Horsham Rural City Council will retain a four-weekly collection of glass recycling bins.
Speaking after the council’s January meeting, Mayor Cr Brian Klowss said that while the council has observed a decline in how often households present their glass bins for collection since the introduction of the glass-only recycling service in April 2023, many residents rely on the four-weekly collection frequency.
“About 18 per cent of our residents are putting their bin out every four weeks, and if this service were to reduce to eight-weekly, we are concerned that this would impact on them too much,” Klowss said.
He said the introduction of the Victorian Container Deposit Scheme in November 2023 has led to a reduction in the usage of the glass bin service, but many of the residents remain reliant on the glass bin collection service.
“In November 2025, the council undertook a survey of residents to seek feedback on a proposed change to an eight-weekly glass collection,” Klowss said.
He acknowledged that 16 per cent of residents did not support the change and a further 17 per cent only partly supported it, largely because they generate higher volumes of glass waste.
These residents would be unduly impacted by the change, requiring either extra space to store an additional bin or being challenged by the extra weight in the glass bin, which can get quite heavy when full.
For more information, visit: www.hrcc.vic.gov.au
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