Community
26 February, 2024
Free green waste disposal plan
YEAR-round free green waste disposal will be offered to Cairns ratepayers if Team Eden is elected next month.
Team leader Amy Eden said the cost of waste disposal in Queensland was set to dramatically increase under the Queensland Government’s waste levy legislation.
“To minimise the increasing cost to ratepayers, an Eden-led council will introduce a number of measures to keep waste out of landfill that does not need to go there,” she said.
“The first of these measures will be the introduction of free green waste disposal for all Cairns residents year-round.
“We live in one of the wettest parts of Australia. Given the risk that overgrown vegetation poses to drainage systems and during cyclone season, it makes sense to have free green waste disposal all year round.
“The current format of scheduled free green waste periods puts residents on the back foot, as they race against time to attack backyard jungles as the wet season hastily approaches. And then there’s the line-up at the transfer station.
“Year-round access to free green waste disposal would make it easier to maintain yards with smaller, less onerous clean-ups throughout the year, and would eliminate the city-wide mad rush that frustrates residents and puts enormous pressure on our transfer stations and the staff who work there.”
Improving recycling outcomes is another initiative by Team Eden.
It wants recycling bins to be added to more multi-unit complexes.
