Shire looks for community feedback on waste and recycling

The council's Food Organics and Garden Organics collection is set to begin in April.

THE Surf Coast Shire council is running a survey to guide how the council delivers waste and recycling services.

The shire is planning to introduce a fourth wheelie bin for the collection of glass and begin Food Organics and Garden Organics (FOGO) collection in 2020. Both changes are planned for April.

Surf Coast Shire governance and infrastructure general manager Anne Howard encouraged people to share their opinions on the council’s waste and recycling strategies.

“We know it’s a topic that many residents feel passionate about so we’d love to hear from as many people as possible. It only takes 10 minutes to complete the survey.

“The community views shared in the survey will help us guide our roll-out processes as we implement these changes. They will also give us a better idea of what’s important to residents when we make choices about how we deliver our waste services into the future.”

In 2019, the shire ran trials for both the bin dedicated to glass and FOGO collection. The responses they received to these trials were predominantly positive.

The survey can be taken at surveymonkey.com/r/SurfCoastWasteAndRecycling until January 31.