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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Environment
Petra Stock

Victorian councils rubbish statewide mandate that all homes must have four wheelie bins

Four rubbish bins outside a house with coloured lids: (L-R) red, green, yellow and purple
Some Victorian councils are challenging the statewide mandate to roll out a separate bin for glass recycling. Photograph: James Ross/AAP

When Victoria embarked on its four-bin system for household waste back in 2020, the goal was to position the state as a leader in recycling.

The rollout of a purple-lidded bin for glass – a fourth bin alongside organics, recycling and rubbish – would be a “gamechanging” way to keep glass and other valuable resources out of landfill, then environment minister Lily D’Ambrosio said.

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