BIN COLLECTION CHANGES

Greater Shepparton City Council will begin rolling out bin collection frequency changes in Tatura from Wednesday 22 March.

Collections in Tatura will alter to see the green lid bin collected weekly and the red bin collected fortnightly. The yellow lid bin will remain a fortnightly collection.

The changes form part of a State Government initiative, to help reduce waste across the entire state. Many other councils within Victoria have already made the change in frequency collections.

With the average household in Victoria currently throwing away $2,136 a year in wasted food, any leftover or spoiled food should be placed in the green lid bin, reducing the amount of waste going into the red lid bin and ultimately landfill.

All remaining households within the Greater Shepparton municipality will follow later in the year, excluding Kialla, who are also adopting the change during March.

Tatura residents are reminded to place bins out for collection the night before. For further information and to print off your bin collection calendar visit: Greatershepparton.com.au