Kerbside Recycling Rewards Program

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Are you among our region’s best when it comes to sorting your waste?

You could be in line to win a special prize pack as part of our Recycling Rewards Program!

The program aims to recognise and celebrate residents who are using their kerbside recycling services correctly.

Other aims include:

  • Highlighting the importance of waste diversion
  • Raising awareness around correct bin use and circular economy
  • Lowering contamination rates in kerbside recycling and organics bins
  • Decreasing the amount of recycling and organics in the rubbish bin
  • Celebrating good waste management practises
  • Recognising community members doing the right thing
  • Recognising good kerbside bin placement
  • Providing waste education

Our latest round of inspections is coming to the following locations on the following dates:

Week 1

Date Collection type/s Street Addresses Township
Monday 31 March Recycling/FOGO Wade Avenue, Floral Avenue, Kelvin Avenue, San Mateo Avenue, Hunter Street and Thirteenth Street Mildura 
Monday 31 March Glass Cooke Street Nichols Point 
Tuesday 1 April Recycling/FOGO Ontario Avenue, Ontario Park Drive, Marziano Drive, Philippa Court Mildura
Tuesday 1 April Glass Etiwanda Avenue, Barry Avenue, Leonard Street, Cleary Avenue, Kepeto Court Mildura
Wednesday 2 April Recycling/FOGO Murray Avenue, Westcliffs Avenue, Kauri Street, Loddon Avenue, Laurel Street  Red Cliffs
Wednesday 2 April Glass Riverside Avenue, Sixteenth Street, Olivia Drive, Hanswood Way, Karalanza Drive, Davlin Drive, Nathan Court Mildura
Thursday 3 April Recycling/FOGO Obryan Street, Commercial Street, Park Drive, Game Street, Foster Street, Mead Street Merbein
Thursday 3 April Glass Oombah Street, Thomas Street, Nulla Street, Namoi Avenue, Mulga Street, Laurel Street Red Cliffs
Friday 4 April Recycling/FOGO Sandilong Avenue, Unley Circuit, Kensington Court, Toorak Drive, Windsor Court, Eaton Court Irymple
Friday 4 April Glass Box Street, Surgey Street, Commercial Street, Shimmin Lane, Kendall Lane, Main Avenue, Smith Street Merbein

Week 2

Date Collection type/s Street addresses Township
Monday 7 April Recycling/FOGO Etiwanda Avenue, Barry Avenue, Leonard Street, Cleary Avenue, Kepeto Court, Hector Street Mildura
Monday 7 April Glass Suffolk Drive, Bristol Way, Canterbury Drive, Essex Court, Thames Place, Durham Avenue, Eighth Street Irymple
Tuesday 8 April Recycling/FOGO Sixteenth Street, San Mateo Avenue, Tasman Court, Oxley Court, Leichhardt Drive, Eyre Court Mildura
Tuesday 8 April Glass N/A N/A
Wednesday 9 April Recycling/FOGO Etiwanda Avenue, Springfield Drive, Fairpark Drive, Limpidi Drive, Trissino Drive, Fairpark Court Mildura
Wednesday 9 April Glass Alfred Close, Taminga Court, Olivewood Drive, Risby Court Mildura
Thursday 10 April  Recycling/FOGO Kurrajong Drive, Wattle Avenue, Langtree Parade, Deakin Avenue, Twelfth Street, Deakin Parade Mildura
Thursday 10 April Glass Orlando Court, Madison Close, Rodeo Drive, Daytona Court Mildura
Friday 11 April Recycling/FOGO Sixth Street, Ontario Avenue, Seventh Street, Trafalgar Drive Mildura
Friday 11 April Glass Stuart Avenue, CrosbieCourt, Wilow Grove Mildura

FAQs

How does the Kerbside Recycling Rewards program work?

The program will focus on the organics, recycling and glass streams from residential collections.

Our Waste team will conduct visual inspections of residential bins in a selected area just prior to collection. We’ll be looking at the top of the bin, with no physical contact to be made to any of the waste to protect the health and safety of the inspecting officer(s).

Council will post which areas have been selected to take part in inspections on our website and social media prior.

Depending on the outcome of the inspection, a sticker will be put on the bin informing the resident on if they did or didn’t have contamination in the bin.

What will we focus on?

For the first round we will focus on the following:

Recycling

  • Bagged rubbish and recycling
  • Soft plastics

Organics

  • Plastic bags

Glass

  • Non-eligible items
  • Plastic bags

Eligibility

Any residents within the MRCC municipality area who receive a kerbside collection is eligible to be entered into the program. Council staff will be exempt from winning any prize packs.

Candidates will be identified by using the following criteria:

  • No contamination within their organics or recycling bins
  • No current removal of organics or recycling bins
  • No unauthorised bins
  • No overflowing bins

What can I win?

Two winners will be selected by the inspecting officers across the two week competition.

Winners will receive the following prize pack that focuses on waste minimisation:

  • 1x Reusable coffee cup
  • 1x  Reusable water bottle
  • 1x  Reusable Lunch Box
  • 1 x Winners sticker to affix to the winner’s bin
  • 1x MRCC keychain
  • 1x Reusable metal straw

Terms and Conditions

  1. The promoter is Mildura Rural City Council, 108 Madden Avenue, Mildura 3500
  2. This program is only available to addresses located within the Mildura Rural City Council municipal area with access to kerbside bin collections
  3. Only approved Mildura Rural City Council bins will be eligible to be inspected and be entered into the competition
  4. Employees of Mildura Rural City Council and their direct relatives and anyone else directly connected to Mildura Rural City Council are not eligible to be entered
  5. There is no entry fee or purchases required to be entered
  6. Information regarding the program will be communicated through the Mildura Rural City Council website and social media channels
  7. A property’s bins, regardless of approved additional bins, will be counted as one entry
  8. The promoter reserves the right to cancel or amend these terms and conditions without notice in the event of a catastrophe, war, civil or military disturbance, natural disaster or any actual or anticipated breach of any applicable law or regulation or any other event outside of the promoter’s control. Any changes will be notified to entrants as soon as possible by the promoter
  9. The prize pack for each winning entry will be the following; 1x Urban coffee cup, 1x Flexo water bottle, 1x Plastic & Wheat Straw Lunch Box, 1 x winners sticker to affix to the winner’s bin, 1x MRCC keychain, 1x reusable metal straw and 1x Jute Produce Bag – Large
  10. Two winners will be selected from inspected hours during the two-week program
  11. The prizes are as stated and no cash or other alternatives will be offered. The prizes are not transferable. Prizes are subject to availability and we reserve the right to substitute any prize with another of equivalent value without giving notice
  12. The winners of each daily inspected area will be selected by the inspection team with input from the department manager
  13. All reasonable attempts will be made to contact winners within one week
  14. If all reasonable attempts to contact a winner fail within that week, we reserve the right to withdraw the prize from the winner and pick a replacement winner
  15. The promoter will notify the winners of when and where to collect the prize pack
  16. The promoter’s decision in respect of all matters to do with the competition will be final and no correspondence will be entered into
  17. The competition and these terms and conditions will be governed by Australian law and any disputes will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Australia
  18. The winners agree to the use of their name and photograph in any publicity material, as well as their entry. Any personal data relating to the winner or any other entrants will be used solely in accordance with current Australian privacy laws and will not be disclosed to a third party without the entrant’s prior consent. The winners’ names will be available 28 days after closing date by emailing the following address: mrcc@mildura.vic.gov.au
  19. This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook or any other social media network. You are providing your information to Mildura Rural City Council and not to any other party. The information provided will be used in conjunction with Mildura Rural City Council’s Privacy and Data Collection Policy which can be found at www.mildura.vic.gov.au/Privacy
  20. Mildura Rural City Council shall have the right, at its sole discretion and at any time, to change or modify these terms and conditions, such change shall be effective immediately upon posting to this webpage
  21. Mildura Rural City Council also reserves the right to cancel the competition if circumstances arise outside of its control

More information

Contact our Waste Services Team on 03 5018 8100 or email jamie.blefari-paynting@mildura.vic.gov.au

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