The new green bin will be provided to those people already provided with roadside waste services.
It is expected that the new service will reduce the amount of materials going into landfill by up to 50%, thus saving ratepayers the state waste levy payment, as well as turning household food and garden scraps into compost. The materials collected will be processed locally at the Dulverton Organics Facility currently under construction. It is estimated that more than 675 tonnes of material will move from the general waste bin to the new FOGO bin service.
With the state waste levy set to triple its current price of $20/tonne, much of the cost of the new service will be absorbed by avoiding this charge and moving all three bins to fortnightly collection.
Changing the current weekly waste bin collection to fortnightly helps ensure cost increases are minimal at around $15 extra per year, per property.
“Information on the new collection system will continue to roll out as our Council works with the rest of the Cradle Coast Councils to deliver best practice waste management to our community”, Mayor Kate Haberle said.
“Our region has shown the saving and environmental benefits of working together since 1994, when the Kentish Council, together with Latrobe, Devonport, and Central Coast Councils established the Dulverton Regional Landfill and this next step continues that journey for current and future generations”, she added.