City of Stonnington Sustainability Snapshot 2015/16
Waste Management and Minimisation
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Waste Management and Minimisation
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Key achievements Council
Community » Conducted an Apartment Composting Pilot with Owners Corporations at three apartment buildings to trial innovative solutions for recycling food waste on-site. » Participated in Garage Sale Trail 2015 with over 90 sales registered in the City of Stonnington. » Continued to deliver workshops for schools, early learning centres and residents on a range of waste related topics. » Expanded the Compost Revolution program to include Bokashi Bins to cater to small households. » Continued to provide opportunities to recycle niche recycling items through drop off collection points at Council’s service centres, libraries and aquatic centres. » Promoted the Armadale Baptist Church Community Garden as a public food waste recycling site. » Continued to support Sustainability Victoria’s Detox Your Home program by promoting local collection days. » Supported Sustainability Victoria’s Love Food Hate Waste program by promoting information resources and raising awareness on ways to reduce food waste. » Supported community Clean Up Australia
Waste sent to landfill has both environmental and financial implications. Waste going to landfill increases the release of harmful greenhouse gases into the environment and the cost of waste disposal to landfill is increasing. Council provides weekly garbage collection, fortnightly recycling collection, user pays green waste collection and a biannual hard waste and bundled green waste collection. Council also provides opportunities for residents to recycle a range of niche products such as e-waste (electronic), batteries and mobile phones. Council also plays an important role in delivering waste education to the community.
» Committed to excluding single-use, lightweight plastic bags from Council events and activities to help prevent plastic pollution. » Expanded Council’s Public Place Recycling program across the City’s shopping areas. » Continued to provide event waste and recycling bins to the community for events. » Continued involvement in the Metropolitan Waste and Resource Recovery Group Local Government Forum. » Supported staff participation in national waste initiatives including Clean Up Australia Day and Plastic Free July. » Expanded Council’s food waste composting program into offices at Malvern Town Hall and 311 Glenferrie Road to reduce the amount of food waste going to landfill. » Began an internal program to collect and recycle disposable coffee pods from office coffee machines. » Developed new communication materials to support correct waste disposal practices in Council office areas. » Delivered staff workshops to improve staff waste practices for work and home.
Goals
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Minimise waste generation by Council and the broader community
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Day activities across Stonnington by promoting the event and providing a rubbish collection service.
Maximise the recovery of reusable resources out of the waste stream
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Continue to review and adapt Council’s waste management service to ensure they are responsive to changing community requirements
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Inform and support the community and staff to implement correct waste disposal practices
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