This month, Council will participate in a survey of randomly selected residential bins as part of a waste and recycling audit.
The surveys will assist with improving waste services such as bin systems, programs and education to increase recycling and reduce waste sent to landfill.
The surveys of randomly selected households will include:
- A visual survey of bins presented, such as how full up it is and condition of the bins.
- Bag and collect bin contents from the kerbside on the normal waste collection day.
- Sorting of bin contents at a waste facility into categories for weighing.
- Disposal or recycling as usual.
If your bin is selected, collection will take place from the kerbside on your normal bin collection day. No action is requested from you. Households will not be notified individually as to which households bins will be assessed to avoid changing residents’ waste segregation and disposal behaviours.
Conditions of the project prohibit reporting of any specific details related to any individual household or personal information. The information collected is analysed and reported in an aggregated form so as not to reveal, directly or indirectly, the identity or business of any person.
If you have any concerns regarding the survey, please contact Council’s Customer Experience team via email at [email protected] or call 5220 7111.