Our kerbside bins are changing

The wait is almost over for Mitchell Shire residents wanting a green waste bin with the introduction of a weekly food scraps and garden clippings kerbside collection, plus a glass recycling service from 2025.

The Victorian Government's Recycling Victoria: A new economy Policy requires that kerbside recycling services are standardised across the state. This means that bin lid colours will be the same everywhere and that the same things can be recycled in each bin, no matter where you live in Victoria.

Victorian households that receive a kerbside service will have a new four-bin system:

  • General Rubbish
  • Mixed Recycling
  • Glass Recycling
  • Food and Garden Organics

In line with the introduction of a food and garden organics kerbside service and glass recycling service, the general rubbish collection will be scaled back to a fortnightly service.

This model has seen the most success in diverting waste from landfill and has been adopted by several councils already.

Waste to landfill accounts for 75 per cent of Mitchell Council's greenhouse gas emissions.

When food breaks down in landfill it creates methane, a greenhouse gas 25 times more potent than carbon dioxide.

A recent audit found more than 65 per cent of kerbside waste going to landfill in Mitchell could be recycled or composted significantly reducing our greenhouse gas emissions.

Next steps

Council has endorsed the recommendations presented to them by council officers and we are currently in contract negotiations with the preferred tenderers. We expect that this process will be completed soon and then we'll be able to start working through the finer details of delivering these new services.

The wait is almost over for Mitchell Shire residents wanting a green waste bin with the introduction of a weekly food scraps and garden clippings kerbside collection, plus a glass recycling service from 2025.

The Victorian Government's Recycling Victoria: A new economy Policy requires that kerbside recycling services are standardised across the state. This means that bin lid colours will be the same everywhere and that the same things can be recycled in each bin, no matter where you live in Victoria.

Victorian households that receive a kerbside service will have a new four-bin system:

  • General Rubbish
  • Mixed Recycling
  • Glass Recycling
  • Food and Garden Organics

In line with the introduction of a food and garden organics kerbside service and glass recycling service, the general rubbish collection will be scaled back to a fortnightly service.

This model has seen the most success in diverting waste from landfill and has been adopted by several councils already.

Waste to landfill accounts for 75 per cent of Mitchell Council's greenhouse gas emissions.

When food breaks down in landfill it creates methane, a greenhouse gas 25 times more potent than carbon dioxide.

A recent audit found more than 65 per cent of kerbside waste going to landfill in Mitchell could be recycled or composted significantly reducing our greenhouse gas emissions.

Next steps

Council has endorsed the recommendations presented to them by council officers and we are currently in contract negotiations with the preferred tenderers. We expect that this process will be completed soon and then we'll be able to start working through the finer details of delivering these new services.

Page last updated: 20 Dec 2023, 02:48 PM