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Use the green
bin for food
waste to reduce
household waste
and lighten the
landfill load.
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O
ur 2018 kerbside audit found 64% of
materials from our blue lid wheelie
bins should have been placed into a
yellow or green lid wheelie bin to be recycled
or composted.
We also found that food waste made up 33% of
these materials which were sent to landfill.
So we encourage recycling and composting, as it
is better for our environment than landfill.
In addition, waste going into landfill is now
very heavily taxed by the South Australian
Government.
The SolidWaste Levy has been applied as a
way to encourage recycling and as a financial
incentive to create local jobs and increase
resource recovery.
This tax will increase to $140 per tonne on
1 January 2020 which means that for the
estimated 27,850 tonnes of waste from PAE
going to landfill in the next financial year we will
be paying a SolidWaste Levy of $3.48 million.
So we need your help to not only reduce
landfill, but to also reduce these costs.
The best way to reduce household waste to
landfill is to use the green bin for food waste.
We provide kitchen caddies and compostable
bags free of charge to make it easy for you
to put your food waste into the green bin.
Remember, if it grows, it goes! Breads, dairy
foods, meat, bones, eggs, fruit and vegetable
scraps, tea bags and coffee grounds, tissues,
paper bags and hair can all go in the counter
top bin and then out to the green waste bin for
collection.
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Local Councillors working together to sort green waste
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By using your kitchen caddy you can reduce waste sent to landfill
If it grows, it goes
Call
1800 777 844
to order your caddy Visit
www.whichbin.com.auto
find out which bin to use for specific items.
in your green
organic waste bin