Take the Pledge
Did you know?
Recent bin inspections found that large amounts of waste in red lidded household waste bins, could have been recycled or composted.
Do you know what items can be recycled in your yellow lidded bin, or composted via your green lidded bin?
What is Take the Pledge?
The City of Whyalla implemented the Take the Pledge program in partnership with KESAB Environmental Solutions to encourage sustainable behaviour change, focusing on household waste and recycling. By signing up to Take the Pledge each household agrees to responsibly dispose of food waste and other organic material in the green bin and recyclables in the yellow bin.
What can you do?
Register to Take the Pledge and encourage other households to do the same. Together we can make a difference and in the process you could go in the draw to win monthly prizes.
All registered households will:
- Receive two stickers, one for yellow and one for green lidded bins to show you are committed to recycling and composting as much as possible.
- Each household can collect a kitchen caddy and a complimentary roll of compostable bags from Council’s new Civic Building on Grundel St or from the Library, to start collecting food scraps & other compostable materials.
- Receive one ½ priced green waste dumping. (See Terms and Conditions - Prizes)
- Go into the monthly draw to receive 25L Peat’s Soil compost pack AND either your choice of a $25 voucher for Whyalla Garden Centre OR Whyalla Mitre 10
Residents can pick up a kitchen caddy and a complimentary roll of compostable bags from Council’s new Civic Office on Grundel St (former Eyre High School) or from the Library, to start collecting food scraps & other compostable materials.
Take the Pledge now – Complete the registration form here !
TAKE THE PLEDGE – TERM AND CONDITIONS
The promoter is the City of Whyalla, Civic Building, 21 Grundel Street Whyalla 5608, and KESAB Environmental Solutions, 214 Grange Road, Flinders Park SA 5025.
Eligibility
- Registration is available only to households in Whyalla that utilise Council’s kerbside bin collection service.
- One registration per household.
How to enter
- Using The City of Whyalla website or via the QR code, entrants must submit the Take the Pledge online form.
- No responsibility will be accepted for misdirected entries or entries sent but not received by The City of Whyalla.
Prizes
- All registered households will receive one half priced green waste dumping for small size ute, van or 6x4 trailer at the Veolia Waste Transfer Station.
- Registered households that are randomly chosen for monthly inspection, could win a 25L Peat’s soil compost pack and a choice of either a $25 voucher for Whyalla Garden Centre OR Whyalla Mitre 10.
Winners names will be announced on Council's Facebook page and letters will be sent to the winning properties every month advising how to collect their prizes.
Competition timeline and structure
- Residents who have completed and submitted a Take the Pledge online form agree to have their bins inspected randomly over the period of the program.
- Only bins with a “I Pledge…..” sticker will be included in the judging.
- 20 households will be randomly selected for inspection monthly.
- 4 winners will be selected per month by the council staff or KESAB.
- The judge’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
- This is an on-going initiative and residents can join at any time.
- Proof of property address must be provided when taking green waste to Veolia transfer station in order to receive discounted dumping fee.
Judging Criteria
Bins with No contamination in either yellow or green bins.
**No fine if contamination is found. Just a courtesy letter providing advice on how to improve waste separation.
If residents are unsure of which bin to use please check Council’s website or the Which Bin website or contact Council on 8640 3444.
Unsubscribing
If you are registered, but no longer wish to participate in this program, please email your name and address to waste@whyalla.sa.gov.au.