Wyndham council is calling on the community to take advantage of free tip tokens to dump their waste correctly – or pay the price.
Mayor Mia Shaw said council has been on an illegal dumping blitz over the past year to stamp the issue out.
“Over 12 months we have issued 263 infringements to retailers which resulted in $103,885 in fines,” she said.
“Each year Wyndham spends around $2 million and countless hours collecting rubbish that has been illegally dumped – this is an unfair impost on all our residents, the majority of whom do the right thing.
“Illegal dumping is an eyesore. It is also an unnecessary cost to all ratepayers.”
She urged residents, and particularly businesses, to take advantage of free hard waste collections.
“There is no excuse to dump in Wyndham when we offer three free hard waste collections each financial year.
“A car boot or trailer load of rubbish can also be taken to the tip for free by swapping their free hard waste home collection for a waste disposal voucher.”
Council has also introduced digital booklets about dumping protocols and distributed them to community centres and real estate companies.
Trolley dumping has also been on council’s radar, especially on vacant lots of land.
“We are continuing our enforcement of trolley dumping, a program that commenced last financial year,” Cr Shaw said.
The penalty for dumping trolleys is $395.
