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Recycling & Green Waste Collections
To help our community recycle more, FRWA and Council will now double the collection of yellow Recycling and green Food Organics Garden Organics bins over the six-week summer holiday period.
The six WEEKLY collections of Recycling bins and Green bins (in eligible townships) over the peak of summer will be on your normal collection day and begin the week of 19th December 2022 and finish the week of 27th January 2023.
Please note that General Waste to Landfill bins (including those with any EC Exceptional Circumstances bins) will continue to be collected fortnightly during this period.
Over the six-week Christmas and New Year holiday period, recycling and food waste increases, therefore it is important to provide more capacity for residents to use their recycling and green bins during this time.
This change will Increase waste disposal capacity by more than 200% over the six-week period, providing an increase in service to residents who generally have more materials to dispose of. For those residents outside of townships that do not have a green bin, there is still an increase in capacity with weekly recycling collections instead of the smaller general waste to landfill bin.
This change follows a two-year investigation into the best way to provide more opportunities for households to recycle more and reduce waste sent to landfill, with the majority of extra waste generated over the Christmas/New year period being food and packaging. Don’t forget, food waste can now go into your green bin, along with your garden waste, and please ensure only compostable bags are used, available at a reduced price at councils and the Fleurieu Regional Waste depot in Yankalilla, Goolwa, and Strathalbyn.
The change will provide a significant increase in the capacity of waste disposal, even for those with only a weekly recycling collection.
A link to the summary of our community trial, bin audits, survey, and waste data can be found here https://fleurieuregionalwasteauthority.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/FRWA-Final-Summary-Summer-Recycling.pdf