Eastridge's bin trial set to kick off

The first collection in a 10-week trial of a weekly kerbside food and garden (organic) waste collection service would start in Eastridge from February 22.

Dubbo City Council's Manager Civil Infrastructure and Solid Waste Steve Clayton said the trial had been planned in order to get direct feedback from householders and to assess the operational issues associated with collecting food and garden waste separately.

"There are 340 households included in the trial area within the Eastridge estate," Mr Clayton said.

"The area was identified using information from the Bureau of Statistics as well as council demographic data on family sizes, household income levels and ages and is considered to be representative of the broader Dubbo population," he said.

He said residents in the trial area were given the opportunity to have the trial waste collection system explained.

The 240-litre bins, kitchen caddies and extra information were being delivered prior to the first scheduled collection of food and garden waste on Monday.

Most premises would have their normal garbage bin collected fortnightly in addition to weekly food and garden waste collections during the trial, Mr Clayton said.

Some properties would continue to receive weekly garbage collection depending on the type of waste generated by the household.

The fortnightly recycling collection would remain unchanged.

Two different types of kitchen caddies are also being assessed, Mr Clayton said, one using a compostable liner and one without.

He said collection trucks would be weighed to measure the potential reduction in waste going to landfill.

Mr Clayton said the options had been included to collect as much information as possible to include in a report to council.

"This trial is designed to test the collection system and identify ways it could be improved," he said.

"The information will then be collated and presented to council to decide the next steps."

The trial would conclude in late April with the final collection scheduled for April 25.