Glass Recycling

The Victorian Government has mandated the removal of glass from the kerbside recycling stream by 2027.

The Victorian Government state-wide kerbside reforms and the 'Recycling Victoria: A new economy' policy mandates that in the future glass will no longer be able to go into kerbside recycling bins. This is because glass breakages contaminate other recyclable material.

In March 2020 the State Government released the Recycling Victoria Policy, which requires Councils to introduce measures that remove glass from kerbside recycling. 

As a result, Council has introduced glass disposal points across all waste facilities. This approach avoids the additional costs that would otherwise have been borne by ratepayers to fund the purchase of new kerbside bins for glass collection. However, this is a temporary measure and will remain in place only until a permanent solution is implemented following the finalisation of the kerbside waste reforms.

 

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