The Northern Beaches is set to become greener and cleaner with help from two grants from the Environment Protection Authority (EPA).

Receiving $404,000 over a 3-year period, the WASM* Litter Prevention Grant Program will help Council deliver initiatives to address litter across the local environment.

Funding will support implementing Council’s broader Waste and Circular Economy Strategy, boosting both Council’s capability and the community’s capacity to combat littering.

Activities will include education campaigns and targeted place-based initiatives in our town centres to help prevent litter in the first place. We will also work with targeted local businesses to help phase out unnecessary single use items and transition where possible to reusable systems.

Additionally, Council received a further $120,000 to address illegal dumping issues. 

The illegal dumping grant will support an education program to address Illegal dumping of household bulky waste in high density areas on the Northern Beaches, including apartments.   This will help improve the streetscape and reduce environmental impact from dumped materials.

For more information on Council’s Waste and Circular Economy Strategy.

This project is a NSW Environment Protection Authority Waste and Sustainable Materials Strategy initiative, funded from the waste levy

*Waste and Sustainable Materials Strategy