WODONGA residents will be able to make two free trips each year to Albury tip under a revamp of the voucher system used to access the waste management centre.
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The deal for Wodonga dumpers was raised on Monday night as Albury Council's waste management chief Andrea Baldwin outlined a new online voucher set-up set to begin in July 2021.
The fresh process will see residents receive electronic vouchers via their smartphones, rather than the existing paper coupons.
Tip visitors will then scan a QR code on their phone as they enter the waste centre.
Special arrangements will be made for those without smartphones.
Ms Baldwin predicted a $30,000 saving to the council in mail and paper costs.
In 2019-20, the city has issued 94,360 paper vouchers with 31 per cent used.
About 15 per cent use two or more vouchers.
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Ms Baldwin said the shake-up of the system would allow residents in Albury to access Wodonga's waste centre and vice versa.
She noted existing data showed Wodonga residents were more likely to drop loads in Albury than the other way around.
A councillor listening to Ms Baldwin, Darren Cameron, expressed concern that Albury ratepayers would be underwriting the cost of Wodonga citizens' free visits.
The city's infrastructure, planning and environment chief Brad Ferris replied by saying that would not occur.
"They would present their voucher at our gatehouse, we would tally them up on a monthly basis and forward the equivalent entry cost to Wodonga city for payment," Mr Ferris said.
"And vice versa we would do the same if our residents presented our vouchers at the Wodonga transfer station."
The new system would see vouchers provided only to residents of properties.
