Council adopted a draft service model for kerbside waste and recycling collection services for the purpose of community engagement, including introduction of glass and organics collection in urban areas, and expanded recycling collection in rural areas.

Council will engage in community engagement and report those outcomes and adapt the model by any issues raised by the community.

"Sustainability is high on all local council's agenda," Councillor Claudia Haenel said.

Cr Haenel also stated that it reflected one of the key issues highlighted by the community,

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Councillor David Bowe said it was an important step forward in waste management.

Councillor Penny Flynn said this proposed plan will affect all of us.

"I encourage the community to provide feedback," she said.

In February 2020, the Victorian Government launched its "Recycling Victoria: A circular economy" policy. This policy represents a major reform of the waste and resource recovery industries.

One of the key timelines of this policy is to have kerbside glass collection by 2027.

The introduction of a glass collection service is proposed to be conducted in two ways, reflecting the low volume of glass that will be collected. A monthly small bin service will be provided in urban areas, and a drop-off service will be provided in rural areas and at Kenny Road transfer station.

Council has recently received some significant State Government funding for infrastructure to provide new commingled recycling and glass drop off points throughout the municipality, as well as upgrades to existing transfer stations.

There would be an increase on the service fee, varying from rural to urban areas.

There would be a big or small bin option for both areas.

Urban areas would be $480, rural areas would be $340 (big bin) and $320 (small bin).

Glass would be collected monthly, waste, commingled recycles and organics would be collected fortnightly.

The Victorian State Government has allocated $129million of funding towards all changes referenced in the paper "Recycling Victoria - a new economy", however this funding is to be spread across all Victorian Councils, and areas other than changes to kerbside resource recovery services.

Funding allocations for each Council are not yet known, however funding assistance has and will be made available to support the implementation of these services. An early estimate of capital expenditure required is approximately $1million.

Early estimates of the increase in cost per household range from 10-15 per cent above the proposed 2022 waste charge, although this is not spread uniformly.

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