Greater Dandenong City Council is ‘closing the loop’ on the food and garden waste collected from kerbside green lid bins.
Garden waste collected from Council reserves and residential food and garden waste collections is now being used to improve the quality of soil in parks and gardens across our city.
Waste from Greater Dandenong is delivered to Veolia in Dandenong South, where it is turned into compost and used for a range of purposes, including land rehabilitation projects and the agricultural sector.
Soil in urban areas can be heavily polluted and not great for growing plants, however Council has carried out some careful testing to find a way to improve local soil with the compost.
Using product that has not travelled outside of our city also helps reduce the environmental impact of travel emissions.
By closing the loop on our food and garden waste Council has seen our beautiful parks and gardens bloom with the addition of nutritious compost for the plants.
