Greater Dandenong residents currently have access to three kerbside bin services, including general waste, mixed recycling and optional food and garden waste.
To standardise household waste and recycling services across the state, the Victorian Government has legislated that a glass service must be provided by all Councils by 1 July 2027. The purple lid glass bin service is not optional for councils or households.
To comply with the Victorian government’s policy, the new purple lid glass bins are proposed to be delivered between April and May 2027, with collections starting in July 2027 for glass jars and bottles.
Separation of household waste and recycling into the four material streams (general waste, mixed recycling, food and garden waste, glass) helps reduce contamination. It increases the volume and quality of materials we can recover for recycling and reuse and allows us to get the most value from our resources.
When glass mixes with other recyclables in our yellow-lid bins, it can break which contaminates paper and cardboard, making them unrecyclable. Separating glass means cleaner recycling, more materials are reused, and less waste sent to landfill.The glass bin will be collected once every four weeks.
There are no proposed changes to the weekly red general rubbish bin and yellow mixed recycling and green food and garden waste bin collection services at this stage.