A Liberals and Nationals’ Government will help ease cost-of-living pressures by scrapping Labor’s costly fourth bin mandate, Nationals candidate for Gippsland East, Gemma Rendell, said today.
Under Labor’s current policy, councils are being forced to introduce a separate purple-lidded glass bin, adding collection and infrastructure costs that will ultimately be borne by ratepayers.
“We will repeal this mandate to allow councils the freedom to use the waste and recycling system that best suits their communities as this will ultimately save ratepayers from subsidising this cost,” said Ms Rendell.
“In addition, we will also review Victoria’s Container Deposit Scheme to identify opportunities to expand the program, recover more recyclable material and deliver better environmental and economic outcomes.
Shadow Minister for Local Government, Bev McArthur, said Labor’s fourth-bin mandate imposed yet another unnecessary cost on Victorian households at a time they are facing increasing cost-of-living pressures.
“It’s driving up costs and diverting scarce resources away from the local services and infrastructure communities rely on every day,” Mrs McArthur said.
“I have travelled the length and breadth of Victoria, and everywhere I went the message from councils and ratepayers was the same: scrap the mandate.”
Current Gippsland East Nationals’ MP, Tim Bull, said there were a number of councils that were opposed to the strict directive and wanted the freedom to introduce waste collection systems that best suited their communities.
