The high-profile community push for kerbside rubbish collection and organic-waste bins is about to come to fruition for Maitland, Cessnock and Singleton residents.
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Maitland City Council has begun investigations, on behalf of the three councils, into the feasibility of providing green waste bins and an on-call kerbside collection of bulky items.
The mayor of Maitland, Cr Peter Blackmore, said the ideas were being looked at through Hunter Resource Recovery after support from the community.
“This is what the community has been asking us for,” he said.
“But it is hard to say what it all means looking at it, until we get people who want to submit and are interested in being a successful tender then we won’t know.
“There are a lot of questions. Where does that green waste get deposited? What happens to the disposal of the waste? Someone may have an idea as to how we can use green waste for various purposes.”
Cr Blackmore said he hoped the ideas would lead to the end of illegal dumping in the area.
“We can only hope it would help solve the issue of illegal dumping,” he said.
“Our waste site accepts green waste free of charge on weekends, however, it becomes very costly for us because we then have a pile of mulch material and ultimately we have to pay a waste levy on that.
“It could well mean we cut out the free receiving of green waste at our dump sights.
“At the end of the day, it all comes down to cost and waste is a very expensive thing.”
Tenders close on February 10, with the start of any contract slated for July, 2016.
