Cardinia Shire Council - Annual Report 2017-18

Enhanced natural environment (cont.)
Action Result Status
Promote practices that result in the reduction per household of the amount of waste going to landfill, particularly
food waste (cont.).
Review effectiveness of kerbside flexible
plastics recycling initiative and further promote
to the community.
Build on success of new resource recovery
facilities by advocating for improved resource
recovery and reuse options (such as e-waste, detox
your home, SV programs, new streams, reuse
opportunities and education).
Commence regional project with south east
councils and MWRRG to procure landfill and
alternative to landfill services, including pre-sort
options for commencement post 2021.
Post-project audits were conducted and identified
23 per cent of residents were using the service
every fortnight with low contamination. This
indicates the initiative was a success. Further
promotions will continue and are scheduled for
inclusion in Connect magazine.
A response was provided to the Victorian
Government regarding the proposed e-waste
ban and the requirement to support local
infrastructure, including privately run
infrastructure. Advocacy is ongoing. An outcome
has not yet been provided. Detox your home
services were delivered in April 2018, with good
attendance. A Council officer also attended a
Product Stewardship review forum.
Council staff continue to attend ongoing
workshops and monthly regional meetings.
Manage water in an integrated way, including the reduction of potable water consumption by Council
and households.
Implement the Integrated Water Management Plan
including implementing water-efficiency measures
recommended in the water audits at Cardinia Life
and Holm Park Reserve.
Water audits at Cardinia Life and Holm Park
Reserve were completed. Additional water
monitoring via the Building Management System
was completed at Cardinia Life, providing real-time
water consumption data. Other works included
minor water efficiency upgrades at Cardinia Life,
Holm Park Reserve and Cardinia Cultural Centre.
Promote water catchment management practices that improve the quality of our waterways.
Reduce offsite septic discharges by advocating to
water authorities to complete the backlog sewer
program and mandate property connection in
2017–18.
Council’s Environment team advocated to
authorities to complete the backlog sewer program.
Protect and improve biodiversity by increasing the area of natural ecosystems across the shire.
Enhance biodiversity across the shire via long
term strategic planning and offering community
participation opportunities and incentives.
In the first year of the two-year project to develop
a Biodiversity Conservation Strategy, four
consultation workshops were held with internal
staff, key government agencies and the broader
community to discuss issues and opportunities.
Efficiencies were achieved by coordinating
consultation for the review of the Pest Plant
Management Strategy at the same time. A total of
14 consultation events and media articles have
been made to elicit community feedback, including
over 800 direct contact interactions with residents
(i.e. direct email, surveys completed, workshop
attendees). Drafting of the strategies continues
with adoption anticipated in June 2019.
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