Illegal dumping and littering
Consultation has concluded
The Illegal Dumping and Litter Management Plan 2023-2031 was adopted by Council in November 2023. Click here to view the plan.
The Plan was informed by community engagement, co-design workshops with key stakeholders and desktop research, and identifies measures to reduce illegal through priority areas and actions. The IDLMP has illegal dumping reduction targets 30% by 2026/27 and 50% by 2030/31.
Randwick Council is reviewing its Illegal Dumping and Littering Management Plan 2011 to help address issues of increased littering and illegal dumping across Randwick City.
Between 2016 and 2021, Randwick Council recorded a 17% increase in illegal dumping incidents and an 18% increase in illegal dumping tonnage. There were also more than 29,000 reported illegal dumping incidents across the City between July 2019 and October 2021.
We would like to hear from the community to understand how we can help residents manage waste to prevent littering and illegal dumping into the future.
Have your say:
- Take our short survey
- Drop a pin on our map to help us identify problems areas or areas that have improved in relation to illegal dumping and littering.
- Send your comments to the General Manager via email headed "Illegal dumping and littering" to council@randwick.nsw.gov.au or by post to 30 Frances Street, Randwick 2031.
What is littering and illegal dumping?
Litter and illegal dumping (LID) means tossing, tipping or depositing waste on land and in water, where it pollutes the environment and can harm human health. LID has a detrimental impact on our public places, making our streets look dirty and undesirable and incurring associated clean-up costs to the community.
The NSW Environmental Protection Authority estimates that 10 percent of local councils spend over $500,000 on waste-related education, enforcement, clean-up and other illegal dumping activities each year. As councils are the main authorities for managing waste in local communities, strategies to prevent illegal dumping are becoming even more important.
How is Randwick Council managing littering and illegal dumping?
In 2011 Randwick City Council developed an Illegal Dumping and Litter Management Plan. Aimed at reducing illegal dumping and littering incidents in the Randwick LGA, the plan identified education and enforcement actions for implementation and delivered reasonable outcomes, but we need to do more.
Council have engaged GHD, an environmental and engineering consultancy to undertake community and stakeholder engagement to understand the underlying reasons for residential illegal dumping and update Council's Illegal Dumping and Litter Management Plan.
Consultation period: 5 April to 9am, 3 May 2022 (extended).
