Illegal Dumping Prevention Program Grants

Albury City Council
$85,000.00

RID Albury of Waste – Reducing Illegal Dumping
This project will build strong partnerships with landowners and community stakeholders to reduce the dumping of household waste including whitegoods, electrical items and mattresses. This project has multiple benefits and aims to reduce illegal dumping by 40% in a year while also reducing the financial burden of dumping on Council by 50%. 

Bathurst Regional Council
$117,748.00

Implementing Bathurst's Illegal Dumping Strategy
This project will decrease illegal dumping and move Bathurst towards a circular economy through education and behaviour change campaigns. Local infrastructure will be built to deter illegal dumping and mobile surveillance will be set up at hotspots. Council will also increase community awareness of this serious issue through publicising illegal dumping incidents and the impact they have on the community.

Penrith City Council
$120,000.00

Clean up of Community Venues
This project will drive down illegal dumping at halls, neighbourhood and community centres that have a history of dumping activity. Council will install waste infrastructure including roofed bin enclosures and signage to deter offenders. Council will also roll out an education campaign encouraging community to report dumping and use alternative disposal methods for unwanted items.

Illawarra Shoalhaven Joint Organisation
$109,650.00

Southern region asbestos removal program
This project will target Wollongong, Shellharbour, Shoalhaven and Kiama councils. It will provide community education on the correct asbestos disposal techniques as well as offering a complimentary asbestos collection service for households to stop illegal dumping before it starts.

Canberra Region Joint Organisation
$115,810.00

NSW-ACT Cross Border Illegal Dumping pilot
This project will implement more collaborative, structured and targeted approaches to tackle cross-border illegal dumping. Queanbeyan-Palerang and Yass Valley councils will invest in education of landholders and transport companies, improve collaboration and install infrastructure including signage and cameras.

Lake Macquarie City Council
$111,283.00

Let's Keep Lake Mac Clean
This project will reduce the amount of illegal dumping in the region by targeting seven hot spot areas. Council will install gates, fencing, mobile cameras, lighting and an Illegal Dumping Investigation Officer to actively monitor the hot spots and pursue investigation, enforcement and clean-up activities. 

National Parks and Wildlife Service
$104,500.00

Removal, Prevention and Disposal of Illegal Rubbish in the Pelaw Main Precinct - Werakata SCA
This project will monitor key locations and remove illegally dumped waste in the Werakata State Conservation Area near Cessnock. National Parks and Wildlife Service will work with Cessnock City Council to roll out a community education project to reduce rubbish and vandalisation and decrease risks to wildlife. 

Cumberland Council
$120,000.00

Clean Up Cumberland - Phase 2
This project will install three more CCTV fixed-pole cameras, fencing and bollards and upgraded signage in areas known to frequently attract illegal dumping.

Kyogle Council
$72,100.00

Parks are for people. Stamping out dumping in Kyogle.
This project will focus on reducing dumping of household waste in public bins and public parks. Council will adopt a multi-faceted approach including education, infrastructure and enforcement to reduce dumping of household waste in Kyogle township public park bins by 30% and instil and sustain an anti-dumping culture within the community.

Maitland City Council
$83,000.00

Weblands Street Land Illegal Dumping Prevention Project
This project will prevent and clean up illegal dumping in Weblands Street Land, Aberglasslyn, through the installation of fencing, mobility gates and covert illegal dumping cameras. The reserve's ecological and recreational value has been significantly impacted by illegal dumping, with an estimated 50 tonnes of waste removed by the council over the past five years.

Canterbury-Bankstown Council
$77,000.00

Eyes On Hot Spots - Surveillance program CBCity
This project will boost surveillance capabilities through the installation of CCTV cameras and signage to target known hot spots and deter dumping behaviour. Monitoring will cover 10 hot spots throughout the life of the project and integrate into Canterbury-Bankstown's existing education and behaviour change program and support enforcement officers to catch offenders.

National Parks and Wildlife Service
$41,906.00

Education, Restriction and Surveillance for Garawarra State Conservation Area
This project will implement further strategies to reduce illegal dumping and prevent anti-social behaviour in the Garrawarra State Conservation Area. National Parks and Wildlife Service will roll out a locally targeted education program, restrict access to dumping hotspots and install mobile surveillance infrastructure. 

Singleton Council
$71,000.00

Preventing Illegal Dumping in Singleton
This project will reduce illegal dumping at several known hotspot locations while also supporting the Singleton community to begin using RID Online. Council will use surveillance, signage and targeted education to effectively reduce and prevent dumping in key locations.

Walgett Shire Council
$20,000

Establishing an illegal dumping baseline - Walgett Council
This project will capture local illegal dumping baseline data over a 12-month period.

Balranald Shire Council
$20,000

Establishing an illegal dumping baseline - Walgett Council
This project will capture local illegal dumping baseline data over a 12-month period. Council will also begin to use the RID online tool and develop a strategy to prevent illegal dumping. 

NetWaste
$20,000

Establishing an illegal dumping baseline - Bogan Council
This project will gather baseline local illegal dumping data using the RID online tool and develop a strategy to prevent future illegal dumping in Bogan Shire.

Edward River Council
$20,000

Establishing an illegal dumping baseline - Edward River Council
This project will capture local illegal dumping baseline data over a 12-month period.

Leeton Shire Council
$20,000

Establishing an illegal dumping baseline - Leeton Shire Council
This project will capture local illegal dumping baseline data over a 12-month period.