{"id":489165,"date":"2026-02-19T02:34:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T02:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/489165\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T02:34:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T02:34:15","slug":"town-of-victoria-park-offering-weekly-50-prize-for-sorting-rubbish-correctly-as-bin-tagging-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/489165\/","title":{"rendered":"Town of Victoria Park offering weekly $50 prize for sorting rubbish correctly as bin tagging begins"},"content":{"rendered":"

Another Perth council will be checking its residents\u2019 bins to check that they are sorting their rubbish correctly.<\/p>\n

Town of Victoria Park waste officers will be checking kerbside bins and putting either a happy or sad face tag depending on how the waste has been sorted.<\/p>\n

The town has reassured residents officers won\u2019t \u201cdig through bins\u201d. They will look only at the top of the bin in the \u201cquick and non-invasive\u201d checks.<\/p>\n

The checks are intended to reduce waste-related costs such as contamination and prevent of bin truck fires.<\/p>\n

An incorrectly disposed of item caused a bin truck fire on Wednesday, February 4.<\/p>\n

Mayor Karen Vernon told PerthNow both the community and the town shared the responsibility for ensuring waste materials were disposed of correctly.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe actively promote waste avoidance, recycling, reusing and repurposing wherever possible,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The town is giving residents who do sort their rubbish correctly a chance to to go into a draw to win weekly $50 vouchers and a $200 overall prize.<\/p>\n

Only 10 per cent of households bins will be checked, with no personal details recorded or fines or penalties handed out.<\/p>\n

The announcement from the town on social media and its website<\/a> drew some mixed comments.<\/p>\n

\u201cWow bin police what next,\u201d one commentator said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat a waste of ratepayers money,\u201d another said.<\/p>\n

\"TheCamera IconThe town has reassured residents officers won\u2019t \u201cdig through bins\u201d. Credit: Town of Victoria Park<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope those tags are recyclable because I reckon most will go directly into the bin without being looked at,\u201d another added.<\/p>\n

There were also comments in support of the new program.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m so competitive, I want to win this!\u201d one said.<\/p>\n

\u201cFantastic!\u201d another said.<\/p>\n

\u201cNot stupid, it\u2019s a great idea.\u201d another added.<\/p>\n

If your bin receives a sad face tag, it will still be collected on bin collection day.<\/p>\n

The six-week program began on February 16 and will run until March 30.<\/p>\n

For more information on bin tagging, visit Waste and Recycling on the town\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Another Perth council will be checking its residents\u2019 bins to check that they are sorting their rubbish correctly.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":489166,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[64,63,99,505,46,18607,45],"class_list":["post-489165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-business","tag-central","tag-perth","tag-southern","tag-wa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=489165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489165\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/489166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=489165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=489165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=489165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}