Audit of Public Waste & Recycling Infrastructure
Consultation has concluded
We want to know your thoughts on waste and recycling in our public places, such as in our parks and on our streets.
We are conducting a full audit of our current public place waste infrastructure. The audit will provide us with a comprehensive analysis of how our community uses public waste bins. It will detail:
- missed opportunities for recycling
- how frequently public space bins should be serviced
- the most effective location for the bins and whether we need to relocate or add any bins
- whether cost benefits can be achieved by changing the size, type or location of bins
We want to know your thoughts on waste and recycling in our public places, such as in our parks and on our streets.
We are conducting a full audit of our current public place waste infrastructure. The audit will provide us with a comprehensive analysis of how our community uses public waste bins. It will detail:
- missed opportunities for recycling
- how frequently public space bins should be serviced
- the most effective location for the bins and whether we need to relocate or add any bins
- whether cost benefits can be achieved by changing the size, type or location of bins
The audit will recommend changes for greater efficiencies in servicing our community and visitors now and into the future. The auditor’s report will ultimately inform how we make decisions and budget for public waste and recycling infrastructure over the next few years.
To give the auditors the best information possible, we want to make sure the community has the opportunity to contribute to what we know about public place waste and recycling. The information you provide will be provided to the auditors for consideration in their report.
Mansfield Shire Council was awarded $20,000 through the Victorian Government’s Recycling Victoria Councils Fund for the Audit of Public Waste and Recycling Infrastructure.
Recycling Victoria is the Victorian Government's action plan for waste and recycling. It transforms how our economy uses materials and how our state reuses, repairs and recycles.
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Do you have comment on the effectiveness of the sizes and combinations of the current public waste and recycle bins within the Mansfield Shire?
over 2 years agoClareover 2 years agoMore variety of bins
I would like to see Mansfield strive to improve the culture of recycling following other countries' leads, such as Germany. For example, we could have the public split recycling into different types, such as coloured glasses, soft plastics, hard plastics etc.
1 comment1PBover 2 years agoBin at highett st end of Botanic park
There needs to be a bin placed at the Highett st end of botanic park - one can guarantee that their dog is going to dedicate that end and the owner has to take the bag back to the other end of the park or not bother picking it up because there’s nowhere to put it
0 comment1Clareover 2 years agoDoggie bags
We have a number of sites where dog owners can access poo bags. Could we please provide bags that are made of plant based material, such as those that can be bought in the supermarket - corn starch etc.
0 comment1Clareover 2 years agoNappies - plant based
Could we please ask the supermarkets or somewhere in town to provide nappies that are not made out of plastic. Currently the only ones I can find are from Coles in Benalla. Also, is there anyway we could provide people with an incentive or subsidy to encourage less plastic waste?
1 comment1Eat Local Eat Wildover 2 years agoConscious Waste Recycling project
If the community is engaged in reducing waste they commit to being part of the solution. In our high traffic areas there could be a call for income generating waste to be collected and diverted from landfill. This could include aluminium cans, glass plus others as they come online. This could engage these businesses - like BP Mansfield, Caltex in BD, Merton, plus other nominated businesses. And the funds raised could be reinvested back into the communities into local youth, sustainability or investment projects led by these communities.
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How appropriate are our current bin locations? Do you think they meet the demands of the community and visitors to the area?
over 2 years agoNaomiover 2 years agoLords ground at the nets as a lot of people used thesesv
0 comment1Cathyover 2 years agoSkip bins on long weekends
.skip bins should be provided at key locations such as B.P, service station precinct, goughs bay turn off etc on every long weekend. This would cut down on bins overflowing in main street and people using businesses skip bins such as foodworks and iga to dispose of rubbish
0 comment0Eat Local Eat Wildover 2 years agoWaste per kg charge ...
The Resource Recovery does not really meet needs of visitors on long weekends. A charge per kg via a vending machine would enable community contribution (jobs) plus those leaving waste to pay for their load. This could combine with a recycling program (that is free) that educates people via their wallet that recycling is good, and landfill is bad and expensive! This works in Europe - it offers convenience and the rubbish is then dropped to resource centre next day.
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Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Linkedin Email this linkEat Local Eat Wildabout 2 years ago
Local upcycle website
It would be great to see a local website that could be a register to waste and upcycle items across the Shire - before they reach the Resource and Recycling Centre. This can include social media, a Repair Cafe (like in Alex) plus a pay it forward option. This would enable much better appreciation and value to secondary markets for furniture, farm tools, building materials and many other options. It would be great to see a waste register (or secondary market) - so that the community can understand some of the items that are landing in waste that could be upcycled.
0 comment0Eat Local Eat Wildover 2 years agoCan the Man
There are some great artistic visuals used in other areas that encourage people to collect their aluminium cans and 'post' into each structure. These can then be emptied and taken to recycling centre and funds used for community projects. Over time - this could include glass and other valuable recycling elements.
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Do you have any other feedback that is relevant to the audit of public place bin infrastructure?
over 2 years ago