The Knox Waste and Resource strategy:
- outlines our vision
- describes our goals
- sets our aims
- identifies how we will achieve our goals
- establishes clear targets.
This strategy supports one of the five key directions (Natural environment and sustainability) in the Knox Community Plan and Knox Council Plan.
Our vision for 2030
Lead and support our community to move towards a circular economy by avoiding waste and maximising resource recovery.
Goals and aims
| Goals | Aims |
|---|---|
| Avoid waste | Avoid waste where possible and reduce how much waste we generate |
| Recover more from our waste | Maximise resource recovery and minimise waste to landfill |
| Engage and empower our community | Engage and empower our community to make informed decisions about waste and resource recovery |
| Care for our environment | Keep our local environment clean and manage our closed landfills |
How we plan to achieve our goals
Our targets
By 2030, we aim to:
- cut total waste per person by 15%
- divert 80% of kerbside waste from landfill
- halve the amount of organic material going to landfill
- give every household access to:
- a separate food and organics recovery service
- either a new glass bin or service
- increase recycling bins with no contamination from the bin inspection program to 80%
- increase food and garden bins with no contamination from the bin inspection program by 25%
- reduce dumped rubbish and litter complaints by 20%
We will also complete all required monitoring and reporting at closed landfill sites each year.
Interim targets
By 2025, we aim to:
- divert 72% of kerbside waste from landfill
- reduce organic material going to landfill by 20%
- increase recycling bins with no contamination from the bin inspection program to 72%
- increase food and garden bins with no contamination from the bin inspection program by 10%
Factors influencing waste and resource recovery
We considered several factors when developing this strategy:
- our city's waste and resources
- feedback from our community
- guiding principles of waste management
- legislation, policies and regulations
- key directions from Council and Community Plans
- shared responsibility for waste management
- challenges and opportunities.
Implementation and reporting
This strategy includes high-level aims and commitments to guide waste and resource management in Knox to 2030. It sets measurable targets that align with state and federal waste policy.
Take action: Read the full Knox Waste and Resource Strategy to learn how you can help reduce waste in our community.
A separate Implementation Plan details specific actions, timelines, resources and delivery partners to achieve our aims and targets.
We will:
- check progress towards targets annually
- review the status of each action in the Implementation Plan
- revise and update the Implementation Plan if needed
- report progress to the community annually.
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