Councillors unanimously endorsed the recommended Waste Collection and Processing Contracts for the next ten years from the options presented to the August Council meeting.
As a result, from 1 July 2023, Council will switch to an annual on-call bulky waste collection service. Instead of a scheduled annual service, the key difference is that householders will be able to call and arrange an annual collection (within two weeks) that suits the householder.
A review of the current bulky waste collection service undertaken during the development of the Solid Waste Management Strategy 2020-27 identified a number of issues with the current scheduled bulky waste clean-up service, primarily visual amenity and health and safety risks. The current service also generates many complaints and takes significant staff time and resources over an extended period to manage.
The on-call service to be introduced will cost an average of $16.96 per household compared to $20.72 for the current scheduled service.