Responsible waste management to protect environment

Published on 06 August 2025

We are incredibly lucky to have an amazing and diverse environmental landscape here in Hobsons Bay.

From our wetlands to our beaches, and parks and gardens, our city’s environment is truly special.

That’s why the work we do at Council in the waste management and recycling space is crucial.

It’s important to manage waste and recycling appropriately, to both protect our environment as well as ensuring ratepayer money is used as efficiently as possible and not needlessly spent on avoidable waste issues.

Council’s Recycling Made Easy hubs are a great initiative to help with these.

Found at 12 libraries and community centres across Hobsons Bay, the hubs are designed to take hard-to-recycle household items that can’t go in your kerbside bins, like batteries, electronic waste and toothpaste tubes.

Last month, three new item categories were added, with plastic bread tags, stationery and empty blister packs also now accepted.

While stopping these items going to landfill is a big win, they are also recycled and their parts gaining new life in other products.

For example, plastic and aluminium are separated from blister packs, with the plastic repurposed into fencing and decking, and the aluminium used in the steel making process.

Head to hobsonsbay.vic.gov.au/waste-recycling to learn more about the hubs and what items you can drop off.

I’d also like to thank and congratulate our community for their efforts in responsible recycling.

Households across Hobsons Bay are taking recycling seriously, with contamination in the mixed recycling bin at its lowest in six years.

As mentioned, this is great both for our environment and Council’s bottom line.

And finally, it’s time for you to have your say if you think we can do things differently or better in this space.

We’re updating our waste and recycling strategy, and we want to hear from you.

Head to participate.hobsonsbay.vic.gov.au to have your say.

Cr Columns are published in the Star Weekly newspaper every fortnight.