THE Victorian Government is one step closer to a comprehensive four-bin recycling system, with $127 million available to support all 79 Victorian councils to buy new bins, improve drop-off facilities, deliver education campaigns and ensure that they have the infrastructure in place to roll out these reforms.
Councils will receive the funding to transition to the new statewide household waste and recycling system, including delivering a new purple bin to households for separate glass recycling.
Glass – when mixed with other recyclable materials – shatters and contaminates valuable, easy to recycle materials such as paper and cardboard. This reduces the quality of these materials and their ability to be recycled.
Councils will share in more than $86 million to deliver the new four-bin services with standardised bin-lid colours.
An additional $40.9 million will support councils, business and communities to maximise recycling, creating new jobs and supporting local manufacturing.
