Summer waste reduction campaign returns

Published on 13 December 2024

The “carry in, carry out” campaign kicking off again this year to reduce peak-season waste in camping areas and public spaces.

Council is again partnering with the Goughs Bay Area Progress Association and Forest Fire Management Victoria to inform and educate visitors on how they can dispose of waste responsibly, as well as boosting public bin collections and opening the Resource Recovery Centre (RRC) on more days.

Last year’s successful campaign saw a total of 739 bags of waste were handed in up to and during Easter – waste that could otherwise have ended up in the reserve or in the Delatite River.

Over 100 bags of waste were handed in on each long weekend.

This summer, the RRC will be open on all days from 20 December 2024 to 6 January 2025, except for public holidays. Camping waste can be dropped off for free from 20 December until the end of January – a measure that effectively reduced overflowing public bins last year.

Posters and signs promoting the RRC will be placed in high-traffic areas, and flyers will be distributed to campers during their visits.

Mayor Cr Steve Rabie said the campaign aimed to make it easy for people to do the right thing.

“We had a great response from our visitors last year,” he said.

“Huge numbers of people made use of the Resource Recovery Centre and the free drop-off option. We clearly saw the difference at our public spaces and bin locations. The Shire was so much cleaner.

“We’re grateful to everyone who helped out, and particularly to the Goughs Bay Area Progress Association and Forest Fire Management Victoria for their efforts to spread the “carry in, carry out” message,” Cr Rabie said.

The Resource Recovery Centre is located at 163 Monkey Gully Road, Mansfield.