Forty per cent of Byron’s red-bin rubbish could be composted

Forty per cent of Byron’s red-bin rubbish could be composted

Around 40 per cent of the rubbish being thrown into Byron Shire’s general waste bins could instead be going into the green bin, a new Council audit has found. The 2026 kerbside bin audit found food and food products made up almost 36 per cent of the contents of general waste bins, with vegetation taking the total proportion of compostable material to about 40 per cent. A further 11 per cent of material found in red bins could have been recycled.…