Eastern suburbs residents have been warned they could have to pay more to have their rubbish collected if a publicly-funded waste facility is sold to a private operator.

The future of the Eastern Metropolitan Regional Council’s Red Hill waste management facility has been thrown into doubt as its member councils leave or contemplate leaving.

Red Hill accepts a wide range of waste from the general public, commercial operators and local, regional, State and Federal government organisations.

But a former EMRC chairman has warned a spate of councils deciding to “take the money and run” could lead to Red Hill being sold to a private operator and prices for waste disposal increasing.

The City of Belmont was a founding member of the EMRC but withdrew in 2021, leaving the cities of Swan, Kalamu

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