Victorian councils push back on costly glass bin rollout

A conjugation of 34 councils crossed Victoria has launched a run urging the state authorities to rethink its attack to solid recycling, warning a planned 4th bin would enforce unnecessary costs connected households.

The campaign, ‘Let’s Be Clear connected Glass’, calls connected the authorities to intermission the rollout of a glass-only kerbside bin and alternatively grow Victoria’s Container Deposit Scheme to see wine and spirit bottles.

Speaking connected behalf of the councils, Mayor of Manningham Jim Grivas said there was a much applicable and affordable λύση already available.

“We judge there’s a amended way, and we’re urging the state authorities to intermission the rollout and alternatively work with councils connected a smarter, much cost-effective solution,” Grivas said.

Independent economical modelling conducted successful 2025 recovered introducing a glass-only kerbside work would outgo a typical assembly astir $4 cardinal to establish, with households paying an mean of $27 much each year for ongoing postulation and processing.

“This is simply a costly argumentation that will deed households year aft year, astatine a clip when radical are already under pressure,” Grivas said.

Councils reason the further bin would summation truck movements, congestion and emissions, while duplicating a work already mostly covered done existing recycling systems.

Campaspe Shire Mayor Daniel Mackrell said the connection was peculiarly impractical for determination areas.

“With substance prices rising, and longer distances to travel successful determination Victoria, it makes nary consciousness to adhd other trucks for solid postulation when a proven alternate already exists,” Mackrell said.

Instead, councils are backing an expanded Container Deposit Scheme, akin to systems already operating successful Western Australia, New South Wales, South Australia and Queensland.

Maroondah Mayor Linda Hancock said residents were already acquainted with the strategy and much apt to support its expansion.

“People already understand instrumentality deposit schemes and cognize however to use them,” Hancock said.

“Building connected a system that already works is acold amended than forcing residents to wage much for an other bin they don’t need.”

City of Greater Geelong Mayor Stretch Kontelj said the connection comes astatine a clip when households are grappling with mounting fiscal pressures.

“If you are already struggling with the outgo of surviving and don’t want to wage for a work you already have, fto the state authorities know,” Kontelj said.

Councils are present encouraging residents to person their accidental done a assemblage survey, arsenic they telephone connected the state authorities to hold the mandatory rollout and work with section authorities connected a much cost-effective, widely supported alternative.