Sustainable Stirling - Our Natural Environment

What are we doing to achieve our waste targets and goals?

Leading by example • Recovering construction and demolition waste and green waste from City projects • Undertaking innovative trials including using recycled asphalt road base and recycling/ upcycling City uniforms • Developing programs to monitor and avoid facility/office waste and increase resource recovery • Exploring opportunities to use recycled and recyclable materials in facilities and projects • Incorporating and advocating for sustainable procurement processes across City projects, facilities and offices • Advocating to government and industry for advancing product stewardship programs. Supporting our community • Collecting and recovering municipal waste and hazardous waste from our community to maximise resource recovery • Providing convenient on-demand collection services for bulk waste and hard to recycle items, like mattresses and e-waste • Providing local drop-off points for household

hazardous waste (HHW) and alternative recycling programs

• Supporting residents, community groups and schools to avoid waste and be an active part of the circular economy, through events such as clothes swaps and workshops • Developing initiatives to help residents avoid single-use products, for example offering subsidies for sanitary products and modern cloth nappies • Partnering with community groups, businesses, charitable organisations and government departments to deliver waste avoidance initiatives such as Plastic Free July and National Recycling Week • Collaborating with government departments and WALGA to maintain consistent waste messaging and communications, as well as participating in programs such as bin tagging and other Waste Sorted programs • Engaging, listening and responding to the community to improve and inform our Waste wise programs and increase resource recovery • Exploring opportunities to recover food waste and divert it from landfill and other emerging resource recovery initiatives.

Sustainable Stirling 2022–2032 Our Natural Environment

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