New monikers for recycling facilities

THE City of Greater Bendigo’s transfer stations in Strathfieldsaye, Goornong and Heathcote will be known as recycling centres going forward to make their purpose clearer to community members.

The move follows submissions of support or objections to the proposed changes provided via the Let’s Talk Greater Bendigo website in January and February this year.

COGB resource recovery and education acting manager Michelle Wyatt said the City came to the conclusion that the term transfer station no longer reflected the purpose of the facilities and the services they offer and provide.

“The name change to recycling centre will help encourage the community to identify reusables and recyclables at home and maximise resource recovery at the three local centres,” she said.

“It will also help promote the Strathfieldsaye and Heathcote centres as places to find and buy items for re-use or re-purposing.

“The City will now undertake a process to update signage at the sites and where it appears on our website and other promotional information to reflect the name change.

“This could take some time to achieve and there may be a short time where the facilities are still referred to as transfer stations in some promotional material.

“However, the good news is nothing else about how the recycling centres operate is changing and it will continue to be business as usual.

“The City remains committed to helping community members rescue, reuse, repurpose, repair and recycle goods and materials wherever possible to reduce waste going to the landfill.”