Central Coast Council and Cleanaway are celebrating the one year anniversary of their business partnership providing high levels of household waste services to the Central Coast region.

Council Director, Roads Transport Drainage and Waste, Boris Bolgoff said this working relationship was an excellent example of good governance and great partnerships that provide high level customer experience, value for money and quality services, a key objective of the Community Strategic Plan.

“Thanks to this positive working relationship we have successfully delivered a reliable, safe, cost effective and environmentally responsible domestic waste collection for our community,” Mr Bolgoff said.

“It is a substantial task to ensure household waste is efficiently collected, with an average day consisting of 56,000 household bins being emptied, 90 new bins delivered or repaired as well as 650 bulk kerbside collections removed, which doubles over the summer months.

“Residential properties receive six free kerbside collections every twelve months, and with the anniversary of the contract, this also marks when household kerbside collections renew.

“Over the last year the 72 collection vehicles travelled 2,998,080 kilometres to empty bins across the Central Coast, which is the equivalent of driving around the world more than 74 times,” he said.

Mayor Jane Smith said these collections also contribute to keeping unwanted waste out of landfill with more than 31,000 tonnes of recycling recovered from yellow lid bins, saving over 225,000 cubic metres of landfill space.

“This is thanks to residents correctly sorting and disposing of their waste and helping us work towards more than 45 per cent of domestic waste being diverted from our landfill sites each year, a key deliverable of our Community Strategic Plan,” Mayor Smith said.

Michael Sankey, Regional Manager, Cleanaway Solid Waste Services NSW said Cleanaway and Council’s joint commitment to resource recovery has seen a dramatic reduction in contaminated bins.

“Since we commenced our bin tagging program in July 2018, contamination has dropped from one in four bins to one in ten,” Mr Sankey said.

“This is an incredible result, seeing more than 100 percent improvement in the Central Coast community to get educated and get it sorted.

“We have also recently relaunched the improved, mobile responsive 1Coast website.

“The key improvement residents will find is the more streamlined process to book in their own services, including kerbside collections.

“We are committed to creating an enduring relationship with Council in order to continue delivering high levels of household waste services across the Central Coast and can’t wait to see what we achieve in the next twelve months.”

To book a bulk kerbside collection or check what items can be placed in household bins visit 1coast.com.au or call 1300 126 278.