Bring out your dead .... bins

The next step in the process of starting the new waste contract in Orange starts on Sunday night (10 April).

Contractors have delivered new red and yellow bins to 16,000 households across Orange, and residents have started to use them.

Orange City Council thanks local residents for their patience as they sorted through this change. Generally this change has been handled smoothly. It’s understandable that residents whose bins were in good condition didn’t see the need for a new one, but across the whole community it’s more efficient to make this change at the start of a new waste contract for everyone at the same time.

The next step is for residents to decide whether or not they want to keep the old bins.

Keeping one bin, either red or yellow, might be handy to handle occasional overflow problems or a spike in a family’s waste needs. Residents can pay for an extra bin collection for only $1.95 by buying tickets from the Civic Centre and placing them under the lid of their extra bin.

If residents want to get rid of their old bins, simply put them out on Sunday night (10 April). Stand them empty and upside down where they usually put out their bins.

There are extra contractors collecting these old bins and they could be collected at any time during the week.

Make sure they’re out on Sunday night as the crews are only planning to go each street once.

Some residents will also still have bins in their backyards from any previous waste contracts. These can also be put out on Sunday night to be taken away for free.