Glen Innes Severn Council back recycling campaign for NSW

Recycling is an important cause that needs to be supported in order to be successful, Cr Sparks said.

At the March 26 council meeting, Cr Sparks set the motion forward to support the recycling campaign to help decrease the amount of unnecessary waste being sent to landfills that could be recycled and reused.

The motion called upon councillors to support the local government sector's Save Our Recycling campaign.

The mayorial minute said measures need to be taken to ensure the increase in household recycling, without the implementation and ongoing support of the campaign the decline of household recycling will continue.

The Waste Levy reinvestment into the Save Our Recycling campaign aims to resolve the previous issues that the lack of funding, planning and action have had on the recycling rates in NSW.

The recycling campaign will be introduced in stages. The process will involve three major steps including; education, innovation, and investment.

The three integral steps will enable NSW to understand the right way to recycle, the government to find more use for recycled content, and the reinvestment of the Waste Levy to fund the councils deliveries of waste infrastructure and services the region requires.

"On top of the actions already in place by Glen Innes Severn Local Government, the Save Our Recycling campaign will see that our recycling rates are improved and positively impact the household recycling rates increasing in the state," Cr Sparks said.

"The lack of recycling and effective waste management in NSW calls for action from the State Government to help build a circular economy.

"It is up to us as a community to work together and put our efforts towards bettering our recycling habits," she said.