Green waste management is a topic proving worthy of discussion in regional and rural Victoria.
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Moorabool Shire Council is investigating options for green waste and hard waste collection through a survey to its residents, following the release of its Waste Management and Resource Recovery Strategy.
Moorabool Mayor Paul Tatchell said council currently provided roadside garbage and recycling to its community, but did not provide roadside green waste or hard waste collection.
“We are hoping to have a good response rate to this survey because a decision will be made on these services based on what the community tells us,” councillor Tatchell said.
Moorabool’s interest in a green waste management system follows a recent survey released by the Golden Plains Shire Council into the same matter.
Golden Plains has orchestrated a successful overhaul of its regular garbage removal system in 2015.
The first month of changes in July saw a decrease of 130 tonnes of waste to landfill recorded.
Despite this, survey feedback shows a majority of Golden Plains residents elected against a green waste program.
Fifty eight per cent did not support a green waste system, with a further 34 per cent only marking the service down as a consideration, while less than nine per cent supported a user pays green waste system.
Subsequently, the Golden Plains Shire has elected to forego green waste collection.
The Moorabool survey will be distributed from September 14 and must be returned by October 9.
The Pyrenees Shire has had a green waste system in place since July 2010.
The four-week service sees green waste deposited at a transfer station where it is mulched for weed management at landfill sites.