Kerbside Waste & Recycling
Hobsons Bay has led the way for local government and was the first in the transition to the four Bin system. People are proud of what we have achieved. The one year review of the new kerbside collection services showed that 86 per cent of people rated the service as good or very good. And, we are celebrating a reduction in waste to landfill of 33 per cent.
People told Council that there is a need for improvement, but going backwards to a weekly collection is not wanted. Less than 15 per cent preferred the expensive option of returning to when asked in the survey.
People also said that they are extremely happy with the weekly Food and Garden Organics (FOGO) service. A reduction to fortnightly is a smelly and unwanted change.
A weekly service would see landfill volumes increase again and costs to residents and ratepayers would skyrocket, along with the landfill levy.