'Even a person who has gone through uni and has a couple of degrees can find it hard to know what to recycle. The council often can't tell you themselves.'
Rifling through someone's bins at dawn might have once been the domain of private detectives hunting for incriminating details.
In recent months, residents in Moreland have been subjected to audits of their recycling and organic waste bins before they are picked up by the council's trucks.AdvertisementThose who do the wrong thing are told what was incorrectly recycled, while bins with high levels of contamination are not collected.
The results were slightly better in September, when 44.5 per cent of bins were contaminated. The main culprits were soft plastics, paper towel/tissues and bagged recycling.Simon De Leonardis, of Glenroy, got the tick of approval from bin inspectors but still thinks Moreland Council should leave his recycling alone.
The confusion isn't limited to yellow bins. The council also checked almost 2000 garbage bins and found about 40 per cent contained items that could have been recycled, such as rigid plastic or cardboard."Conducting inspections to provide real-life examples is an effective way to help our residents recycle properly."
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