Horsham Rural City Council has decided to retain the 4-weekly collection of glass recycling bins.
Speaking after Council's January meeting, Mayor Cr Brian Klowss said that while Council has observed a decline in how often households present their glass bins for collection since the introduction of the glass-only recycling service in April 2023, many residents rely on the 4-weekly collection frequency.
"About 18 per cent of our residents are putting their bin out every four weeks, and if this service was to reduce to 8-weekly, we are concerned that this would impact on them too much," Cr Klowss said.
He said the introduction of the Container Deposit Scheme in November 2023 has led to a reduction in the usage of the glass bin service, but many of our residents remain reliant on the glass bin collection service.
"In November 2025, Council undertook a survey of residents to seek feedback on a proposed change to an eight-weekly glass collection," Cr Klowss said.
Cr Klowss acknowledged that 16 per cent of residents did not support the change and a further 17 per cent only partly supported it, largely because they generate higher volumes of glass waste.
These residents would be unduly impacted by the change, requiring either extra space to store an additional bin, or being challenged by the extra weight in the glass bin, which can get quite heavy when full.
Details of the glass collection schedule will be included in Council's waste calendars to be distributed to households shortly. Residents are also encouraged to download the Council waste app to get reminders of their bin collection dates.
