Focus for 2016/17
Facts and figures
Council » Maximise resource recovery across Council office locations. » Explore opportunities to reduce waste and increase recycling at events. Community » Investigate ways to maximise resource recovery through niche recycling stations at Council service centres, libraries and aquatic centres. » Investigate opportunities to support the involvement of Owners Corporations in Council’s garden waste service. » Explore opportunities for Council’s Green Schools program to further support schools to reduce waste to landfill. » Develop a series of case studies, based on the Apartment Composting Pilot Project results, to support Owners Corporations in Stonnington to implement innovative solutions to recycle organic waste. » Consider additional public food waste recycling sites in Stonnington. » Investigate options for minimising business waste in shopping strips using innovative technologies. » Continue to support the Garage Sale Trail and promote involvement by Stonnington residents, community groups and businesses.
3,102 tonnes of garden waste collected through our kerbside garden waste service
4,513 kg batteries, mobile phones and chargers, CDs, VHS tapes, cassette tapes and floppy disks diverted from landfill through recycling stations located at our service centres, libraries and pools
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83,030 kg of electronic waste
80 compost bins, worm farms and bokashi bins ordered through Compost Revolution
diverted from landfill through Council’s Waste Transfer Station and our spring and autumn hard waste service
48 Public Place Recycling bins installed across Stonnington shopping areas
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