CASEY: Halfway mark for bin changeovers
Casey Council says it is now at the halfway mark with contractors swapping rubbish and recycling bin lids for rubbish and yellow for recycling.
The new bin lids will make sure that all Casey bins match the required standard across the State.
Contractors are visiting more than 80,000 properties and changing over more than 125,000 new bin lids or replacing damaged bins altogether.
City of Casey Mayor Cr Stefan Koomen (pictured) and Cr Kim Ross visited the contractor’s site in Cranbourne West, where all the old lids and bins are being stored.
These lids and bin will soon be sent away to be recycled into new kerbside bins.
Cr Koomen said: “Thank you to all our residents for their support with this project so far.
“We’ve had an 85 per cent bin presentation rate, which is much higher than what most other councils have encountered.
“The more bins presented, the quicker the changeover, resulting in the completion of the project sooner.”
Cr Ross said: “If your lids haven’t been changed yet, there’s still lots of time. All you need to do is keep your rubbish and recycling bins out until 5pm on your regular recycling bin collection day.
“The good news is that community cooperation so far has put us a little ahead of schedule, which helps reduce the cost of changeover.”