Tatura, Kialla to trial red, green bin collection swap from March

By Max Stainkamph

Nov 30, 2022

Trial: Kialla and Tatura will trial red bins moving to a fortnightly collection from March 2023 Photo by Getty Images

Greater Shepparton City Council will forge ahead with plans to trial weekly green bin collection and fortnightly red bin collection in Tatura and Kialla from March 2023 ahead of the council-wide change and rollout of a purple glass bin from 2024.

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The plan was noted at the council’s meeting on Tuesday, confirming Tatura and Kialla had been selected as the first areas to see the changes.

The change will run for six months before it is progressively rolled out across the region following a review.

Cr Sam Spinks said while it wouldn’t be smooth sailing, the trial was important to get feedback before the whole council area took up the change in 2024.

“There will be bumps, it will be hard, but we’re going to get where we need to be,” Cr Spinks said.

“We need to be reducing how much goes to landfill and through the flood event we saw a lot go to landfill, space is filling quicker than ever and that will have impacts down the track.

“We have to be doing this work and we have to be leading and on the front foot. I’m glad there is such an ambition to communicate and educate so we can all come together.”

Mayor Shane Sali said “change is always difficult” but said the trial in Tatura and Kialla was to “weed out any concerns” before upscaling to the whole council area.

“Right now we can focus on some some key neighbourhoods, diverse neighbourhoods as well so you know the mix of people that live in those certain estates as well and see what it looks like and manage it from there,” Cr Sali said.

“We were heavily driven by state government on the need to do this clearly with the reduction of landfill that needs to take place.”