Small actions lead to big results and that's why we're encouraging a more waste-conscious Bayside community.
With bin collection changes due in July next year, now is the perfect time for us all to re-think our waste and consumption habits.
From July, your food and green waste will be collected weekly and general waste fortnightly.
Approximately 83% of Bayside households are now using the food and green waste service, dramatically reducing the amount of waste we send to landfill, cutting the financial and environmental impact on our community and our planet.
Your feedback helped to design the new waste services, ensuring additional support is available for households with specific waste needs. This includes homes with two or more children in nappies, more than six occupants, or someone, or carer of someone, living with a chronic illness or a disability.
As we approach the new service, a few simple changes can help reduce household waste, making the transition easier and further reducing the amount we dump in landfill.
In the next few editions of Let's Talk Bayside we'll help you on your waste reduction journey with some handy tips.
Since it's the season of feasting, let's start in the kitchen.
- Ditch the cling wrap and opt for resuable containers and food coverings.
- Avoid pre-packaged fruits and veggies. Bring a resuable bag and choose loose items.
- Look for glass bottles and jars instead of plastic. They make great storage containers later, too.
- Avoid individually wrapped items such as sliced cheese and dishwasher tablets.
- Buy in bulk when you can - think pantry staples like flour, rice and spices.
- Take a reusable container/bag to the deli, butcher, bakery rather than having your food wrapped.
- Keep a stash of re-usable shopping bags in convenient spots at home, work or in the car.
- Dispose of soft plastics via REDcycle bins, available at most major supermarkets, Council's Corporate Centre in Sandringham, and Beaumaris Library.
- And, of course, use your food and green waste bin to dispose of all food waste, and your recycling bin to recycle cardboard, paper, glass jars and bottles, tin and alumnium cans and foil, and rigid plastic containers and their lids including milk bottles, soft drink bottles, washing liquid bottles, yoghurt and butter tubs etc.
