Your Green lid bin is collected every week and is for organic matter such as food waste including meat, bones, serviettes and seafood and garden waste (weeds, prunings, flowers, leaves) . The contents of your green bin are converted into compost at our Organics Resources Facility. You can help reduce the amount of organic waste going to landfill and the associated problems including greenhouse gas emissions, contaminated liquids and decreasing landfill space.
You can get a FREE small kitchen tidy bin from Council to put your food scraps in. The kitchen tidy bin and cornstarch bag system makes it easier to place all your food scraps into the green bin. You can re-order cornstarch bags for your kitchen tidy bin.
Remember use the green and yellow first, so your red bin won't burst!
A recent study showed that 40% of what we put in our red rubbish bins should actually be placed in our green food and garden bins.
Food and garden waste should not be placed in the red rubbish bin. Organic materials that end up in landfill produce dangerous liquid and gases that are difficult and costly to manage.
Compost, the end result of green waste recycling, can be purchased from the Organic Resource Recovery Facility (ORRF) at Cairncross and used in your garden.
This project was supported by the Environmental Trust as a part of the NSW EPA's Waste Less, Recycle More initiative, funded by the waste levy.