Dubbo Regional Council has engaged Zest Events to help come up with a creative way for school students to bring some colour to waste facilities.

The company has been working with students at Ballimore and Eumungerie Public Schools to put together a collage of work that will be displayed on the side of the bins.

"By engaging these smaller schools to come up with a theme and design it gives the kids a sense of ownership and connection to the community, especially when they get to see their artwork displayed on the side of a truck travelling between their village and Dubbo," council's manager waste recovery and efficiency John Wisniewski said.

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It not only adds some decoration to the bins, but helps reinforce the sustainability messages the students are already learning in the classroom.

Dubbo-born artist Zac Craig from Zest Events worked with the students, who chose recycling and reusing materials as their theme for the bins.

He said they were so excited to come up with a great concept for the transfer bin.

Mr Craig was also responsible for the artwork created as part of council's Chalk Walk in 2020. The artist said Zest was proud to partner with council to deliver fun and engaging activities.

This is not the first time students have helped decorate one of the transfer bins. In 2019 Stuart Town and Geurie Public Schools did the same thing.

"When we shifted to the transfer bin model, we wanted students to feel connected to their community, while also learning some important sustainability and resource conservation lessons," Mr Wisniewski said.

"We have education campaigns currently rolling out in primary schools about the importance of proper waste disposal, but this just goes one step further to helping have that understanding."

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