As part of the $356 million Waste and Sustainable Materials Strategy 2041, the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has released two new draft strategies for consultation to help achieve a 60 per cent reduction of litter by 2030 and crack down on illegal dumping,
The draft Litter and Illegal Dumping Prevention Strategies are designed to improve education, and infrastructure, grow targeted programs, drive more circularity throughout waste systems and reduce costs.
Member for Cootamundra Steph Cooke said this is a great opportunity for the community to speak up about keeping their neighbourhood clean.
“We are fortunate to live in a wonderful part of regional NSW and the community wants to keep it free of litter and dumped waste,” Ms Cooke said.
“These strategies introduce new programs and approaches for tackling waste and illegal dumping in the long term.”
“We’ve already reduced litter by 43 per cent over the past decade, and I encourage people to have their say as we work together to cut it even further.”
The draft Illegal Dumping Strategy outlines how the EPA will continue to work with councils and state government agencies to address the difficult challenges of illegal dumping.
The Waste Crime Taskforce will continue to deter and disrupt waste crime, and targeted illegal dumping campaigns and projects will be supported through grant funding.
These new strategies build on successful programs such as Return and Earn, Don’t Be a Tosser, the award-winning ‘Free fill, is it worth it?’ campaign, and litter and illegal dumping prevention grants.
Comment on both Strategies is open until 17th October 2022.
For more information visit https://yoursay.epa.nsw.gov.au/.
