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July 2022
Food Recycling is here! From 1 July, the Whitehorse community can embark on a journey to divert a significant volume of organics from landfill. Our Food and Garden Organic recycling service begins this month. Residents who have a lime-green lid bin for their garden organic waste can start placing their food scraps into the same bin. If you are eligible and would like to order a bin, visit our website or call customer service on (03) 9262 6333. The food waste from our municipality will be processed into quality mulch and compost by Bio Gro in Dandenong South. These products will then be used on gardens and farms. It’s important to put the right things in your organics bin. Incorrect items can cause problems at the composting facility, and can end up in the compost used to grow plants and food. Incorrect items also have the potential to damage machinery and even injure workers and livestock.
What can NOT go in your green bin? ▪ Bin liners that aren’t lime green in colour and/or are without the seedling logo (AS 4736) ▪ Plastic bags ▪ Food packaging such as rubber bands, cling wrap, plastic, metal, glass, fruit and vegetable stickers ▪ Compostable (other than the approved liners) or biodegradable packaging ▪ Nappies ▪ Animal waste including kitty litter ▪ Seafood shells such as prawns and oysters ▪ Liquids, such as milk, oil and unfinished drinks ▪ Treated timber ▪ Teabags and coffee pods ▪ Vacuum dust ▪ Soil, rocks and concrete ▪ Stumps and logs The Food and Garden Organics bin is an optional user-pays service. With good community participation we can divert up to 13,500 tonnes of food and garden organics waste annually! L More information www.whitehorse.vic.gov.au/food-recycling
Celebrate National Tree Day with your local community Come and join Council’s Parks and Natural Environment Team for this year’s National Tree Day planting on Sunday 31 July along the Gardiners Creek Trail in Burwood. What can go in your Food and Garden Organics green bin? What is accepted: ▪ Fruit and vegetable scraps ▪ Bread, cereal, pasta and rice ▪ Dairy leftovers such as cheese (no liquids) and eggshells ▪ Loose tea leaves and coffee grounds ▪ Used paper and paper towel ▪ Shredded paper ▪ Meat, seafood and bones ▪ Leftovers ▪ Citrus, garlic, onion, chilli ▪ Human and animal hair ▪ Uncoated toothpicks, skewers and chopsticks ▪ Lime green compostable liners with the seedling logo (AS 4736) ▪ Grass clippings, leaves and weeds ▪ Flowers, garden cuttings, garden prunings ▪ Small branches (up to 7.5cm in diameter and less than 1m)
National Tree Day is an annual initiative of Planet Ark, which provides everyone with the opportunity to get involved and reconnect with nature, while helping to protect and enhance our natural environment. When: Sunday 31 July, 10.00 am – 1pm Where: Gardiners Creek Trail, near Deakin University. Elgar Road and Burwood Highway, Burwood Bookings essential: https://treeday.planetark.org/ site/10026277 For: All ages What to bring: Volunteers are encouraged to wear sunscreen, a hat, long sleeves, sensible shoes and gardening gloves and bring a water bottle. In case of poor weather on the day, please phone 0434 874 443 for alternative arrangements.
