It’s about to get a lot easier to be green with new bins being delivered to homes across the Gold Coast.
Mayor Tom Tate delivered the first of the new green organics bins to Miami ahead of the city-wide rollout of the wheelie bins.
Homes that will receive a new bin as a part of the city’s green organic bin rollout include free standing houses on lots between 250m2 and 5000m2 who do not already have one of the 55,000 bins already in use.
“These new bins will not only keep the equivalent of about 59 Olympic swimming pools, or 22,000 tonnes, of green organics out of landfill, which produces damaging greenhouse gases, they will also save ratepayers about $13 million over five years in State Government Waste Disposal Levy costs,” Mayor Tate said.
“The bins will save about $2 million in the first year alone.”
The waste disposal levy is a weight-based charge the state government imposes on councils across Queensland for waste sent to landfills.
The City will be delivering the 75,000 new bins to Gold Coast homes between July and September where they will become part of each homes’ standard suite of bins.
The delivery will be the largest rollout of green organics bins in south east Queensland so far.
“You can start using your green organics bin as soon as you get it,” Mayor Tate said.
“The green organics bins will be emptied every fortnight on the opposite week of the yellow-lid recycling bins.”
“The 240L bins are for garden clippings, cut palm fronds, weeds, prunings, leaves and small branches.
“If you are unsure of what can be put into the bin, use the QR code on top of the bin or sticker on front the bin for an easy guide.”
The garden clippings from the bins will be taken to a specialist facility to be turned into compost and mulch which can be used in soil regeneration. Green organics in landfill creates a 50 per cent methane gas which is damaging to the environment.
“These bins are a win all round – they save residents’ time, are better for the environment, reduce landfill and the City will pay less in waste disposal fees,” Mayor Tate said.
A rebate will be offered to new and existing green bin uses for the 2023-2024 financial year for one bin per eligible household.
Homeowners can apply for exemptions by visiting the Green Organics Bin page.
