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Dear friends,
I’m writing to let you know that a full food and garden waste recycling program will be rolled out to every Inner West household in October.
Food recycling is the easiest, everyday way we can shift from waste thinking to resource thinking.
The fact that all Inner West residents will be able to take their food waste out of the red bin and put it into the green bin will make a major contribution to reducing landfill and carbon emissions.
Delivering food recycling to every home is a huge commitment but the benefits will be even bigger.
Preventing food from rotting in landfill and releasing methane is the single most important thing our local community can do to combat climate change. Better still, it will save ratepayers millions of dollars in landfill fees in the years to come.
The new food recycling program for every home will include:
- A weekly collection of the green bin from houses which will contain both food and garden waste.
- In September, a green topped kitchen caddy will be delivered to every house in the Inner West.
- A comprehensive education program to be rolled out leading up to the scheme which starts in October.
- A continuation of the existing scheme for apartment blocks where a burgundy food recycling bin is collected weekly.
Community Champions to help spread the word
To raise awareness of this exciting initiative, we are looking for community champions to share their knowledge and help actively engage our community in the food recycling program.
Council has now opened an Expression of Interest to identify and partner with respected and influential local individuals, businesses, or organisations to help us spread the word about food recycling through grassroots engagement.
A video about the program, featuring Costa Georgiadis can be found here.
Yours sincerely
Darcy Byrne
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