As our city continues to grow and change rapidly, waste management plays an important part in building a sustainable city. The City of Melbourne’s Waste and Resource Recovery Strategy, developed with high levels of input from the community, outlines a vision for Melbourne to transition toward zero waste landfill. A key action in the strategy is to deliver a food and garden waste service for our city.
Currently around 40% of landfill bins in our city are made up of organic waste. Our target is to capture at least 50% of the food waste that is currently in the landfill bin through the introduction of a food and garden waste collection service. This new service aligns with the Victorian government’s transition plan for waste to ensure all households have the opportunity to recycle food and garden waste.
We are aiming to develop a circular economy through the collection of food and garden waste, which is then processed and transformed into compost to use in parks and gardens across the city.
From June this year we began the roll out of the new waste service to houses and single storey dwellings and will continue to roll out the service to apartments and multi unit dwellings.
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Learn more about the new Food and garden waste service.
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Timeline
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Timeline item 1 - complete
Roll out of waste service to houses and single unit dwellings
June 2021
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Timeline item 2 - complete
Community consultation
27 August to 1 November 2021
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Timeline item 3 - active
Share feedback findings and update on next steps for continued roll out across the city
End of 2021
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