[Brisbane] Save $30 on Establishment Fee of a Council Green Waste Bin

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  [Deactivated] on 04/10/2016 - 14:32

  WTF you need to pay for a bin now?

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    macrocephalic on 04/10/2016 - 14:35

    +2

    You always pay for a bin - although the normal general waste (red top) and recycle (yellow top) bins are included in your rates. This is for a green waste (green top) bin - for those you generate a lot of garden waste.

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      [Deactivated] on 04/10/2016 - 14:35

      I havent moved in 20 years, bins were free then.

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        macrocephalic on 04/10/2016 - 14:36

        So you have three different colour bins?

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        fruit on 04/10/2016 - 14:39

        My recycle bin is 24 years old (date stamped) and so is the black bin.. the crappy red bin they added later has broke 3 times already by winds or the truck. Not sure why I'm sharing this.

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        [Deactivated] on 04/10/2016 - 14:42

        @macrocephalic:
        Yes 3 Bins
        Yellow
        Green
        and Red

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    quop on 04/10/2016 - 15:22

    +1

    Were these bins ever free to begin with? I don't remember myself, as I've never had nor needed one. According to this news article from June 2013, BCC's green waste bin was introduced 3 years prior, and the article mentions the $30 establishment fee.

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  tanksinatra on 04/10/2016 - 14:41

  It is a good service. Charge is $80/year. Bins collected fortnightly.
  Pretty reasonable if you can't be bothered driving out the tip.

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    inherentchoice on 04/10/2016 - 18:19

    I would think the $80 annual charge probably isn't worth it for most.

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  power71 on 04/10/2016 - 14:55

  Maybe we can recycle Mayor Quirk's idea for a Metro system. Rubber tyred bus on tracks rendering the rest of the roadway useless for anything else!

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  ilikeit on 04/10/2016 - 17:03

  Just ask your neighbours politely if you can throw some in their bin. Mine don't care. If they say no, do it at night before collection.

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  c64 on 04/10/2016 - 19:28

  Acceptable items
  Garden waste including:
  prunings from shrubs and trees
  palm fronds
  grass clippings
  weeds
  leaves and loose bark

  except for palm fronds, that's the stuff i pile on to my compost heap

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  Mad Max on 04/10/2016 - 21:21

  $80 per year fee is $3 a pop. And that is if you fill it up every fortnight.
  Just do your cleanups a bit every week and make sure your rubbish bin is always super full on collection day.

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    quop on 05/10/2016 - 12:11

    +1

    Totally agree that the ongoing cost is not something that suits everyone. But the deal is about the savings on the up front establishment fee, which is normally $30, and not about the ongoing cost (you pay an analogous though mandatory fee for your general/recycling bins too).

    Also consider that putting your green waste in a green waste bin means it gets recycled (composted and mulched); this does not happen if you put it in the general waste bin. Some people might not care either way; some might.