Blacktown City Council is rolling out the biggest change to its waste services in more than 30 years by providing a new food and garden waste service to more than 127,000 households.
Council will this week begin delivering kitchen caddies and green-lidded food and garden waste bins to eligible households which will help divert thousands of tonnes of waste from landfill.
This waste will be processed at Eastern Creek Organics and turned into compost for farming and agriculture use.
Mayor, Brad Bunting said the rollout was a milestone in making the local area more sustainable.
“During extensive consultation for these changes, our community told us it was keen to have a food and garden waste service and make a positive contribution to the environment,” he said.
“Making this possible for the biggest council area in NSW is a mammoth task and a lot of careful planning of the resources needed to do the job has been required.
“I’m looking forward to seeing our community make the most of this opportunity so we can continue to look after where we live.”
In addition to environmental benefits, the new standard waste service will provide households an increased bin capacity of 140L per week to separate their waste.
The new standard waste service includes:
- a 240L green-lid food and garden waste bin, collected weekly;
- the existing 240L yellow-lid recycling bin, collected fortnightly;
- a 140L red-lid waste bin, collected weekly. Council will swap the existing 240L red-lid bin for a new 140L red-lid waste bin. Residents may choose to retain the 240L bin at an added cost or downsize to an 80L red-lid waste bin;
- up to 12 household clean-up services each year for bulky items;
- 7L kitchen caddy to collect food scraps for the new food and garden waste bin, 150 compostable liners to line the caddy and information on the new waste service options.
The new standard waste service will cost $674 for the 2025/26 financial year – $40 more than the current, two bin 2024/25 service. Residents may choose a smaller ($571) or larger waste service ($788) if this better suits their needs.
The new service also supports the NSW Government mandate for all households to have a food and garden waste service by 2030.
Council says it will assess extending the rollout to more households at a later date.
The project is an initiative of the NSW Environment Protection Authority under the NSW Government’s Waste and Sustainable Materials Strategy, and is funded from the waste levy.
