By Michaela Meade
Whittlesea council is celebrating the chance to better educate its residents about changes to kerbside recycling following a $98,000 state government grant.
The Recycling Victoria Household Education and Behaviour Change Fund provides councils with financial support to deliver local campaigns.
For round one of the fund, the government awarded 16 recipients with a share in over $1.1 million.
Whittlesea chief executive Craig Lloyd said the grant would help to support residents to understand what changes to the government’s recycling policy would mean for them.
“Council is pleased to have received the support of the Victorian government to help us provide valuable education and behaviour change campaigns for our residents as we look towards implementing changes to kerbside recycling,” Mr Lloyd said.
“We will be starting the conversation with our community over the next few months about introducing a separate glass recycling service for all households by 2023 as part of our Rethinking Waste Plan and in line with the Victorian government’s Recycling Victoria Policy.”
“Working with our community to understand the impacts of their waste and how they can make a difference is an important part of our commitment to becoming a low waste city and reducing the amount of waste that is sent to landfill.”
The funded projects are to be completed by July 30, 2024.
