Hard waste finds a new purpose

More than a
third of all material collected through the City’s book-in hard waste service trial
has been recycled.

The City’s
contractor, Cleanaway, recycled about 37 per cent of all material it picked up
from Greater Geelong households during the first six months of the trial.

The figure is
well above the average 25 per cent recycling rate for the service, which is also
offered by most metropolitan Melbourne councils.

Hard waste was
collected from a total of 12,309 Greater Geelong residential properties from
April to September, City’s data shows.

That represents
almost one in every nine households across the municipality.

The trial,
which began 1 April, is continuing until 30 June 2020.

The
City is encouraging residents who haven’t accessed the service this financial
year to book a ‘Spring Clean’ hard waste collection.

Residents who accessed the service from
April to June this year are eligible to receive another hard waste collection
during 2019-20.

The service
allows you to easily dispose of bulky items that are not accepted or don’t fit
into the three residential kerbside bins.

This includes
couches and other furniture; white goods; computers; carpets and rugs.

Small amounts
of timber, scrap metal, roofing and guttering – all less than 1.5 metres in
length – are also allowed.

Recyclable
material is retained and directed to recycling businesses.

The amount of
hard waste put out for collection must be less than three cubic metres in
volume – equal to a pile three metres long, one metre high and one metre wide.

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