New kerbside food scraps and garden waste services, and improved rubbish collection commence on 1 July 2024

From 1 July 2024, the DCC will introduce kerbside food scraps and garden waste collection along with wheelie bin collection services for rubbish, replacing the current prepaid plastic rubbish bags. These changes are to help us all reduce waste and protect the environment.

Prepaid plastic rubbish bags will not be available for purchase from 1 July 2024, however, Prepaid plastic rubbish bags will continue to be collected until 31 July 2024, DCC will not be refunding for any unused bags so make sure to use up your stocks prior to 31 July 2024.

If you are on a kerbside collection route, the DCC will deliver two new bins to your home before the service starts. Between 26 March and mid-June 2024, you’ll receive either:

• a 140L green-lidded bin for recycling food scraps and garden waste collected weekly,

or

• a small 23L green-lidded food scraps bin (for households on properties with 3 or more houses/units that have little or no garden). All households in the tertiary area will get this bin. This bin will be collected weekly.

and every household gets:

• a new 140L red bin for rubbish collected fortnightly, replacing the DCC black bags.

• a small kitchen bench top bin for collecting food scraps.

• an information booklet.

Keep using your blue crate for glass and your yellow-lidded recycling wheelie bin collected fortnightly, on alternate weeks, as usual.

In addition to the standard set of four kerbside bins, if you have a very large garden, you can soon choose to add a fifth kerbside bin – a 240L garden waste wheelie bin – for an additional cost, from 1 July 2024. This bin can’t be used for food scraps. It will be collected fortnightly on the same day as your yellow-lidded bin. Ordering and pricing details coming soon.

Costs

The targeted rate cost in the draft DCC Annual Plan 2024-25 for the full four-bin service is $301.50 for the first year of service from 1 July 2024.

If you’d like to see more information about your specific address and when the bins will be rolled out then check out the DCC website.