Wheelie bin rollout... Trau | Putruru Arapuni | | Tokoroa KEY TIMELINE: May/June Promotion/information Red lid 120 litre bin Soth June Wak Ditrict C Delivery of bins and information pack. Read pack. Put bins in safe place. Rubbish ONLY Yellow lid 240 litre bin All recycling EXCEPT glass. GLASS Thursday 1 July 2021 Start date! ONLY lin both green Do not use bins until this date! Since Council started promoting this exciting change to its urban waste collection service, we have had a large number of questions. below are some of the more common questions answered. Who gets the wheelie bins? Who pays for the wheelie bins? The wheelie bins will be delivered to all urban households and The bins are paid for by ratepayers who receive the service. businesses in the urban area that CURRENTLY have official green and maroon recycling crates and receive a kerbside collection (using the official green Council bags) Currently the recycling rate charge is S49 for urban ratepayers). The new charge on rates will be $65 This includes the payback of the 240 litre wheelie bin for recycling. Can I opt out of the service? There is not an opportunity to opt out of the service. The service is funded through rates and bins rolled out to each eligible household in the District. If the service is not used, the property owner will still be charged an annual targeted rate, similar to some of Council's other services like libraries. swimming pools etc Currently the rubbish charge is $103. The new charge on rates will be S202. This includes the payback of the 120 litre rubbish bin AND of course you no longer have to buy bags. Basically the charge on the bags (which covered disposal and management of the waste) moves from the bags to rates. Do rural ratepayers pay this? No. rural ratepayers don't get the service, nor do they pay for the service. There is a recycling charge on rural rate bills - this is for the management of the recycling drop of zones that are used by all Why is the rubbish bin smaller than the recycling bin? The rubbish bin is 120 litre capacity. This is equivalent to two green ratepayers. bags. Most households currently put out one or two bags per wook. Why did Council decide on wheelie bins? This capacity is a good like for like for most households. Remember our rubbish collection remains weekly. Council resolved to introduce a 240 litre wheelie bin for recycling and a 120 litre wheelie bin for rubbish for its urban waste collection service in November 2019 We all need to work together to minimise waste to landfill. Have a look at all the products you buy and recycle everything you can. This followed significant public consultation where we received 546 submissions, with 407 submitters opting for what is outlined above. One of the options was to introduce an 80 litre bin for rubbish, but 68% of the submitters wanted the larger bin. Can I get more bins? No. there is one charge for recycling and one charge for rubbish that is allocated to each rateable propery. which means each eligible property gets one recycling and one rubbish wheelie bin. Wheelie bins were favoured because of minimising animal activity. easier and safer to handle, large families and convenience If the service is not suficient for your household. you can supplement the Council service with a private service. There are a number of private waste contractors operating in the district It is very difficult to deliver a system that individually suits every ratepayer. It is a one size fits all system. Phone: 07 885 0340 www.thewastecollectionproject.co.nz South Waikato District Council Wheelie bin rollout... Trau | Putruru Arapuni | | Tokoroa KEY TIMELINE: May/June Promotion/information Red lid 120 litre bin Soth June Wak Ditrict C Delivery of bins and information pack. Read pack. Put bins in safe place. Rubbish ONLY Yellow lid 240 litre bin All recycling EXCEPT glass. GLASS Thursday 1 July 2021 Start date! ONLY lin both green Do not use bins until this date! Since Council started promoting this exciting change to its urban waste collection service, we have had a large number of questions. below are some of the more common questions answered. Who gets the wheelie bins? Who pays for the wheelie bins? The wheelie bins will be delivered to all urban households and The bins are paid for by ratepayers who receive the service. businesses in the urban area that CURRENTLY have official green and maroon recycling crates and receive a kerbside collection (using the official green Council bags) Currently the recycling rate charge is S49 for urban ratepayers). The new charge on rates will be $65 This includes the payback of the 240 litre wheelie bin for recycling. Can I opt out of the service? There is not an opportunity to opt out of the service. The service is funded through rates and bins rolled out to each eligible household in the District. If the service is not used, the property owner will still be charged an annual targeted rate, similar to some of Council's other services like libraries. swimming pools etc Currently the rubbish charge is $103. The new charge on rates will be S202. This includes the payback of the 120 litre rubbish bin AND of course you no longer have to buy bags. Basically the charge on the bags (which covered disposal and management of the waste) moves from the bags to rates. Do rural ratepayers pay this? No. rural ratepayers don't get the service, nor do they pay for the service. There is a recycling charge on rural rate bills - this is for the management of the recycling drop of zones that are used by all Why is the rubbish bin smaller than the recycling bin? The rubbish bin is 120 litre capacity. This is equivalent to two green ratepayers. bags. Most households currently put out one or two bags per wook. Why did Council decide on wheelie bins? This capacity is a good like for like for most households. Remember our rubbish collection remains weekly. Council resolved to introduce a 240 litre wheelie bin for recycling and a 120 litre wheelie bin for rubbish for its urban waste collection service in November 2019 We all need to work together to minimise waste to landfill. Have a look at all the products you buy and recycle everything you can. This followed significant public consultation where we received 546 submissions, with 407 submitters opting for what is outlined above. One of the options was to introduce an 80 litre bin for rubbish, but 68% of the submitters wanted the larger bin. Can I get more bins? No. there is one charge for recycling and one charge for rubbish that is allocated to each rateable propery. which means each eligible property gets one recycling and one rubbish wheelie bin. Wheelie bins were favoured because of minimising animal activity. easier and safer to handle, large families and convenience If the service is not suficient for your household. you can supplement the Council service with a private service. There are a number of private waste contractors operating in the district It is very difficult to deliver a system that individually suits every ratepayer. It is a one size fits all system. Phone: 07 885 0340 www.thewastecollectionproject.co.nz South Waikato District Council