Bin Inspection Program
Peninsula residents are keen recyclers. Most residents want to do the right thing and recycle right. To help residents, the Shire will be inspecting recycling and FOGO bins to provide feedback to households to be able to put the right thing in the right bin!
Find out more about household recycling, or visit our Disposal Guide to find out what can be recycled FREE of charge at our Resource Recovery Centres.
Why are we doing this?
- The Shire's average contamination rate is 14.2% which is higher than the state average. Bin inspections are part of the Shire’s waste education program to reduce contamination and increase rates of recycling. The inspections will provide direct feedback to encourage households to keep recycling right and help households identify what can and can't go into the household recycling and FOGO bins.
- Just one misused recycling bin can contaminate the whole recycling truck, resulting it being sent to landfill rather than recycled.
- Contaminated recycling costs the Shire. The Shire now must pay the additional cost to dispose of contaminated recycling.
- It is still important that we continue to recycle. Recycling reduces the demand for new resources, reduces energy and water used to make products and minimises the waste sent to landfill.
I received a sticker, what happens now?
- The stickers provide feedback to households as to what items might be in the wrong bin, or presented in a way that can't be accepted. The Shire has instructed our Waste Collection service provider to collect the bins as normal and ignore the stickers.
- In some cases, there may be a problem with collecting your rubbish (eg bin too heavy, no clear access, significant contamination), and in these circumstances your bin lid will be stickered shut and not collected. This is normal practice and is not related to the bin inspections.
My bin lid was stickered shut
Bins that are significantly contaminated or contain hazardous materials will be stickered shut and not collected. Trucks will not return until the next scheduled collection and contaminating item/s have been removed.