MITCHELL Shire Council was set to review its much-talked-about kerbside transition, providing an overview of the transition to the new four bin system at last night’s council meeting.
The agenda for last night’s meeting was part of the endorsement in December last year to review the implementation of the four-bin system, which was set to include assessment of resident feedback, key themes and issues and opportunities for improvement.
Included in the agenda are the common social media commentary themes, which has included a request for weekly collection, bigger families and people with nappies struggling to maintain the kerbside transition, and that people do not like sorting.
Social media claims include rubbish dumping has increased, and that people think waste goes to landfill. However, there was positive engagement with the new green bin.
The results of the four-bin system has seen an increase in kerbside bins from 45,692 in February to 90,514 in August, while bin lift numbers have increased from 134,882 to 209,002.
Monthly recycling tonnes has increased from 351.4 in February to 760.56 in August, while the diversion from landfill has increased dramatically, from 26 per cent to 56.9 per cent.
Read more about last night’s council meeting in next week’s edition of the North Central Review.
