The Grant District Council is making waste management more accessible for residents by expanding its kerbside rubbish and recycling collection service.
Commencing this month, 85 properties will receive two 240L bins for rotational fortnightly usage in mobile garbage bin collection service after being approved in service expansion areas detailed in the 2024-2025 Annual Business Plan and Budget.
Council’s chief executive Darryl Whicker said waste management was one of council’s essential services which was why additional opportunities were being provided to residents to obtain the service.
“Following changes to private bin collection arrangements, council witnessed an increase in requests for inclusion in mobile garbage bin collection service. To efficiently and effectively meet community demand in particular areas, expansions are now being delivered,” Mr Whicker said.
“Upon benchmarking, council’s kerbside collection service is generally more affordable than private contractors and we look to continue delivering our service to more residents across our district.”
Mr Whicker said property owners within the district who were not currently included in the mobile garbage bin collection service but were interested in obtaining it, were invited to express their interest to be considered for future expansions.
Data collected through the expression of interest process will assist council in preparing proposals for expansion areas for the new financial year. This information will be reported in the next Draft Annual Business Plan and Budget, and will be subject to subsequent community consultation in April/May 2025.
Mr Whicker said, following the consideration of feedback, the final Annual Business Plan and Budget, including mobile garbage bin collection service expansion areas, will be considered by council for endorsement. Once approved, residents in expansion areas will be delivered bins and charged an annual service fee.
“New reporting through the Annual Business Plan and Budget is intended to streamline the approval process for expansion areas and better enable council to grow the capacity of the service,” he said.
“I encourage property owners interested in obtaining our kerbside mobile garbage bin collection service to reach out to council to ensure accurate data is collected on areas of demand for the service.”
Council staff are also available to assist at the principal office at 324 Commercial Street West, Mount Gambier or by phone on (08) 8721 0444.