The electronic waste (e-waste) ban started on July 1 and is designed to prevent electronic items ending up in landfill.

Councils have legislative obligations to handle the storage of e-waste under the ban.

At Horsham council's July meeting on Monday night, councillors awarded Horsham's CGS Group the tender for the design and construction of an e-waste and recyclables shed at the Horsham Resource Recovery Centre.

The project is estimated to cost $263,130.

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Council's infrastructure project manager Jared Hammond said the council had received $100,000 for the shed through an E-waste Infrastructure Grant.

He said the council had also budgeted for $500,000 to be sourced from its Waste Reserve Fund for Horsham Resource Recovery Centre upgrades. He suggested $163,130 from the fund was allocated for the shed.

At Monday's meeting, Cr Pam Clarke said the state government hadn't given councils adequate time to make long-term e-waste disposal plans.

"I spoke at last month's meeting about how disappointed I was that this council is having to put in financial assets to do this work when it was a state government initiative thrown very quickly upon us," she said.

"The state government has more than $600 million sitting in a (sustainability fund) that's given by councils just for the privilege of having a hole in the ground for our waste. We send that money off every year and get very little of it back to help build the facilities we need to deal with our waste."

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Cr David Grimble agreed with Cr Clarke and said educating the community about e-waste would be a "challenge".

Council's technical services director John Martin said the education campaign had been "light".

"The Grampians Central West Waste and Resource Recovery group is doing an excellent job, but I think there is a relatively low awareness of the ban. I think the overall, state-wide education campaign hasn't been strong," he said.

Mr Martin said the voluntary administration of recycling firm SKM services would be a significant challenge for recycling in Victoria.

While Horsham council doesn't use SKM services, West Wimmera, Hindmarsh and Yarriambiack shires do.

Councillors voted unanimously to award the tender for the shed to CGS Group for the sum of $263,130.

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