COUNCIL’s current bulk waste collection service could be scrapped in favour of a voucher system in a bid to reduce the amount of waste sent to landfill.
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Council will vote on implementing a trial voucher system to run alongside the current collection.
As part of a trial, all owners of property across the Tamworth region who pay a domestic waste management service charge would receive two vouchers each financial year.
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Waste director Bruce Logan said the trial offered an opportunity to determine whether a voucher system could replace the bulky collection.
“By trialling an alternate method for residents to dispose of bulky household items, council can see if it better supports and encourages the separation of materials with recyclable value to then reduce the amount of waste sent to landfill,” Mr Logan said.
The collections – held in June and November each year - has a very poor rate of resource recovery because all items collected by Council’s waste contractor are sent to landfill.
A separate contractor collects the e-waste and metal put out for collection and recovers any recyclable material but some is sent to landfill.
Mr Logan said with council’s current existing waste contract due for renewal in July 2019, there is an opportunity to review the current services.
“Councillors asked staff to identify ways to better service residents while achieving greater rates of resource recovery and reducing the amount of waste sent to landfill,” he said. “
The Bulky Household Waste Collection is an opportunity for significant improvements.”
The council report included several options to replace the Bulky Household Waste Collection but found the waste voucher trial as the “most appropriate alternative solution”.
The report recommended funding the cost of the waste voucher trial from the waste reserve with the result of the trial to be presented to councillors towards the end of the 2018-19 financial year.
The Bulky Household Waste Collection – held in June and November each year - has a very poor rate of resource recovery because all items collected by Council’s waste contractor are sent to landfill. A separate contractor collects the e-waste and metal put out for collection and recovers any recyclable material but some is sent to landfill.
Mr Logan said with Council’s current existing waste contract due for renewal in July 2019, there is an opportunity to review the current services.
“Councillors asked staff to identify ways to better service residents while achieving greater rates of resource recovery and reducing the amount of waste sent to landfill,” he said. “The Bulky Household Waste Collection is an opportunity for significant improvements.”
The Council report includes several options to the Bulky Household Waste Collection but found the waste voucher trial as the “most appropriate alternative solution”. The report recommends funding the cost of the waste voucher trial from the Waste Reserve with the result of the trial to be presented to Councillors towards the end of the 2018-19 financial year.