Kerbside waste audits

New services introduced since 2024 are already making a difference. 

• Glass Recycling began in December 2024 and is achieving a 90.6% recovery rate. 
• Fortnightly waste collection started in February 2025 and is helping reduce overall waste generation. 

These changes support better resource recovery and more efficient waste management across Moira Shire. 

Moira Shire households have made impressive strides in reducing waste. 

• Weekly waste generation has dropped from 7.1kg in 2024 to 4.95kg in 2025 - a 30% reduction. 
• Bin capacity use has increased from 51% to 74%, showing more efficient use of collection services.
• Landfill contamination is still seeing 25.5% of organic materials that could be diverted to the organics bin, keeping valuable resources out of our landfill. 

Continued efforts to improve sorting will help us build an even more sustainable future together. 

Moira Shire continues to lead in organics recovery, with strong results from the latest audit.

• Generation has increased from 9.6kg to 18.6kg per household per week—a 94% growth.
• The recovery rate remains high at 93%, consistent with 93.7% in 2024.
• Contamination has seen a minimal rise from 0.5% to 1.0%, still reflecting outstanding performance.

These results show that residents are embracing organics recycling and helping keep valuable materials out of landfill.

Recycling services across Moira Shire continue to deliver consistent results.

• Mixed recycling remains stable at 3.5kg per household per week.
• The new glass recycling service is generating 3.1kg per household per week.
• Recovery rates are strong, with glass at 90.6% and mixed recyclables at 76.3%.

These figures show that residents are actively participating in recycling and helping reduce landfill waste.

 

Moira Shire’s waste services and community efforts have delivered measurable improvements over the past year:
✅ 30% reduction in waste to landfill per household
✅ 94% increase in organics collection usage
✅ 17% improvement in overall diversion rate
✅ New glass recycling service performing excellently
✅ More efficient bin usage across all services

These results show that small changes at home are driving big environmental benefits across our community.

While overall performance is strong, some areas need attention:

• Mixed recycling contamination has increased to 26.1% (up from 17.8% in 2024), highlighting an opportunity for targeted education.
• Glass recycling shows a low contamination rate of 10.1%—an excellent result for a new service.
• Organics contamination remains low at 1.0%, maintaining near-perfect performance.