Council has been reviewing areas of where it can make savings. One of these was to recover merchant fees, which is standard practice across businesses and local government authorities. Council opted for the lowest fee applicable to all of its online payments, and will introduce a 0.42% surcharge from 1 April 2024.
Waste minimisation involves processes and practices undertaken to reduce the amount of waste we produce.
Did you know that Australians produce on average over 10kg of waste per person per week?
The amount of waste being generated is increasing along with our growing population, and waste generation is closely linked to convenience. Today's society is based around buying items that we want and not necessarily what we need leading to people buying excessively and replacing items prematurely.
Simple behaviours can be undertaken to reduce the amount of waste we generate including;
We all need to get into the habit of using less stuff and reducing, reusing, and refusing items to minimise waste.