From our FOGO initiative to what's happening with the Jackson Street Landfill and our recently revised Waste Management Strategy, you can find it all here.
Read the latest waste news updates, e.g. "dates for Free Waste Weekend at the Landfill". Alternatively upload our free app Recycle Coach on your smart phone.
To find out if the Jackson Street Landfill is currently open, visit this website for real-time updates and a webcam showing toll booth traffic: www.jacksonstlandfill.com
Got a waste question? Email us at gccmail@gcc.tas.gov.au or call us on 03 6216 6800.
FAQ - Household Waste in Glenorchy (link to GCC website)
Tips - Keeping your FOGO caddy and wheelie bin clean
Tips - Compostable bags and FOGO caddies
Tips - Composting Tips for the beginner
Tips - Reducing Food Waste - how to save money on grocery bills
Tips - Reducing Food Waste - template meal plan
Tips - Plastic Free Storage
Tips - Repurpose your clothes!
Tips - Make your own Beeswax Wraps
Tips - Make your own cleaning products
Tips - 40 ways to reduce waste in the home
Fact Sheet - New 3rd Waste Bin (FOGO)
Fact Sheet - Kerbside Recycling
Fact Sheet - Glenorchy Landfill Extension
KERBSIDE COLLECTION
- When is my waste and recycling collection day? Zoom in to find your street, or enter your address (GCC online map)
- Download Recycle Coach - Glenorchy Council's free app with handy reminders on waste collections, public holidays and free tip days (external site)
- Is your wheelie bin damaged or missing? Click here to report a problem (.pdf, 975 KB)
- What goes in what bin? Can I get a bigger bin? And other kerbside waste collection questions answered (GCC website)
VIDEOS
Watching our Waste - resource for parents and teachers (video, 1min 20sec)
FOGO - Public Information Session with Auslan translation (GCC YouTube video, 6min 52sec)
FOGO - Meet your kitchen caddy! Handy tips (GCC YouTube video, 54 sec)
FOGO - Meet your FOGO wheelie bin! Handy tips (GCC YouTube video, 36 sec)
FOGO - What happens to FOGO waste? (GCC YouTube video, 42 sec)
MORE GLENORCHY WASTE-WISE INITIATIVES
Waste Education Workshops for the community and other Council waste reduction initiatives (GCC website)
Waste-wise Advisory Group - community volunteers with great waste reduction habits
Waste Ambassadors - local Glenorchy businesses that work hard on being waste-wise and eco-conscious
Take the Pledge! Tell us if you are a Waste-wise Warrior!
Glenorchy's Waste Management Strategy (2020 revision) (.pdf, 1772 KB))
Glenorchy City Council - Waste wise and award winning! October 2020 (LGAT Better Councils Better Communities online article)
Glenorchy City Council wins Environmental Leadership and Sustainability Award 2020, (Local Government Professionals Australia Tasmania, announcement)
FOGO: thanks a tonne Glenorchy!, Sept 10, 2020 (full article, Our Glenorchy newsletter excerpt, pg 3)
Art competition raises awareness about waste, June 2, 2020 (Glenorchy Gazette)
What happens to your FOGO waste? April 8, 2020 (Glenorchy Gazette)
Save on grocery bills by reducing your food waste, March 4, 2020 (Glenorchy Gazette)
Invitation to join one of 4 FOGO Public Information sessions, 7-8 Jan, 2020 (Mercury Newspaper, social media, GCC website)
FOGO starts February! Jan 2020, pg 8 (Glenorchy Gazette)
What's up with our recycling? Dec 2019, page 6 (Glenorchy Gazette)
Council Decisions: FOGO Exemption Criteria, Nov 2019, pg 24 (Glenorchy Gazette)
Love your landfill...because every bit helps, Sept 4, 2019 (Glenorchy Gazette)
Gwen Harper: Glenorchy's new FOGO girl, Aug 7, 2019 (Glenorchy Gazette)
Glenorchy welcomes new organic waste collection service, May 8, 2019 (Glenorchy Gazette)
Council Decisions: FOGO resolution adopted, Mar 25, 2019, pg 21 (Council Minutes)
Glenorchy Council to tackle organic waste, Mar 9, 2019 (The Mercury newspaper)
FOGO bin collection proposal for Glenorchy, Nov 5, 2018 (Glenorchy Gazette)