MORE than 100 tonnes of unwanted goods and rubbish, including 4162 mattresses and 660 fridges, was collected during Frankston Council’s kerbside collections this year.
Residents left more than 100 tonnes of green waste, 484 tonnes of scrap metal and 2,593 tonnes of hard waste for pick-up during hard waste collection periods this year, a significant drop from the 2015 hard waste collection.
The free hard rubbish collection service was almost scrapped itself this year due to rampant abuse of the kerbside collection guidelines in 2015.
According to then mayor James Dooley, the council was hit with a barrage of complaints about people exceeding rubbish limits and even sneaking their rubbish in from neighbouring municipalities.
This year residents were much better behaved, with council enforcement officers only having to issue 838 customer requests, 73 ‘notices to comply’ and 16 fines totalling $12,671.
To ease the burden for rubbish contractors, the kerbside collections were confined to certain zones on specified weeks rather than spread across the city at one time.
Residents can still take rubbish to Frankston regional recycling and recovery centre or book a hard waste collection service. See frrrc.com.au or call 1300 322 322.
The Ballarto Rd recovery centre now also accepts paint and paint tins free-of-charge as part of the Paintback initiative.
