I am very pleased to say that our local Council is now looking at ways of improving our waste management at events! And also letting the community know how well we are doing.
The Council sponsers a number of large public events each year, such as the Natuzzi The Parade Food Wine and Music Festival, the Adelaide Fashion Festival, Magill Road Alive and St Peters Fair. These events generate waste, and the community should be able to have confidence that as much of that waste as possible is diverted from landfill.
I put forward a motion at the recent Council meeting on Monday 4th April 2011, asking that the Council Staff investigate how we can set targets and improve our outcomes at all our public events, in keeping with the Council's objective of reducing the amount of waste sent to landfill. The motion also asked that once the Council has decided on targets and strategy, the outcomes be published each year in the Annual Report, so that the community can see that the objective is being achieved.
The motion can be seen in the Council Minutes 4/4/11
This is the first motion I have submitted to Council, and I am very happy to say that it passed easily, with several other Councillors speaking in support.
Sustainable waste management is a key issue for me - ultimately I would like to see less waste being generated in the first place, and all organic waste being composted and returned to soil, as locally as possible. NPSP Council is already working with Zero Waste SA to establish kerbside collection of organic waste. I will continue being active in finding ways that the Council can support residents and local businesses in following the Waste Management Hierarchy - the most important element of the Hierarchy is AVOID producing waste! Followed of course by Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Recover, Treat, Dispose.
