of regional NSW," the spokesperson said.

According to the EPA, council waste depots or landfills can remain open for this purpose while regular domestic waste collections remain essential and continue to operate as normal across NSW.

Despite this, Coonamble Shire Council's Executive Leader for Environment, Strategic Planning and Community Noreen Vu clarified this exception only applied to rural rate payers who don't normally have access to kerbsite collection.

"We understand that numerous households in lockdown are cleaning, like a spring clean, tidying up their yards and attempting to get rid of junk," Ms Vu said.

"However if they have access to kerbside collection, they cannot visit the tip as a reasonable excuse to leave home with self-hauled rubbish on the back of a trailer.

"This is not a Council decision, but one that is as per the Public Health Orders."

According to Ms Vu, the Coonamble Shire Council has been operating its critical waste services since the restrictions began.