Singleton Council is ramping up its waste management strategy by joining with Plastic Police Partnerships to implement new recycling strategies and change community behaviours surrounding the use of soft plastics.
The partnership commences on Wednesday the 27th of September, with an official launch at the Council's Waste Management Facility on Dyrring Road at 10am.
Plastic Police Partnerships is a local engagement program which works with communities to promote sustainability and recycling.
A notable initiative of Plastic Police is collecting and recycling soft plastics such as shopping bags into outdoor furniture items, such as for local school yards - there are plans to roll out this recycling initiative in Singleton under the partnership.
Damian Morris, Council's Acting Director for Planning and Infrastructure, said the partnership is another step in the right direction for Singleton in their recent move against pollution and waste.
"Singleton Council is achieving some great results in our approach to waste management, not least through the opening of the Burragan Recycling Shop last year and the introduction of the new garden organics collection service which is turning unwanted items into valuable resources and importantly, reducing what the community sends to landfill."
Singleton Mayor Sue Moore says the new initiative comes in response to community concerns over the appearance of plastic products in landfill.
"Long-term, we're hoping to reduce the amount of contamination in the recycling bins and to actually carry forward a productive use of the products, with items that can be made from the soft plastics so they're not just finding their way to landfill or not being productive at all."
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| Plastic Police works with community groups such as local schools. Image from: Cross Connections Consulting, http://crossconnections.com.au/plastic-police-partnership-story-by-samantha-cross/ |
