Previous grant recipients

Bathurst Regional Council

$79,783.69

Partnerships for Prevention – Bathurst’s Illegal Dumping Action Plan

Bayside Council

$117,806.85

Reducing Illegal Dumping Using Surveillance Technology, Smart Data and Education

Blue Mountains City Council

$51,778.00

Combating illegal dumping Blue Mountains

Byron Shire Council

$119,000.00

Illegal Dumping and Littering Education and Enforcement Plan

Cessnock City Council

$115,815.00

Working Together to Target a Significant Bushland Hotspot

Cumberland City Council

$120,000.00

Clean up Cumberland

Hornsby Shire Council

$71,000.00

Combatting Illegal Dumping in Hornsby Shire

Illawarra Shoalhaven Joint Organisation

$100,650.00

Illawarra DIY Asbestos removal project

Moree Plains Shire Council

$90,852.00

Keeping Moree Plains Shire Clean

Narromine Shire Council

$90,000.00

Narromine Shire Illegal Dumping Initiative

North East Waste

$68,000.00

Northern Rivers Illegal Dumping Prevention Program

Penrith City Council

$95,500.00

Operation Spider

Strathfield Council

$91,206.50

NO Illegal Dumping!

Waverley Council

$107,200.00

My Street is Your Street

Willoughby City Council

$50,000.00

Surveillance for dumping prevention

Wollondilly Shire Council

$50,000.00

Wollondilly Northern Region Dumping Prevention Program

Wollongong City Council

$50,593.92

Cordeaux & Mount Kiera – Enhanced Surveillance & Clean Up Project (ESCUP)

Broken Hill Council

$17,490.00

Establishing baseline data for the Broken Hill LGA

Dubbo Regional Council

$20,000.00

Base line dumping data for Dubbo Regional Council

Hawkesbury City Council

$20,000.00

Hawkesbury - Illegal dumping baseline

Kyogle Council

$20,000.00

Establishing illegal dumping baseline data for Kyogle LGA

Shoalhaven City Council

$19,420.00

Shoalhaven Central Coastal Area – Baseline data collection

Sydney Water

$17,500.00

SWC – Illegal Dumping Baseline

North East Waste

$75, 000

The grant funding will be used to expand an illegal dumping project funded under Round 5. It will target three hotspots in the Lismore City Council area and continue an education and awareness campaign in the north-east waste region.

NetWaste

$120,000

The project uses baseline data from seven-member councils to target illegal dumping in 10 hotspots. The areas will be cleaned up, signs and cameras installed, and a communication strategy implemented to raise awareness of council services and the penalties for illegal dumping.

Blue Mountains City Council

$96, 000

This project targets illegal dumping hotspots containing asbestos adjacent to a popular walking track and fire trail. The areas will be remediated and blocked off to make them safe for the public and surveillance cameras, signage and patrols will be used to deter further dumping.

Canberra Region Joint Organisation (CRJO)

$20, 000

Data on illegal dumping will be gathered for 12 months across four council areas in New South Wales to quantify their issue. The data will be used to identify hotspots and target future clean-up and prevention actions.

National Parks and Wildlife Service – Royal Area

$65,928

This project targets illegal dumping hotspots in Garrawarra State Conservation Area, southern sections of Royal National Park and southern sections of Heathcote National Park. The aim is to reduce illegal dumping by cleaning-up hotspots, installing prevention measures and strengthening surveillance.

Wollongong City Council

$43,175

This project targets one of the major illegal dumping hotspots (containing asbestos) in the Wollongong LGA. This area will be cleaned up and restored to deter illegal dumping and other anti-social behaviour. Surveillance will be undertaken.

National Parks and Wildlife Service – Blue Mountains Branch

$9,600

This project will collect data for an area that is subject to the largest incident of illegal dumping in the Yengo National Park. Data will be input into RIDonline. The data will be used to create a strategy to reduce illegal dumping.

Cessnock City Council

$89,492

Council will work with National Parks to tackle illegal dumping in two hotspots, by cleaning up existing dumps, restricting access and raising awareness of the impact of illegal dumping on the biodiversity of the area. The project also aims to increase public reporting of illegal dumping.

Warrumbungle Shire Council

$20,000

This project will establish baseline illegal dumping data across the Warrumbungle LGA. The Council will gather data to target the main waste sources and locations.

Illawarra Shoalhaven Joint Organisation (ISJO)

$36,200

This is a targeted project that tackles a hotspot in the Shellharbour region where illegal dumping is increasing and there is community concern. Targeted surveillance will gather intelligence for compliance and education activities in the surrounding area.

Byron Shire Council

$20,000

Byron Shire Council will gather illegal dumping baseline data from across their local government area, and compile and analyse that data through the new NSW EPA illegal dumping database RIDonline. Council will encourage residents to report illegal dumping to support their data gathering. Once data is obtained a prevention strategy will be developed and council will establish an illegal dumping team.

Camden Shire Council

$20,000

Camden Shire Council will gather illegal dumping baseline data from across their local government area, and compile and analyse that data through the new NSW EPA illegal dumping database RIDonline. They will use RIDonline to identify trends and hotspots and map these across their LGA. Data will be used to develop an illegal dumping prevention strategy. Their first prevention actions will be putting up signage and surveillance cameras at hotspots. 

Cessnock City Council

$133,600

Cessnock City Council in partnership with their RID squad officer will target hotspots where household waste is dumped. They will clean-up waste, install fencing, gates and barriers. Surveillance devices will be used at hotspots and the community will be encouraged to report dumping via RIDonline through signage, letter box drops and media. They will also provide guidance to property owners encouraging them to remove waste properly and ensure they get tip dockets from any contractors who removes waste on their behalf. Project partners include the Kurri Kurri Campus of Hunter TAFE & Local Lands Services division of the Department of Trade & Investment.

City of Wagga Wagga

$123,870

The City of Wagga Wagga will deliver an education campaign to encourage residents to dispose of waste properly and create a social norm that dumping is unacceptable. They will install signage at Gregadoo Waste Management Centre with information about the cost of landfill fees verses the cost of fines for dumping. They will develop TV, radio and Facebook advertising as well as posters, flyers and promotional material at local hardware stores and social welfare groups. They will encourage the community to report dumping via the RIDonline reporting app. They will also install prevention infrastructure at hotspots including bollards, surveillance cameras and surveillance signs.

Cowra Shire Council

$56,269

The project will target the Bourke Street Road Reserve illegal dumping hotspot on the urban/rural fringe of Cowra township. Cowra Shire Council will clean-up the dumped waste in the area, install signage, surveillance cameras and solar lighting and will regularly patrol the area. The project will also have an education element to encourage the community to report illegal dumping through the RIDonline public app via advertising campaigns. The project will also include a free tip day at Cowra Material Recycling Facility to encourage proper waste disposal.

Hornsby Shire Council

$38,950

Hornsby Shire Council will work with local community groups and residents to target 3 illegal dumping hotspots on Old Northern Road. Each hotspot is a remote rural location, isolated with easy access. Local residents collect dumped items and litter weekly at these hotspots to try to deter further dumping. The project will clean up the sites, install signage, sandstone blocks and dirt mounds, revegetate the area and use surveillance devices to identify dumpers. Local residents have agreed to support the project by monitoring the area and reporting any illegal dumping. The project will also include a mail-out to rural resident highlighting that illegal dumping is unacceptable and how to report it.

Lake Macquarie City Council

$75,952

Lake Macquarie City Council will target 3 illegal dumping hotspots by installing gates, fencing and signage about how to report dumping and indicating the area is under surveillance. Surveillance devices will be used to identify dumpers at the hotspots. The project will also fund the Eco Angles program, where community volunteers clean-up and monitor hotspots. The third aspect of the program will provide information about bulky waste collection and the penalties associated with illegal dumping to those living in multi-unit dwellings as this has been identified as a problem area. Lake Macquarie City Council will partner with Local Land Services, Centennial Coal, Energy Australia, property managers, Eco Angel volunteers and the RID squad to deliver the project.

Maitland City Council

$68,000

The project will install signage and fencing at 3 dumping hotspots. Any identified dumped material will be taped off with RID branding investigation tape and cameras will be installed to identify offenders. Maitland City Council will work with the Hunter and Central Coast RID squad to conduct a blitz investigation and to publicise any resulting fines. While the blitz investigation is on they will conduct a wider education campaign asking people to report dumping via RIDonline and explaining the consequences of illegal dumping. Education will highlight free recycling and waste reduction techniques. Signage encouraging people to report illegal dumping and highlighting the cost of penalties will be placed at city entrances, on council garbage trucks and buses.

Murray Local Land Services

$20,000

Murray Local Land Services currently manages over 50,000ha of Travelling Stock Routes (TSR) which includes over 2,900 parcels of crown land. Barriers to establishing illegal dumping data in the past have been a lack of staff and funding and the very large area managed. Murray Local Land Services will use this grant to identify dumping hotspots by recording data in RIDonline so they can direct limited resources to prevent illegal dumping efficiently in future. The project will undertake a baseline survey in areas identified as high risk for dumping and repeat surveys to establish trends. They will work with neighbouring land managers including Wakool, Conargo, Murray, Deniliquin, Corowa, Jerilderie, Urana, Berrigan, Albury, Greater Hume and Tumbarumba Councils

National Parks and Wildlife Service. Office of Environment and Heritage (Lower Hunter Area)

$55,810

Werakata National Park is an area rich in biodiversity, containing protected species and ecosystems which are threatened and degraded by illegal dumping. The project area is 800ha in size with multiple entry and trail points. The project will clean-up dumping at 125 sites, install 7 rollovers to prevent access to trails, consolidate existing prevention measures and install signs and surveillance devices. National Parks & Wildlife Services will work in partnership with the Cessnock City Council RID Squad Officer to take enforcement action against dumpers.

National Parks and Wildlife Service. Office of Environment and Heritage (Lower Hunter Area)

$150,000

Coal & Allied (C&A) recently transferred 2240ha of the Stockrington lands to National Parks & Wildlife Services (NPWS). NPWS established a solid set of baseline data when they received funding to identify the illegal dumping issues on the new Stockrington land in the last round of Clean-up & Prevention grants. This round they are acting on this intelligence to try to reduce illegal dumping by 15%. The project aims to prevent dumping at hotspots by installing 110m of cable and bollard fencing, 7 gates, 150 meters of rollovers, 8 signs and surveillance cameras. They will clean-up waste to increase visitation, improve positive behaviours and increase passive surveillance. NPWS will work with Hunter and Central Coast RID squad officers and police to identify and penalise dumpers. The project will include a community engagement program that will highlight the illegality of dumping and the penalties.

North East Waste

$125,850

North East Waste will coordinate a pilot program with Clarence Valley, Ballina Shire and Richmond Valley Councils. The project will engage an illegal dumping officer to work across the 3 council areas. The focus of the program is to use the new officer to build skills and confidence in council compliances teams to undertake illegal dumping investigations, prepare penalty notices and prosecutions and support the adoption of RIDonline to improve reporting. The project aims to raise the number of penalties issued for illegal dumping and increase media coverage of those penalties to heighten the perceived risk of getting caught in the community.

NSW Land and Housing Corporation - Family and Community Services

$84,145

The NSW Land and Housing Corporation (LAHC) - Family and Community Services (FACS) manage numerous multi-unit dwellings in the Sydney area that experience high rates of illegal dumping. The project will target this dumping by providing fact sheets about how to dispose of waste properly to tenants and the penalties for dumping in multiple languages. Two collection days will be held to assist disabled or elderly tenants to dispose of bulky waste properly. FACS will install surveillance cameras and signs at 75 units to identify dumpers and to inform residents they are under surveillance. FACS will work with the Sydney RID Squad and Sydney and Leichardt Councils to identify and penalise offenders. Common areas in hotspots will be landscaped to improve their social value. To deliver the project FACS will consult with community groups within the multi-unit dwellings to brief them on the project and promote inclusion, including Red watch and Surry Hills Public Tenants organisations. The project will also survey 50 tenants pre and post program to establish baseline and any changes in knowledge, attitudes and behaviours around waste disposal.

Penrith City Council

$50,000

Penrith City Council will target dumping of bulky household waste around multi-unit dwellings (MUDS). 19% of Penrith residents live in MUDS and they have been identified as hotspots of illegal dumping. The project will deliver postcards to MUDS residents and erect signs explaining that dumping is illegal. These two actions will be followed up by council officers door knocking to explain that dumping waste is illegal and asking people to report illegal dumping. After the door knocking any dumped waste will be taped off with RID branded investigation tape. Waste will only be removed post investigation from then on. Council will work with property managers and conduct workshops to disseminate information. Council will work with Western Sydney RID squad officers to investigate incidents.

Port Stephens Council

$110,000

The project will target hotspot locations in the Port Stephens local government area by cleaning up sites, installing cameras, barriers, fencing, lighting, signage and revegetating the area. Monthly ranger patrols will be conducted at hotspots. The project will host a stakeholder forum to work with land managers in the area including Hunter Water, Local Land Services, National Parks & Wildlife Services, Worimi Local Aboriginal Lands Council, Roads & Maritime Services and Police. Council staff will receive training in investigating illegal dumping to build capacity. The project will also include an education campaign using YouTube videos and social media

Port Stephens Council

$45,000

The project will be delivered as a partnership between Port Stephens Council, Raymond Terrace Tidy Towns and Soldiers Point - Salamander Bay Landcare Group. The project will build a network of active volunteers who are committed to reporting and cleaning-up illegal dumping. Port Stephens council will develop signs with the community groups displaying messages about illegal dumping penalties. Council will create a monitoring schedule for community groups to monitor sites and match that monitoring with increased council patrols. Port Stephens Council will clean-up sites periodically and install concrete blocks, mounds and logs to prevent dumper access. Sites will then be revegetated. The project will also create YouTube videos, social media posts and newspaper features showing community group members working to stop illegal dumping.

Ashfield City Council

$20,000

Ashfield City Council will collect and analyse illegal dumping data to help develop prevention strategies for their local government area. Council will encourage residents to report illegal dumping and use a new central database to record data.

Central Darling Shire Council will work with five other NetWaste councils to develop a picture of illegal dumping trends across the NetWaste region. Historic and new data will be compiled in a central database, new resources will be dedicated to identify illegal dumping incidents and the public will be encouraged to report. Dumping trends identified through the new database will be used to develop a region wide prevention strategy.

Goulburn Mulwaree Council will dedicate staff time and new resources to identify illegal dumping incidents and record them in a new central database. The trends identified will help develop prevention campaigns and prioritise illegal dumping hot spots for clean-up.

Hornsby Shire Council will dedicate staff time and resources to identify new illegal dumping incidents and record illegal dumping data in a new central database. The database will provide maps of dumping locations and reports on dumping trends to inform future illegal dumping prevention strategies and programs.

Albury City Council and Greater Hume Council

$124,432

Albury and Hume councils plan to work in partnership on illegal dumping in both local government areas. They will use education, training courses and infrastructure at hotspots to reduce illegal dumping and raise awareness of the issue in the community.

Armidale Dumaresq Council

$90,000

This project will enable Armidale Council to gather better evidence of illegal dumping, including identification and clean up of hotspots. It will also deliver an education campaign, enforcement activities and new infrastructure, partnering with other stakeholders in and around the local government area.

Bankstown City Council

$62,460

The funding will support two Bankstown City Council programs focusing on asbestos and illegal dumping. Targeted Aware, Watch and Report Program and the Multi Unit Dwelling (MUD) data trial program will be developed. Both programs concentrate on prevention through education, evidence collection, and enforcement.

Belmont Wetlands State Park Trust

$45,100

Barriers and other infrastructure will be installed to reduce access to the wetlands to deter dumpers and protect the natural environment. The funding will also support increased surveillance and education with a focus on asbestos and illegal dumping and working in partnerships with park users and local landowners.

Blue Mountains City Council

$53,350

Blue Mountains City Council will remove waste from identified hotspots and install infrastructure, such as signs, barriers, gates, and bollards to reduce illegal dumping. The project will also involve education and partnerships with other landowners, along with monitoring at dumping sites and evaluation to determine the effectiveness of the different measures.

Hunter Development Corporation

$150,000

This project will prioritise a clean up of asbestos and other illegally dumped materials from hotspots. Infrastructure such as gates, concrete bollards and signage will be installed to reduce re-occurrence. It will also support evidence gathering for enforcement proceedings.

Hurstville City Council

$124,000

This project will prioritise a clean up of asbestos and other illegally dumped materials from hotspots, and involve increased council patrols and improved evidence gathering to inform the expansion of an Illegal Dumping Task Force.

Lake Macquarie City Council

$144,492

Three major hotspots have been identified where council officers will patrol and conduct surveillance activities and record illegal dumping activities, focusing on asbestos. Training and education will be conducted, along with engagement activities with community groups around hotspots.

Moree Plains Shire Council

$100,156

Moree Plains Shire Council will institute an initial clean up of hotspots containing asbestos and other hazardous waste. It will then conduct a shire-wide audit to identify all hotspot sites. Infrastructure such as bollards, barriers, fencing, lighting, signage and surveillance cameras will then be installed in partnership with Crown Lands, Moree Botanic Gardens, the Aboriginal Land Council and community groups to restore and rehabilitate sites, complemented with staff training and community education.

National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) Lower Hunter Area

$141,750

Five asbestos dump sites have been identified as priority sites for clean up and prevention. Contractors will be engaged to remove asbestos and install infrastructure that will reduce instances of dumping at the sites. A partnership with Bike for Parks will continue and surveillance will assist in gathering better data and evidence to take regulatory action.

North East Waste

$95,042

North East Waste is a voluntary waste group incorporating seven councils - Richmond Valley, Ballina, Kyogle, Byron, Clarence Valley, Lismore and Tweed Shire. This project will support education, better evidence training and partnerships within the group and with other local land managers. The plan will focus on asbestos dumping hotspots and use multiple prevention methods.

Port Stephens Council

$100,000

Three sites across Port Stephens have been identified as hot spots. This project will see preventative infrastructure installed at the sites and, working in partnership with land owners including NPWS, Hunter Water Board and Sebelco Sands, clean up sites and gather better evidence. Community education and training for council staff will be delivered to improve awareness of illegal dumping.

Southern Councils Group

$127,000

Three sites across Nowra and surrounding areas will be the focus of this proposal from Shoalhaven City Council and its project partners. A cooperative agreement between five local stakeholder groups has been established to combat illegal dumping. The group will focus on gathering evidence, education, enforcement and infrastructure at identified hotspots.

National Parks and Wildlife Service Tumut

$100,156

The relocation of the Tumut Waste and Recycling Centre and restructured opening hours has seen an increase in illegal dumping in the area. Four agencies have identified a single site for action which contains asbestos and other items. Better evidence, infrastructure and enforcement, together with education and improved waste disposal services are suggested to combat the issue. The project will run in partnership with Crown Lands, Forestry Corporation, Tumut Shire Council and Community.

Wyong Shire Council

$100,156

Wyong Shire Council will target 40 sites (10 per year) with infrastructure improvements, better evidence gathering, education and partnerships. The project will also integrate better waste disposal services and collaboration with local land managers and stakeholders.