25,000 residents go green for waste on Redlands Coast

Green is the new red on Redlands Coast – especially when it comes to kerbside bins.

Redland City Council has reached a milestone 25,000 green waste bins now in use across the city’s mainland suburbs.

Mayor Jos Mitchell said it was encouraging to see so many residents taking up the green habit of separating their garden organics from general waste.

“Audits show that about one-third of waste that ends up in landfill is garden waste and Council is supporting residents to get this number down by providing a green waste service,” she said.

“The green waste bins provide a convenient fortnightly kerbside collection service where the bins are emptied and the material is taken to an organics composting facility.

“It is then processed and turned back into valuable garden and landscaping material such as mulch and soil, therefore reducing waste to landfill.

“In the past 12 months, Council has collected a record 8471 tonnes of kerbside green waste, which is due to the excellent take-up rate of green bins and a wet summer.

“The green waste bins can help save time and effort by reducing the number of visits residents need to make to Recycling and Waste Centres.

“They are also useful in helping people prepare for storm and fire season, by providing somewhere to place hedge trimmings and leaves from gutters.”

Redlands Coast resident Brian Siebert said he ordered a green bin after noticing a neighbour had one.

“It is an easy and affordable way to dispose of green waste,” Mr Siebert said.

“We don’t have a lot of green waste as we have a small controlled garden, so the green bin comes in handy and means we no longer have to make trips to one of Council’s waste centres.

“I think it’s important for residents to recycle their waste correctly.

“We follow a strict recycling program as this contributes to a healthy and cleaner environment.”

Green waste bins are provided with no establishment fee and an ongoing fee of $70 per annum, which can be offset by downsizing a 240 litre waste bin to a 140 litre waste bin at the same time.

For more information on how to order a green waste bin, visit the Green waste bin page on Council’s website.

Redland City Council provides a suite of services to 166,873 residents and more than 63,000 residential households across Redlands Coast. Our naturally wonderful city on Quandamooka Country is home to more than 335 kilometres of coastline, six island communities and 12 mainland suburbs. 

Kerbside recycling and waste collections are funded through utility charges, which are included on rates notices. These charges also fund waste recovery programs (which last year alone diverted nearly 60,000 tonnes of waste from landfill), access to eight Recycling and Waste Centres to dispose of residential waste at no charge, waste transfer costs, landfill disposal costs and community education.