Developing Our Strategy
How did we develop the new Waste Matters Strategy?
- A Waste Working Group was formed, with community representatives, to help Council guide the strategy development process
- We reviewed our current services, programs and initiatives
- We examined available waste facilities that can accept and process our waste
- Extensive community consultation was undertaken on the future of how we manage our Shire’s waste
- We talked to the waste industry to identify their current capability
- We looked at how other communities are managing their waste
- We identified and evaluated our options, outcomes and costs
- A draft waste strategy was developed
- Community feedback was sought on the draft strategy
- The new waste strategy was adopted and implemented
What key issues were considered in the Waste Matters Strategy?
The strategy development process considered the below issues and others raised during the community consultation phase when you told us what’s important to you:
- Composting our food and other organic material currently going to landfill
- Recovering residual recyclables in our waste
- Improving our bulky waste collection services
- Processing our bulky waste and diverting it from landfill
- Diverting non-recyclable materials from landfill into energy from waste facilities
- Increasing our recycling of problem materials such as e-waste, mattresses and clothing
- Increasing opportunities for reusing household items
- Improving our community engagement and education activities
- An improved focus on illegal dumping and litter management
‘Waste Matters’ pop-up stalls were located at Hornsby, Beecroft, Galston and Berowra Heights, where we asked the community what we should do to reduce waste going to landfill – Aug 2018
Online ‘Waste Matters Hornsby – Have Your Say’ survey – 24 Sep to 14 Oct 2018
Community Telephone Surveys – Oct 2018
Targeted Focus Groups – Oct 2018
Draft Waste Strategy on public exhibition, community submissions to be considered – 2019
