IT has been two years since green waste bins first rolled into Lake Macquarie suburbs, and I would like to take this opportunity to thank residents for their role in making the service a success.
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Every household that has used the green waste service correctly has contributed to achieving impressive environmental and cost-saving outcomes for the city.
Since its launch in April 2013, the fortnightly service has diverted more than 167,000 cubic metres - equivalent to 67 Olympic-sized swimming pools - of garden waste from landfill and processed it into mulch and compost.
This has resulted in carbon emission savings of 48,194 tonnes, which is equal to taking 11,208 cars off the road for a year.
The garden waste collected from residents' green waste bins has had contamination of consistently less than half a per cent.
This excellent result compares favourably with other local government areas.
Creating a safer community is also a priority for the council.
In other news, the Draft Lake Macquarie Crime Prevention Strategy 2015-2018 is now on public exhibition for community feedback at lakemac.com.au.
Developed from residents who indicated the importance of crime prevention and community safety in past surveys, the draft strategy focuses on actions that reduce identified crime in the city.
