I’m a ratepayer, why should I have to pay to dispose of my waste?

Your rate payments do not include the costs of excess waste disposal at Waste Facilities. This service is funded by “user pays” disposal charges at Waste Facilities so as not to impact rates.

If you are able to separate and recycle most of your waste and/or reduce the amount of waste you generate, you will pay less.

For example:

• Disposal of separated recyclables such as cardboard, mixed household recyclables, metal, vehicle batteries, waste oil, e-waste are free of charge at Waste Facilities.
• Green waste and timber waste have a lower disposal rate so separated loads of green waste and timber waste are cheaper than the mixed general waste loads.

Disposal charges were introduced to:

• Encourage greater diversion of self-hauled waste from Landfill and support initiatives that reuse, reduce and recycle;
• Reduce rates;
• Provide transparent, equitable and fair distribution of costs.

The benefits:

• Decrease in user numbers and general waste loads delivered to Waste Facilities
• Significant increase in loads of separated recyclables delivered to Waste Facilities
• Less waste to Landfill.