General News
5 December, 2023
More flexibility on waste bin service
Residents with access to Horsham’s kerbside waste collection service will soon have the option of either upsizing or downsizing their bins to suit individual needs.
Horsham Rural City councillors voted on Monday to vary the current arrangements, including by allowing residents to request either a larger bin or extra bins as needed.
At the other end of the scale, those living in multi-unit dwellings will be able to ask for a smaller bin or to share bins with their neighbours.
Council voted to consider extending the current kerbside collection beyond its current boundaries into rural areas.
This will be reviewed in the first half of 2024, once the state government’s container deposit scheme has become established.
If the scheme has an appreciable impact on the volume of glass being picked up by the waste collection truck, the rural city will also be open to setting up additional glass drop-off points in the municipality.
Council will engage further with people living in Haven to determine whether the four-bin service should be extended into the residential areas closest to Horsham.
And as the weather continues to heat up and with the festive season looming, households will be permitted to place odorous food waste into the general waste stream during summer if this material cannot be refrigerated until the next scheduled collection day.
Horsham Rural City will expand kerbside food and/or garden organics and glass collection to commercial and non-residential properties.
Speaking during Monday’s council meeting, Cr Ian Ross said it was important that food or garden waste not be bagged in biodegradable bin liners as these hampered the disposal process.
Although designed to biodegrade eventually, they did not break down quickly enough to suit the mulching process followed by the waste treatment facility at Camperdown, Cr Ross said.