Snowy Valleys Launches Electronic Waste Voucher
Published on 21 January 2021
Residents living in the Snowy Valleys can now access a free general waste voucher by downloading the new Snowy Valleys Council Waste App to their phone or tablet.
Council voted to trial the voucher system for a period of six months and have requested a follow-up report in June 2021 with a consideration, if the trial is successful to replace the existing waste weekends with the electronic voucher system.
Mayor James Hayes said the electronic voucher trial has been initiated to provide households with the flexibility to be able to do a clean-up and dispose of their waste at their own convenience.
“I encourage everyone to download the app and engage with the voucher trial,” said Cr Hayes.
“Providing feedback to council on the usability of the app and the voucher will assist us in making an informed decision on the future of hard waste disposal.”
Council’s Executive Director Infrastructure Heinz Kausche said “We are hopeful that a voucher system will allow staff more time to assist residents with recycling and reduce traffic volumes during waste weekends which have raised potential safety issues.
“The voucher trial will run until 30 June 2021 and we are keen to have people download the app and take advantage of disposing of their hard rubbish at a time that suits them,” said Mr Kausche.
Along with the waste voucher the new app also features a bin collection calendar with personal alerts, the A to Z of recycling, a bin guide to know what goes in which bin and an easy reporting system for missed collections, damaged bins and illegal dumping.
Mr Kausche said the app would become even more useful to residents with the roll out of the FOGO bins later in 2021, which will result in changes to timings and bin collection days.
Residents can access their waste voucher by downloading the Snowy Valleys Council Waste app which is available as a free download from the App Store and Google Play. The app is available for both iOS and Android Devices.
During the voucher trial period the 2021 Autumn and Winter free waste weekends are also planned to continue.
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