The City of Greater Bendigo's transfer stations in Strathfieldsaye, Goornong and Heathcote have a new name and will now be called Recycling Centres.
City of Greater Bendigo Resource Recovery and Education Acting Manager Michelle Wyatt said the City recently undertook a public process with Geographic Names Victoria to change the name of local transfer stations to recycling centres to make their purpose clearer to members of the community.
"Geographic Names Victoria has now gazetted the change and the facilities will now be known as the Strathfieldsaye Recycling Centre, Goornong Recycling Centre and Heathcote Recycling Centre," Ms Wyatt said.
"We believe the term transfer station no longer reflected the purpose of the facilities and the services they offer and provide to the community.
"The name change to Recycling Centre will help encourage the community to identify reusables and recyclables at home and maximise resource recovery at the three local centres. It will also help promote the Strathfieldsaye and Heathcote centres as places to find and buy items for re-use or re-purposing.
"The City will now undertake a process to update signage at the sites and where it appears on our website and other promotional information to reflect the name change. This could take some time to achieve and there may be a short time where the facilities are still referred to as transfer stations in some promotional material.
"However, the good news is nothing else about how the Recycling Centres operate is changing and it will continue to be business as usual.
"The City remains committed to helping community members rescue, reuse, repurpose, repair and recycle goods and materials wherever possible to reduce waste going to the landfill.
"Many items including E-waste, polystyrene, clean unwanted textiles and shoes, and soft plastics can be dropped for free recycling at the City's Goornong, Strathfieldsaye and Heathcote Recycling Centres and the Eaglehawk Recycle Shop at the entrance to the Eaglehawk Landfill."
Public places must be registered with Geographic Names Victoria and the City of Greater Bendigo is a Naming Authority for places that it owns or manages. Registering place names is essential to identify locations for managing emergencies and delivering goods and services in Victoria.
