It’s important to keep plastic out of your green bin, and to put your scraps in loose, without using bags, including biodegradable or compostable ones.
♻️ When waste is bagged our waste processor Veolia can’t easily check if there are incorrect materials inside – like plastic or glass – that contaminate the process if they are not removed.
♻️ Also, when a bag is tied with a knot, these knots take a long time to break down, sometimes more than a year, which contaminates the compost.
By keeping our food and green waste bins free from biodegradable and compostable bags and packaging, we’re helping our recycling facility ensure only top-quality compost is provided to the Victorian farmers growing the fresh produce we enjoy every day!
For more information, please visit Darebin.vic.gov.au/foodwaste