SHOROC (Shore Regional Organisation of Councils) and its partner councils, Manly, Mosman, Pittwater and Warringah in northern NSW, have received a $600,000 grant over four years to improve waste and resource recovery services for the region.
SHOROC President and Mayor of Pittwater, Councillor Jacqueline Townsend said the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) grants support regional council groups to further develop waste and recycling infrastructure and include the appointment of regional waste coordinators and development of regional waste strategies.
“SHOROC is one of the first regional organisation of councils to appoint a regional waste coordinator, testament to the SHOROC councils’ long history of collaborating on waste management including the joint ownership of the Kimbriki Resource Recovery Centre at Terrey Hills and the adoption of a common waste collection system into the future” she said.
“These strategies will see the region manage its own waste in a more sustainable manner to reduce waste and increase resource recovery within the region – rather than it being transported elsewhere.”
The NSW Environment Protection Authority supports the program with funding from the waste levy.
The $465.7 million Waste Less, Recycle More initiative is designed to enhance waste and resource recovery services both at an individual council level and with large scale infrastructure changes.
The EPA has approved $6 million over the next four years to fund the regional coordination of seven council groups in the waste-levy paying area to engage regional coordinators, undertake infrastructure planning and develop the Regional Waste Strategies required under the NSW 2021 Regional Action Plans.
