Sustainability Victoria is producing mass communication materials for householders and others across the State as they transition to sorting their waste into four streams.
Under the planned changes, Victorians are to move to new glass, food and garden organics as they meet the State’s goal of diverting 80 per cent of waste from landfill by 2030.
Minister for Energy, Environment and Climate Change, Lily D’Ambrosio said the Government was helping local Councils educate their communities ahead of the transition to a four-bin recycling service.
Ms D’Ambrosio said 17 local Councils would share grants to deliver education and behaviour change campaigns to prepare residents for the transition that was currently underway.
She said Sustainability Victoria would provide its communication materials based on behaviour change theory and research, allowing the Councils to focus their funding on advertising and engaging residents.
The Minister said Victorians could expect to be sorting their household waste into four streams with all local Government areas transitioning to a new glass service by 2027 and new food and garden organics by 2030.
She said local governments like Hobsons Bay City Council and Macedon Ranges Shire Council were leading the way in the roll-out, having already introduced new kerbside bins.
Ms D’Ambrosio said all Councils and alpine resort management boards were eligible for funding under the Recycling Victoria Household Education and Behaviour Change Fund.
She said the next funding round would be announced in 2022, with two more rounds to follow.
