Community Views on the litter challenges in Hawkesbury City Council area
Gathering community insights to determine the litter challenges in the Hawkesbury City Council area.
Hawkesbury City Council has been successful in obtaining a grant to develop a forward-thinking Litter Prevention Plan. This plan will reflect Council’s ongoing commitment to sustainability and aims to enhance organisational capability for effective, strategic, and sustainable litter management and prevention into the future.
As a first step in the planning process, we will engage with the community in the Hawkesbury Local Government Area (LGA) to gain valuable insights into litter challenges and opportunities from a community perspective.
‘Reduce Litter’ is Goal 6 of Council’s adopted Hawkesbury Waste and Resource Recovery Strategy. The adopted Strategy can be viewed here.
What is litter? Litter is the small items that would fit into a plastic bag. Illegal dumping is larger items e.g., mattresses, tyres, etc. Illegal dumping is OUTSIDE the scope of this survey.
HOW TO GET INVOLVED?
If you are a resident in the Hawkesbury LGA, you can provide input via a short survey. It will take less than 10 mins to complete, and responses can be anonymous if you prefer.
This project is an NSW Environment Protection Authority Waste and Sustainable Materials Strategy initiative, funded from the waste levy.
Should you lodge a submission, it will be considered, along with any other submissions received and may be included in Council’s meeting business paper. Your submission, including any personal information, is accessible by any person upon written application, subject to Council’s Privacy Management Plan and the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009. The inclusion of personal information in your submission is voluntary. The information will ultimately be stored in Council’s records system.
The inclusion of personal information with your submission is voluntary. However, if not provided Council will not be able to contact you about the proposal. The information will be stored in Council's electronic records system and paper files. For your protection, Council recommends that you do not include defamatory comments in your submission.
Under Section 10.4(5) of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979, any person who makes a submission to Council is required to disclose any political donation or gift. Where relevant a Political Donation and Gift Disclosure Statement is to accompany any submission lodged with Council. This statement can be obtained from Council’s Customer Service Unit or on Council’s website.
Any comments about this proposal may contain information that is personal information, such as information that identifies you, etc., for the purposes of the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1988.
Submissions are balanced with Council’s statutory obligations, the rights of the proponent and the public interest. Council must consider any submissions made before it decides whether to proceed with or abandon a proposal.
