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Green waste

In an effort to reduce the amount of waste going to landfill, green organic bin services are mandatory for properties within the township boundaries of Angaston, Cockatoo Valley, Eden Valley, Lyndoch, Mount Pleasant, Moculta, Nuriootpa, Penrice, Sandy Creek, Springton, Stockwell, Tanunda, and Williamstown.

Green organic (green lid) bin collection occurs each fortnight on the same day but opposite week to your recycling (yellow lid) bin collection.

You will also receive a kitchen caddy at no extra cost. The caddy is a convenient unit designed specifically to capture, store and transport food waste.

The green organic waste service is included as a service charge that is applied to the Council rates notices and can be found in our Fees and Charges Register.

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Food organics and gardens organics (FOGO)

The green organic waste service includes the collection of organic matter such as food scraps that can be placed in the bin.

Please ensure that only materials deemed suitable for collection are placed in the green organics bin so that waste is not contaminated and can be processed for reuse as mulch or compost with domestic and agricultural applications.

Apply to opt-out of the green organics bin service

If you believe you meet the assessment criteria and conditions^ for being exempt from the mandatory green organic bin service and you'd like to express interest in opting-out of the mandatory service, you can do so by filling out the form below.

Please note that submitting the form does not guarantee you automatic exemption from the mandatory green organic service as each request is individually assessed. Please allow 10 working days for your application to be assessed. If you are eligible to be exempt from the service, the service charges will be removed at the commencement of the next financial year. In some instances, we may require further information from you to help with the assessment of your application.

^Assessment criteria and conditions

  1. A property is eligible for the Green Organic Service exception if the property is within the designated
    mandatory collection route
  2. Photographic evidence of a suitable onsite composting system (compost pile or bay, static or tumbling compost bins) will be required for the service exemption to be considered.
  3. A signed Statutory Declaration stating that green waste is managed through other means and will not be placed in general waste bin is to be included with the application.
  4. You must be the property owner or ratepayer to put forward an application for the Green Organic Service Exemption.
  5. An application for the Green Organic Service Exemption does not guarantee that a service exemption will be applied to the property.
  6. You are required to notify Council if your circumstances change, this includes moving from your current premises.
  7. In the event that a property is sold, the Green Organic service exemption will be revoked, charges will be reinstated on the rates notice and a Green Organic bin will be delivered to the property
  8. Bins that are assigned to the property must not be removed from the property when there is a change of tenants or sale of the property. All bins remain the property of SOLO Resource Recovery.

Request for Green Organic Bin Service Exemption Form

Contact details
Name
Are you the property owner, rate payer or property manager? *

You must be a property owner, rate payer or managing agent for the property to complete this application

Site address

This can be found on your rates notice

Refer to the Assessment criteria and conditions for more details

Please provide the following documentation^
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FAQs

If you did not receive a kitchen caddy with your green organic bin service please contact us and we will organise a kitchen caddy for you.

No. Kitchen caddies will be supplied at the same time as the green organic bin, however the kitchen caddy is not mandatory.

If you do not wish to use the supplied kitchen caddy you may return it (unused) to any Council branch location.

The charge for one (1) of the green organic bins will become the responsibility of the property owner.

An invoice will be issued for the remaining green organic bins. For example, if you have two (2) green organic bins, the charge for one (1) green organic bin will move onto rates notices and be paid by the property owner, and an invoice will be issued to you for the cost of the other green organic bin.

To put forward an application for the green organic service exemption you must be the property owner or ratepayer, and you must be able to demonstrate that you are effectively managing the disposal of green organic waste from your property.

Residents who can reasonably demonstrate that they are effectively managing the disposal of green organic waste from their property are encouraged to apply for the green organic service exemption.

If you put forward an expression of interest application to be exempt from the green organic service before 30 June, your application will be assessed and if proved eligible you'll be exempt from the mandatory service that commenced Monday, 5 July 2021.

Once received, applications may take up to 10 business days to be assessed and for us to provide you with an update. In some instances, we may require further information from you to help with the assessment of your application.

The following items can go into your green organic bin:

  • Lawn clippings
  • Weeds, branches, and garden matter
  • Leaves and small prunings
  • Cut flowers
  • Food scraps and peels
  • Cake and bread scraps
  • Teabags and coffee grounds
  • Meat scraps and bones (cooked or raw)
  • Seafood (cooked or raw)
  • Eggshells and oyster shells
  • Tissues and paper towels
  • Dairy products (eg. cheese and yoghurt)
  • Manure and pet excrement
  • Hair
  • Fruit and vegetables
  • Compostable bags

Further details of what is accepted in the kerbside collection services can found at ‘Which Bin’.

An annual fee will be applied to rates notices from 1 July 2021 and will be found in our Fees and Charges Register. Annual fees will be reviewed each year as part of the budgeting process to account for collection and disposal costs for delivering the service to ratepayers.

Tenants that previously paid for the service will no longer be billed under the mandatory proposal as the cost will become the responsibility of the ratepayer.

The final Saturday collection of green bins was Saturday, 3 July 2021.

Rollout of the bins for the mandatory service commenced late June 2021 with the weekday service collection commencing the week of Monday, 5 July 2021.

Charges will begin to appear on rates notices from 1 July 2021.

If you haven't received your green organic bin by Friday, 9 July 2021 please contact SOLO direct on 8295 5077.

Properties within the township boundaries of Angaston, Cockatoo Valley, Eden Valley, Lyndoch, Mount Pleasant, Moculta, Nuriootpa, Penrice, Sandy Creek, Springton, Stockwell, Tanunda, and Williamstown are classified as mandatory for the service.

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