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Consultation has concluded
This consultation is currently closed.
As a way of helping our community reduce food waste to landfill, Council will be changing how you can use the garden organics bin service from May 2023.
From 1 May 2023, Maroondah households will be able to place their food scraps in their garden organics bin in addition to their garden materials.
This is not a new service, it’s an add-on to the existing garden organics bin service for garden waste and provides residents with another option to divert food waste from landfill.
Reducing waste to landfill by introducing a food and garden organics service is one of the priority actions of Maroondah’s Waste, Litter and Resource Recovery Strategy 2020-2030 (Outcome area 1, priority action 1.4). Introducing a food and garden organics service in Maroondah will help us in working towards our strategic goal of halving waste to landfill by 2030.
Maroondah has been part of a group procurement with our neighbouring eastern region councils to establish a composting facility which can accept food with the garden waste. The State Government has already led four regional group procurements for composting of household food and garden waste and the eastern region was the last group to go through this process. It takes a few years for these facilities to be established and for them to have the appropriate licensing to accept food waste with the garden waste they might already be processing - hence why Maroondah's start date for a food and garden organics service is May 2023.
Introducing food scraps into the garden organics bin is the biggest change our residents have had to the kerbside service in many years, so we need to spend the time working with our community, so they are educated and prepared on how to use the food and garden organics bin correctly when the new service begins.
Prior to this service change commencing, Council is seeking input and feedback from the Maroondah community to ensure we provide the right information and support so our community can make the change to separating food waste into the new food and garden organics service.
The main objectives of this survey are to:
Learn more about how Maroondah households currently utilise their garden organics service
Understand behaviour and attitudes to food waste
Identify key motivators for recycling food waste and any perceived barriers
Inform Council’s community education, communication and engagement plans for when the food and garden organics service commences
Join the discussion
We're calling on all Maroondah residents to share your insights which will inform how we develop our education materials, engage with the community about the food and garden organics service, ensuring the community has all the information and tools they need to make the change of separating food waste into the food and garden organics service.
This consultation is currently closed.
For further information
If you would like any further information or to discuss this survey, please call our Waste Management and Education Team Leader on 1300 88 22 33 or 9298 4598, or email waste.education@maroondah.vic.gov.au
This consultation is currently closed.
As a way of helping our community reduce food waste to landfill, Council will be changing how you can use the garden organics bin service from May 2023.
From 1 May 2023, Maroondah households will be able to place their food scraps in their garden organics bin in addition to their garden materials.
This is not a new service, it’s an add-on to the existing garden organics bin service for garden waste and provides residents with another option to divert food waste from landfill.
Reducing waste to landfill by introducing a food and garden organics service is one of the priority actions of Maroondah’s Waste, Litter and Resource Recovery Strategy 2020-2030 (Outcome area 1, priority action 1.4). Introducing a food and garden organics service in Maroondah will help us in working towards our strategic goal of halving waste to landfill by 2030.
Maroondah has been part of a group procurement with our neighbouring eastern region councils to establish a composting facility which can accept food with the garden waste. The State Government has already led four regional group procurements for composting of household food and garden waste and the eastern region was the last group to go through this process. It takes a few years for these facilities to be established and for them to have the appropriate licensing to accept food waste with the garden waste they might already be processing - hence why Maroondah's start date for a food and garden organics service is May 2023.
Introducing food scraps into the garden organics bin is the biggest change our residents have had to the kerbside service in many years, so we need to spend the time working with our community, so they are educated and prepared on how to use the food and garden organics bin correctly when the new service begins.
Prior to this service change commencing, Council is seeking input and feedback from the Maroondah community to ensure we provide the right information and support so our community can make the change to separating food waste into the new food and garden organics service.
The main objectives of this survey are to:
Learn more about how Maroondah households currently utilise their garden organics service
Understand behaviour and attitudes to food waste
Identify key motivators for recycling food waste and any perceived barriers
Inform Council’s community education, communication and engagement plans for when the food and garden organics service commences
Join the discussion
We're calling on all Maroondah residents to share your insights which will inform how we develop our education materials, engage with the community about the food and garden organics service, ensuring the community has all the information and tools they need to make the change of separating food waste into the food and garden organics service.
This consultation is currently closed.
For further information
If you would like any further information or to discuss this survey, please call our Waste Management and Education Team Leader on 1300 88 22 33 or 9298 4598, or email waste.education@maroondah.vic.gov.au
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Project timelines
Community consultation
Food and garden organics community survey has finished this stage
March 2022
Community consultation to inform education, engagement and communication plans.
Data analysis
Food and garden organics community survey is currently at this stage
April 2022 - June 2022
The data gathered will inform the development of community education, communication and engagement plans for the food and garden organics service.
New service is coming/education program begins
this is an upcoming stage for Food and garden organics community survey
July 2022 - November 2022
The community will have an opportunity to opt out of receiving a kitchen caddy and/or compostable caddy liners. Community education program will begin.
Kitchen Caddy opt-out
this is an upcoming stage for Food and garden organics community survey
August 2022 - November 2022
Households will have the opportunity to opt out from receiving a kitchen caddy and/or compostable caddy liners.
Pre-service launch
this is an upcoming stage for Food and garden organics community survey
February 2023 - June 2023
The community will receive notification of when to leave their garden bin out for change over to lime green. Delivery of food and garden organics starter kits to residents, including kitchen caddy
Service launch
this is an upcoming stage for Food and garden organics community survey
May 2023
Beginning of new food and garden organics service. Residents can begin adding food waste to garden organics bin.