Cr Cameron, who is seeking re-election next month, wants a weekly red-bin collection brought in at a minimum.

The red bin is presently collected fortnightly under the system introduced in April last year.

“The three-bin system, in my view, has been a failure for the people of Albury,” Cr Cameron said.

“Particularly for families with young children.

“Council’s role is to provide services to the ratepayers and not to see how much they can maximise income.

“In 2015-16 the surplus cash position from Albury waste facility was $2.4 million.

“We need to ask ourselves why are our tip fees so high?”

Cr Cameron said, if re-elected, he would also attempt to resurrect the hard waste collection which was scrapped in 2009 and replaced by a voucher system.

“I’ve tried every year I’ve been on council to bring it back,” he said.

“It has been supported by other councillors like Ross Jackson, but I’ve been defeated by councillors like Alice Glachan and David Thurley.”

Cr Cameron said the three-bin system was predicated on waste collection contractor Cleanaway building a compost facility locally to process the waste.

A development application for the compost facility was rejected by Greater Hume Council and a joint regional planning panel.

Cleanaway appealed the decision in the NSW Land and Environment Court, but lost.

“It hasn’t happened and the waste is currently being sorted out at our facility and then trucked to either Sale, Shepparton or Wagga,” Cr Cameron said.

“Council needs to be about basic services and if we can’t get basic services right then we shouldn’t be looking at more expensive and complex matters like mega aquatic centres.

“At the very minimum we need to bring in a weekly collection of the red bin.

“Every candidate in this election needs to clearly state what their position is on this issue.”

Cr Thurley defended the system, but acknowledged there were residents having problems.

“It is a legislative requirement to reduce our waste and anyone who has difficulty with the system needs to talk to council,” he said.

“Council goes right out of their way to help them.”