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2021-08-10 P&E Agenda - Item 7 - Attachment 1 - Climate Change Response Plan
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Strategic Priorities Specific actions Metrics Timing
What are our priorities over How will we achieve our strategic priorities or encourage positive How will we measure effectiveness or success (for
the 5 year life of this plan? change? of risk mitigation or emissions reduction efforts? commencement)
Theme 8 - Zero waste and circular economy
Target: By 2030, all green waste and food waste is diverted from landfill
8.1 Adopt circular Through development and implementation of the waste • Reduction in waste to landfill Ongoing
economy principles to cut management plan:
waste and pollution, keep • Ensure Council’s waste management program adheres to
products and materials circular economy principles for waste elimination, reuse and
in use and regenerate recycling and carbon reduction
natural systems. • Continue and expand the community waste education and
behavioural change programs to build community awareness
about emissions from waste and how to reduce them (eg
methane emissions from food waste)
• Explore opportunitites for circular economy approaches through
Council’s purchasing activities, including the use of recycled
material where feasible/appropriate
• Investigate opportunities for local/regional processing of
recycled materials
• Investigate composting options for organic waste including end
user opportunities, eg farms
• Advocate to State and Federal governments for strict packaging
and product stewardship standards and improved infrastructure/
business opportunities for waste reuse.
8.2 Manage the landfill • Continue to install landfill gas wells and improve the quality of • Landfill gas emission reductions Ongoing
in accordance with best the landfill cap to increase capture of landfill gas
practice to minimise • Continue to explore power generation from landfill gas
greenhouse gas emissions
8.3 Minimise organic • Implement recommendations from the new waste management • % green waste and food waste diverted from Ongoing
matter going to landfill plan to minimise organic matter going to landfill landfill
from community waste
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