New four-bin waste service about to start

SURF Coast Shire Council’s new four-bin kerbside waste collection service starts Monday, February 1.
This means all properties in the Surf Coast Shire that use the kerbside collection service will need to start sorting household waste into four bins.
“We know this is a change for everyone, but the new four-bin system is going to make an enormous difference in reducing waste that unnecessarily ends up as landfill,” Surf Coast Shire Mayor Cr Libby Stapleton said.
“A little bit of extra effort by all of us will go a long way in minimising our impact on our precious environment, so thank you to everyone for playing their part. Each of us should feel really proud of being part of such a positive change.”

Summary of new waste service
Purple lid bin: The new glass-only bin will be collected every four weeks and accepts glass bottles and jars without lids.
Lime green lid bin: The food organics and garden organics (FOGO) bin will be collected weekly in urban areas, and fortnightly in rural areas.
All of your food scraps – including fruits and vegetables, meat, dairy, bread and bones – will go into your FOGO bin along with your garden waste.
Your benchtop kitchen caddy (which was delivered to homes with the purple-lid bin for glass) can help you collect your food scraps and transfer them to your FOGO kerbside bin.
Yellow lid bin: This bin will continue to be used to collect plastics numbered 1-5, metal, paper and cardboard and will still be collected every fortnight.
Red lid bin: This remains the bin for other general household waste, and will be collected every fortnight.
For more information or to see a full list of what goes in each bin, go to: www.surfcoast.vic.gov.au/kerbside2021.

 

What you need to do
If you haven’t received your new purple lid bin and kitchen caddy (the beige bucket with a lid used for collecting food scraps), please let us know via www.surfcoast.vic.gov.au/request or call 5261 0600.
Remove your kitchen caddy from your glass-only bin and take it inside. Pop it in your kitchen so you can use it to collect scraps to transfer to the FOGO (lime green lid) bin.
If you choose to use caddy liners, only use the council supplied ones (which you’ll find in your caddy) or any other fully compostable ones listed on council’s website.
Council has delivered enough compostable liners to get you through up to six months. When you do run out, you can pick up an additional pack at any of council’s waste transfer stations or at the civic office in Torquay once it reopens.
Sort your waste into the four bins and put the relevant bins out on your normal collection day. Ratepayers will have received a collection calendar at your primary address, and everyone can download on council’s website or on our new rubbish and recycling app: SCRRApp.
If you find after a few months that the bin configuration isn’t working, you can choose to get bigger or extra bins for a fee, or smaller bins at no cost.

New Surf Coast Rubbish and Recycling App: SCRRApp
Surf Coast Shire Council will launch its new Surf Coast Rubbish and Recycling App (SCRRApp) next week.
The app is a quick and easy way for residents to get up-to-date information and notifications about waste, recycling, kerbside collections and more.
You will be able to:
get reminders about bin night view and download your collection calendar check what goes in each bin
receive notifications when there is a change to the service, like a broken down truck, code red fire days, or an extra scheduled collection.
Find out more at www.surfcoast.vic.gov.au/wasteapp