Mitchell Shire Council is taking a fresh approach to waste management with an aim to reduce the amount of waste generated and encourage more reuse and recycling.
The goal is to divert 80 per cent of waste from landfill and reduce greenhouse gas emissions that are associated with this.
Council adopted the Waste and Resource Recovery Strategy 2030 at its February council meeting. The new strategy guides the delivery of infrastructure and services for waste and recovery in the shire for the next eight years.
Council currently provides a range of waste and recycling services such as kerbside bin collection; four resource recovery centres; landfill; public litter and recycling bins; and illegally dumped waste along with waste education programs and activities.
The new strategy outlines ways to reduce waste to landfill such as introducing a weekly food and organics kerbside collection and a glass recycling service in 2025; opening a Waste Education Centre for community and school groups at the new Seymour Resource and Recovery Centre; promoting, explaining and supporting local concepts and projects allowing for reuse; improving and expanding the operation of reuse shops at council’s resource recovery centres; and producing waste education materials, including bin stickers, in English and other languages.
The council stated that federal and state government legislation influences how resource recovery and waste management are handled at the local level. The new strategy will help council align with these requirements.
For more information, visit: www.mitchellshire.vic.gov.au
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