MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire’s waste contractor is conducting a kerbside bin audit to measure contamination levels in household recycling bins. The audit is being carried out by EC Sustainable as part of the shire’s waste services contract. The contamination rate – calculated by weighing and sorting the contents of randomly selected bins – directly determines the fee the shire pays to have contaminated material removed from recycling loads. Last year, the contamination rate increased, adding $1m to the shire’s waste fees. “Last year’s bin inspections revealed that our contamination rate had increased, which added $1m to our waste fees. Instead of…
Tuesday, June 2
