PEOPLE who put in rubbish efforts to separate their wastes could have their recycle or organic bins taken away if council pushes ahead with a change to its waste collection services.
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A number of amendments to the general policy register have been recommended, and councillors will vote upon them at Tuesday's ordinary council meeting.
It suggests there be "added clauses to enable the removal of commingled and green waste bins if excessive contamination exists and replaced with general waste bins".
However, the recommendation is likely to face opposition from at least one councillor, with Helen Tickle revealing her preference would be to place more emphasis on education.
"We need to have people very mindful of the importance of recycling, whether it be in a single dwelling or in a block of units," she said.
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"We need to monitor or educate those non-complying blocks of units on the correct ways to recycle."
A single misplaced item, such as a dirty nappy, can be costly as it can render an entire truckload of recyclables or green waste contaminated.
But Cr Tickle said spot checks already take place to look out for that, and if the same residence is continuing to be problematic then a larger effort should be put into place teaching them what to do.
"That has already occurred in the past, spot audits, we must continue our education and monitoring and continue to encourage recycling," she said.
Other topics that will be discussed at the council meeting include a decision on whether to fund an Economic Impact Report on the 2019-20 drought to better understand its costs and impacts and plan for the future.
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