Benefits of greater consistency Two distinct methodologies were used to identify and assess the key benefits of greater consistency and the preferred service standards: Quantitative assessment of the following environmental and economic benefits utilising MRA Consulting Group’s (MRA’s) bespoke Consolidated Cost Model (CCM); Cost ($/household and Net Present Value (NPV)); Resource recovery rate (%); Greenhouse gas emissions (CO2-e); and Qualitative assessment of Material quality; Customer engagement/satisfaction; and Broader economic benefit. The analysis identified that state-wide implementation of the preferred service standards, which consists a garbage bin, recycling bin and FOGO bin (3-bin FOGO service), would yield potential benefits and opportunities that include: Over 500,000 tonnes of additional material collected for resource recovery each year comprising: Over 300,000 tonnes of food organics and over 30,000 of comingled recyclable materials diverted and recovered from the residual bin; An additional 200,000 new tonnes of recoverable material added to the kerbside system (mainly garden organics); A 20% increase to the state-wide average household recycling rate; Improved environmental outcomes by reducing greenhouse gas emissions by more than 320,000 tonnes of CO2-e per Over two million households provided with a new food organics collection service through the roll out of combined collection of FOGO material; The delivery of higher quality materials for recycling due to less contamination in the recycling and organics stream and more effective sorting; The potential for Victorian reprocessors to yield up to $12 million per year more from avoided disposal costs and the increased quality and value of recycled materials and products; and Reduced costs to councils and increased revenue for reprocessors due to households putting out for collection cleaner recyclables/FOGO streams. On average a council that adopts the preferred service standards for a 3-bin FOGO service may achieve additional benefits include: Metropolitan council Non-metropolitan council (approx. 55,000 hhld*’s) (approx. 14,000 hhld’s) Current service 3-bin GO 2 bin 3-bin GO Costs and benefits of moving to a 3-bin FOGO service Change in cost per -$2/hhld/annum +$33/hhld/annum +$5/hhld/annum household
Benefits of greater consistency Two distinct methodologies were used to identify and assess the key benefits of greater consistency and the preferred service standards: Quantitative assessment of the following environmental and economic benefits utilising MRA Consulting Group’s (MRA’s) bespoke Consolidated Cost Model (CCM); Cost ($/household and Net Present Value (NPV)); Resource recovery rate (%); Greenhouse gas emissions (CO2-e); and Qualitative assessment of Material quality; Customer engagement/satisfaction; and Broader economic benefit. The analysis identified that state-wide implementation of the preferred service standards, which consists a garbage bin, recycling bin and FOGO bin (3-bin FOGO service), would yield potential benefits and opportunities that include: Over 500,000 tonnes of additional material collected for resource recovery each year comprising: Over 300,000 tonnes of food organics and over 30,000 of comingled recyclable materials diverted and recovered from the residual bin; An additional 200,000 new tonnes of recoverable material added to the kerbside system (mainly garden organics); A 20% increase to the state-wide average household recycling rate; Improved environmental outcomes by reducing greenhouse gas emissions by more than 320,000 tonnes of CO2-e per Over two million households provided with a new food organics collection service through the roll out of combined collection of FOGO material; The delivery of higher quality materials for recycling due to less contamination in the recycling and organics stream and more effective sorting; The potential for Victorian reprocessors to yield up to $12 million per year more from avoided disposal costs and the increased quality and value of recycled materials and products; and Reduced costs to councils and increased revenue for reprocessors due to households putting out for collection cleaner recyclables/FOGO streams. On average a council that adopts the preferred service standards for a 3-bin FOGO service may achieve additional benefits include: Metropolitan council (approx. 55,000 hhld*’s) Non-metropolitan council (approx. 14,000 hhld’s) Current service 3-bin GO 2 bin 3-bin GO Costs and benefits of moving to a 3-bin FOGO service Change in cost per household -$2/hhld/annum +$33/hhld/annum +$5/hhld/annum