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Latrobe records biggest increase in recycling in stateA massive increase in household recycling by Latrobe City residents has been recognised in a table released by the state government this week. By Latrobe City Council - 9th October 2006 - Back to News In a substantial turnaround in local waste diversion, the figures reveal Latrobe households recycled 49.4% of waste in the 2004/2005 year, compared with just 9.9% in 2003/2004. Latrobe demonstrated the largest increase in diverting waste to recycling of any of the 77 municipal areas in the state.
Latrobe City is now ranked fifth on the table of household recycling rates across the state prepared by Sustainability Victoria; with Latrobe trailing just four municipalities - Greater Geelong, Monash, Maroondah and Banyule.
Victoria’s Environment Minister, John Thwaites said the figures compiled by Sustainability Victoria showed kerbside recycling for the average household in Victoria rose to 37.9% of garbage, up from 33.5% the previous year.
"Waste sent to landfill from the average Victorian household was 499.6 kilograms in 2004/2005, down from 539.6 kilograms on the previous year," Mr Thwaites said.
"The survey clearly shows that separating household recyclables from waste is now a daily ritual for most Victorians, giving a win-win for our community and our environment," Mr Thwaites said.
Latrobe City mayor, Cr Lisa Price, said the positive results for Latrobe City clearly demonstrates the effectiveness of the three-bin recycling and waste collection system, introduced by council in July 2004.
"It demonstrates clearly that our community had the will to recycle more, but just needed the tools that council introduced, to help them achieve this," Cr Price said.
"This is a great result for our community. I congratulate the young people at home and at school who separate their drink cans and bottles from other waste for recycling. I congratulate the elderly residents who rinse out pet food cans after their washing up, and divert those to recycling; and families who flatten cardboard containers and place these in their recycling bins together with newspapers, milk containers and a mass of plastic containers that can be diverted from the waste that otherwise would end up in landfill. Everybody should be proud that we have now become one of the most environmentally-aware communities in the state," Cr Price said.
"However, we can’t afford to be complacent. Each and every one of us needs to work towards reducing the waste we generate. Latrobe only just scrapes into the top twenty municipalities when it comes to the volume of waste per household that is generated. We need to work hard to reduce this. We need to constantly review what we discard as waste - avoiding unnecessary packaging where possible, and continuing to reuse and recycle," Cr Price added.
Source: www.gippsland.com Published by: news@gippsland.com
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