Australia’s largest green bin trial in a retail precinct has begun in Adelaide’s Rundle Mall shopping district.
The City of Adelaide, with the support of Green Industries SA and the Adelaide Economic Development Agency, has rolled out designated green organics bins for food scraps and compostable materials.
Lord Mayor Sandy Verschoor and Environment Minister Susan Close yesterday launched the six new multi-bin systems, kicking off the 12-month pilot program.
Verschoor said the trial would support the City of Adelaide’s vision to become Australia’s first zero-waste city.
“Adelaide is already the first South Australian Council to be entirely powered by renewable energy and now we are leading the nation with these new bin systems, designed to encourage the thousands of people who visit Rundle Mall every day to separate their waste,” she said.
“Council will be offering education programs for shoppers, as well as incentives for traders who provide compostable food and drink serving materials.”
The City of Adelaide has committed $143,000 to the project, with an additional $72,000 from Green Industries SA, as part of the Council Modernisation Grants program.
Close said providing shoppers with simple systems to avoid waste was essential to reducing the state’s carbon footprint.
“If we make a better choice and use these new public place bins, all of those valuable resources remain part of a South Australian circular economy where we reduce, reuse, recover and recycle resources at every opportunity,” she said.
“Clear signage on these bins in Rundle Mall will make sure we all know which bin to use for food waste, and that’s the green bin.”
For more information, visit: www.cityofadelaide.com.au
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