Waste removal role reassigned

THE largest privately-owned waste management company in Australia, JJ Richards & Sons, will collect local rubbish for the next five years after being awarded the new kerbside recycling contract by the City of Greater Bendigo.

JJ’s trucks feature on-board camera systems that can record the time of a bin’s collection, if they’ve been placed kerbside at the correct time, and any contamination in recycling bins that can be followed up with the resident.

City resource recovery and education manager Sam Johnston said there will be no changes to collection days and residents must still place their bins kerbside before 6am on the day of collection to ensure their bin is emptied.

“Residential bins are collected anytime between 6am and 2pm and commercial bins from 5am to 1pm, on the day of collection,” he explained.

“With (the) new contractors, residents need to be aware that the time of day that their bin is collected may change and with the new trucks, bin lids are likely to stay closed following collection so please check that your bin has been emptied before bringing it in.

“Residents are also advised to wait until after 2pm before reporting a missed collection.

“If your bin was placed out on time you can report a missed collection within two days from your collection day, however, requests cannot be accepted after 4pm on the second business day after the collection day.”

Established in 1932, JJ Richards & Sons now sports a fleet of over 1800 vehicles, employs over 2200 people and performs 2.5 million domestic garbage, recycling, sanitary and green waste collection services per week under contract for 63 local authorities throughout Australia and New Zealand.