Lake Macquarie residents have long had a reputation for being environmentally conscious and embracing sustainable practices such as recycling in their everyday lives.
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Soon, with the introduction the Food+Garden=Green system from 30 July, our community will have further opportunity to waste less and recycle more.
Households will be able to put all food waste, including leftovers, meat, seafood, dairy, bones, fruit and vegetable scraps into the green bin, which will reduce the amount of waste going to landfill from general waste bins by as much as one-third.
Under the greener 3-bin system, food scraps will go into the green bin, along with garden waste, to be collected from kerbsides weekly.
Starter Kits will be delivered to all households from early June, including a food scraps bin for the kitchen benchtop, a roll of compostable bags and full service instructions.
Once the service begins, residents will simply need to transfer the compostable bag of food into the green bin every few days, ready for the weekly collection.
Food and garden waste collected from the green bins will be processed into high-quality mulch and compost at our new organics processing facility, to be recycled for use on parks, gardens, sporting grounds and in agriculture.
To date, 16 other councils in NSW have successfully implemented the same 3-bin service Lake Macquarie is introducing, delivering financial, practical and environmental benefits for their communities.
A public information campaign about Food+Garden=Green will begin in early June. Information about the new system is also available on Council’s website at lakemac.com.au/food-garden-green.
Leadership team change
Council welcomed a new director this week, one of four appointments that have been confimed as part of a new leadership team at Lake Macquarie City Council.
David Hughes has been appointed Director Built and Natural Assets. Mr Hughes, whose career has included senior mangement positions in the private sector, began on Monday.
Three other members of the new executive team have been promoted from within the organisation.
Tony Farrell was appointed Deputy Chief Executive Officer in February,