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Keep NSW Beautiful
Congress 2015
22-23 July
York Conference and Function Centre
99 York St, Sydney CBD
Program
Best Practice
Industry Experts
Local Issues
Workshops, seminars
and discussions will build
confidence to use best
practice locally.
Forty experts will share
knowledge and experience
on successful methods of
litter reduction.
You’ll develop behaviour
change skills targeting
local litter issues to litter
less and live better.
CONGRESS
PRESENTING PARTNER
Register Now
Visit the KNSWB website to register
Thank you to our Congress Presenting Partner, the NSW EPA,
and Congress Supporters, Lion, SUEZ environnement, the
Australian Packaging Covenant and Wrigley, for their
support of this congress, the environment and communities of
NSW.
CONGRESS PRESENTING PARTNER
www.epa.nsw.gov.au
CONGRESS SUPPORTERS
www.lionco.com
www.suez-environnement.com
www.packagingcovenant.org.au
www.wrigley.com.au
Congress Program
Wednesday 22 July 2015
Presenter
Presentation Title
8:45am
The Hon. Mark Speakman MP, Minister
for the Environment, Minister for Heritage,
and Assistant Minister for Planning
Welcome
9:00am
Barry Buffier, NSW EPA
Opening remarks
9:10am
Sharon Owens, NSW EPA
NSW Litter Strategy – Are we making a
difference?
9:30am
Les Robinson, Enabling Change
OK. What’s your theory?
10:20am
John Phillips OAM, KESAB
Litter education in remote Aboriginal
communities
10:40am
Morning Tea
11:05am
Anne Prince, Waste Aid
Waste Aid – helping to make a difference
11:25am
Councillor Keith Rhoades AFSM, Local
Government NSW
Container deposits: A local government
perspective
11:45pm
Hal Dobbins & Jackie Kuek, City of
Sydney
Innovative ways to increase public place
recycling and raise awareness of litter issues
12:05pm
Daniela Santucci, Bankstown City Council
One Year On: Lessons from Bankstown City
Council litter prevention education program
12:50pm
Emmanuel Vivant, SUEZ environnement
The Resource Revolution
1:00pm
Lunch
1:40pm
Jennie Wetmiller and Vanessa Palmer,
Queanbeyan City Council
Youth: The answer to keeping Queanbeyan
beautiful
2:10pm
Marc Harper, KNSWB
EnviroMentors
2:25pm
David Imrie, KNSWB
Take the Pledge
2:35pm
Melissa Hayes & Layla McNeil, NSW EPA
Hey Tosser! Get creative with the creatives
2:55pm
Stan Vermeeren, Metropolitan Waste and
Resource Recovery Group
“Bin There Done That”,
Lessons from a bin tragic
3:25pm
Afternoon Tea
3:50pm
Tatum Newton and Courtney Naughton,
Wangaratta Council
Local government perspective of public place
recycling challenges and future infrastructure
improvements
4:10pm
Jeff Angel, Total Environment Centre
The future of packaging and litter policies
4:40pm
Rohan Swan, KABWA
Don’t dump your load on the road! A look at
roadside litter
5:00pm
Bernie Quinn, Brisbane City Council
Litter prevention – A whole council approach
5:30pm
Networking Function
Program subject to change
Congress Program
Thursday 23 July 2015
Presenter
Presentation Title
8:45am
John Phillips OAM, KESAB
Butt Free Australia
9:05am
Anna Minns, Terracycle
Eliminating the idea of waste: TerraCycle’s
Cigarette Waste Brigade
9:15am
Audrey Maag, Centre of Population
Health
NSW Tobacco Strategy and anti-litter policy: how
do we make the two work together?
9:35am
Belinda Koytz, City of Canada Bay
Council
Tackling litter: No Butts about it
9:45am
Richard Goulston, Willoughby Council,
& Danielle Northey, NSW EPA
Hey Tosser! Littering from vehicles – the
Willoughby experience
10:05am
Donna Shiel, VLAA
Faces of litter prevention in Victoria
10:25am
Justin Bonsey, Responsible Action
Network
No Time to Waste: a social model for mobilising
community-based action and reducing waste at
source
10:50am
Morning Tea
11:15am
Tim Silverwood, Take 3
Inspiring the community to Take 3 for the Sea
11:45am
TJ Lawson, CSIRO
A national survey of marine debris around
Australia- hotspots and the efficacy of waste
management policies on coastal litter
12:20pm
Pauline Coppin, NSW EPA
Monitoring and evaluation
12:30pm
Stan Moore, NPCIA
Packaging design for sustainability - Collaborating
with the industry for litter prevention
12:40pm
Lunch
1:20pm
Vanessa Hall, Entente Foundation
The truth about trust in communities
2:10pm
Travis Finlayson, Manningham City
Council
Appointing a litter prevention officer
2:40pm
James Gooding & Bianca Gray, EPA
QLD
Understanding litter and illegal dumping behaviour
3:10pm
Afternoon Tea
3:35pm
Sarah Chen, NSW EPA
CALD communities: They care more than you think!
3:55pm
Jessie Laing, Crescent Head Surfrider
Association Crescent Head beach cleanup project
4:10pm
Clean4Shore
4:10pm
Wrap Up
4:30pm
Event Close
Program subject to change
Program Abstracts and Speakers
Day 1
8:45am
9.10am
WELCOME
The Hon. Mark Speakman MP,
Minister for the
Environment, Minister for
Heritage, and Assistant
Minister for Planning
NSW Litter Strategy - are
we making a difference?
Sharon Owens
NSW EPA
9.00 am
The Government has committed $20 million to
2017 to revitalise anti-litter efforts under the
broader Waste Less, Recycle More.
OPENING REMARKS
BARRY BUFFiER
NSW EPA
The NSW Government has set an ambitious
target for litter reduction: A reduction of 40
per cent in the number of littered items by
2016, based on 2011–12 data.
It’s been more than one year since the last
KNSWB Litter Congress and local councils,
community groups and State Government
agencies have been extremely busy in the NSW
litter space.
What have we achieved in that time and how are
we tracking to reach the Government’s target?
Barry Buffier is the Chair and CEO for the EPA,
appointed in 2012. Mr Buffier has significant
Government experience at a senior level. He has
Senior Executive and Board experience in the public
and private sectors including as Director-General,
Department of Primary Industries and DirectorGeneral of State and Regional Development. He has
a Bachelor of Rural Science (Honours), a Master of
Economics, he is a Churchill Fellow and also a Fellow
of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Sharon manages the $20 million Waste Less, Recycle
More Litter Prevention program, including the Hey
Tosser! litter prevention awareness campaign and
grant funding for councils to develop and implement
local litter prevention projects. Her introduction to
waste was in 2002 as Executive Officer and Legal
Officer to the board of Resource NSW. Before that,
Sharon was the Principal Legal Officer at the NSW
Department of Local Government and dealt with a
wide range of local government legislative and other
legal issues.
9.30am
OK. What’s your theory?
Les Robinson
Enabling Change
Have you ever thought: “What!? Do I have to
think deeply about this?! Please don’t make
me think!!”
To influence human behaviour, how we think
about the problem and the solution, is THE
defining success factor.
We can make all sorts of mistakes in delivering
our projects, but if our IDEA is wrong, no amount
of brilliance can create success.
Having a theory of change for a project means
being able to state, clearly (so anyone can
understand), right at the start: “Here’s why we
think this will work.”
Les will demonstrate (with your assistance) how
creating a theory of change for a litter prevention
project can be vastly easier than it sounds, and
fun too.
Les Robinson is an expert on the human dimension
of change. He’s especially interested in good practice
in the design of change projects. His recent book
Changeology is about what it takes for groups and
communities to do things they’ve never done before.
His web site www.enablingchange.com.au has lots of
resources for change makers.
Program Abstracts and Speakers
Day 1
10:20am
11:05am
Litter Education in remote
Aboriginal communities
John Phillips OAM
KESAB
Waste Aid – helping to
make a difference
Anne Prince
Waste Aid
KESAB is a leading environmental educator
working alongside government, commerce
and industry, councils, schools and
community in strategic partnerships.
Waste Aid seeks to improve waste related
outcomes in remote and disadvantaged
communities, many of which are home to
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders.
The PALYA Clean Communities, Litter Reduction
and Education program is facilitated by KESAB
on the remote South Australia north west APY
(Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunyjatjara) Lands
covering approx.1.2 million sqklms. English is
second language across the lands and combined
with culture, tradition and extreme remoteness,
development and delivery of education and
clean up initiatives face many challengers,
including feral animals (donkeys, camels, dogs,
cats), limited waste management systems and
maintenance of infrastructure underpinning clean
and healthy communities.
A study of 7,151 indigenous homes nationally
found 51% had no bin and no regular rubbish
service! (Health Habitat). Litter in many
communities contributes to serious public
health issues including glass injuries, associated
infections and the proliferation of vermin, insects
and feral animals.
KESAB has been working alongside the APY
Lands Council, RASAC (Regional Anangu Services
Aboriginal Corporation) and Zero Waste SA for a
decade to implement litter reduction and waste
management by engaging communities and
schools across the 9 APY Land Communities 350
– 700klms south west of The Alice. (Indulkana,
Mimili, Fregon, Pukatja, Amata, Pipalyatjara,
Kanpi, Nyaperi, Murputja).
This presentation will provide a detailed trend
line Case Study and findings captured along an
interesting cultural and challenging behavioural
change environmental program.
11:25am
Container Deposits:
A Local Government
perspective
Councillor Keith Rhoades AFSM
Local Government NSW
LGNSW and its predecessor organisations
(the Local Government and Shires
Associations) have long advocated for a
Container Deposit Scheme (CDS) as we
strongly believe it is in the best interests of
NSW communities.
This presentation will outline the reasons why
Local Government supports a CDS and provide
a Local Government perspective on the latest
developments in this space.
Waste and litter management remains
underfunded and poorly resourced. Inadequate
infrastructure, a lack of recurrent funding and
a failure to engage with local communities to
implement services are a common occurrence.
Waste Aid seeks to work collaboratively with
industry, government and the community to
redress the current situation. Our program is
designed to be sustainable in three ways:
1.It will be embedded into both the local and
regional Aboriginal governance bodies by way
of the stewardship project.
2.The stewardship project will also lead local
Aboriginal community behaviour change,
education and community pride building.
3.A formal agreement will be reached with local
government to ensure service parity
Cr Keith Rhoades AFSM, was elected as President of
the Local Government Association of NSW in October
2010. Cr Rhoades was first elected to council in 1991,
elected as Deputy Mayor in 1999 and was Mayor from
2004 - 2012. Cr Rhoades was elected Chairman of
the Country Mayors Association from 2007 to 2010.
Cr Rhoades has served with the NSW Fire Brigade for
the past 38 years and is the Station Commander at
Sawtell. His efforts with the NSW Fire Brigade were
awarded with the Australian Fire Service Medal in
2005.
Cr Rhoades is honoured to be elected as President
of the Local Government Association after serving on
the Executive since 2008. He is looking forward to
continuing to demonstrate his strong commitment to
Local Government; and for greater recognition of the
crucial role that Local Government has to play in these
tough financial times.
John Phillips OAM was appointed Executive Director
of iconic South Australian NGO KESAB environmental
solutions in 1988.
John has over 25 years experience engaging
community and facilitating behavioural change with
specific focus in environmental sustainability, litter
reduction, recycling and resource recovery, graffiti
crime prevention, catchment water management,
remote community engagement and project
management.
10:40am
MORNING TEA
Anne was voted by her peers and colleagues as the
industry leader in the Resources and Waste category
of the Waste Management and Environment Media
Leaders in 2010. Anne has been employed in local
government, industry, commercial and the community
sectors at local, regional, state and international levels
in Australia, Europe and Asia. After working in remote
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island communities over
5 years Anne witnessed the shameful neglect and was
determined to do something. Together with a group
of like-minded industry waste professionals Waste
Aid was born. Now a registered non for profit charity
Waste Aid is seeking to improve disadvantaged and
indigenous communities nationally.
Cr Rhoades is dedicated to representing the needs
of NSW councils and pushing for increased funding,
services and infrastructure for local communities. In
addition, Cr Rhoades is committed to progressing
the One Association project in co-operation with his
colleague, Cr Donald of the Shires Association with
the knowledge that a strong united voice for Local
Government will benefit all councils across NSW.
Program Abstracts and Speakers
Day 1
11:45am
12:05pm
Innovative ways to
increase public place
recycling and raise
awareness of litter
issues
Hal Dobbins & Jackie Kuek
City of Sydney
One Year On: Lessons
from Bankstown City
Council Litter Prevention
Education Program
Daniela Santucci
Bankstown City Council
Youth: The Answer to
Keeping Queanbeyan
Beautiful
Jennie Wetmiller &
Vanessa Palmer
Queanbeyan City Council
Following on from the presentation at
the 2014 Litter Congress of findings from
Bankstown City Council’s litter prevention
pilot over the summer of 2013-14, findings
and lessons learned from the ongoing
program since then will be explored.
Queanbeyan City Council’s Sustainability
and Better Living section has initiated two
programs in conjunction with AXIS Youth
Centre during 2014: “The AXIS Youth Centre
Film Project” and “Freestyle Recycle”.
The City of Sydney presents two case
studies which bring art and social media to
the forefront of litter campaigns.
This session will explore opportunities and lessons
learned from the City’s reverse vending machines
trial and the City’s ‘Yuk’ campaign, when it comes
to delivering outcomes for public place recycling,
providing cleaner streets and creating a platform
for advocacy.
Yuk is the City’s high-profile campaign on
cigarette butt littering. The hero of the campaign
is a giant installation made from thousands of
used butts.
10 cents is a sculpture created to support the
launch of the City’s reverse vending machines
and make a statement about the City’s position on
Container Deposit Legislation.
The aim of both campaigns was to raise
awareness and start a conversation about the
issues, by highlighting the impact they have
on the environment and by generating social
pressure.
objectives.
Hal is responsible for the City’s Zero Waste programs
which consist of innovative projects and creative
marketing campaigns to solve complex waste issues
in the community. He is particularly passionate
about recovering problem wastes as well as policy
and market drivers that advance product lifecycle
sustainability.
Jackie manages the marketing and communications
for Zero Waste, the City’s campaign to reduce waste
going to landfill and to keep streets clean. Her job is
to create high-impact campaigns that are inspiring,
personal and relevant, and that also affect change
within the City of Sydney community. Jackie has an
agency background working in brand development,
design and advertising. Prior to the City, Jackie
worked in London at Friends of the Earth, helping
the grassroots environmental organisation position
its brand and deliver its flagship climate change
campaign, The Big Ask.
The presentation will cover:
• development of the Littering and Illegal
Dumping Prevention Strategy
• implementation and results of the ongoing ‘We
Like Our Parks Litter Free’ (WLOPLF) program
that draws on the strategy and the findings of
the pilot
• research findings on heat beads disposal,
funded by the NSW EPA
The presentation will look at how Council has
coordinated the Strategy that focuses on four key
areas: infrastructure, prevention, enforcement
and education. Drivers and barriers for success
are discussed and recommendations made for
effective litter prevention education.
Daniela has been in the waste industry for 15
years working in both the not-for-profit and Local
Government sectors. During this time she has
managed some of the largest national recycling
programs and achieved significant behavioural
change in one of Sydney’s most culturally diverse
communities.
Her recent successes include the Bankstown Council
‘Recycle Right’ program and Wheelie Good Compost
& Mulch program, both recipients of multiple industry
awards.
1:40pm
The AXIS Youth Centre Film Project began in
January as a curriculum driven project that
centered on the effects of shopping trolleys, and
overall litter, in the Queanbeyan River. The aims
of this project included combating behaviours that
potentially impact the Queanbeyan environment,
raise public awareness of environmental issues
within the region, and involve community
members in the sustainability of local resources.
During 2014, Council was granted, $10,000 by
Keep Australia Beautiful for garbage and recycling
bins at three skate parks in Queanbeyan. This
was a joint application with three departments
of Council: Parks and Recreation, AXIS Youth
Centre and Sustainability and Better Living.
Council’s project, Freestyle Recycle, will install 3
sets of garbage and recycling bins at the three
local skate parks. The bins will have photos of
the users of the skate parks in action on their
skateboards and scooters to give them a sense
of ownership of the infrastructure and deter them
from damaging the bins.
objectives.
Jennie has been with Queanbeyan City Council as
the Environmental Education Officer since November
2013. She works with many sections of Council to
provide information to the community ranging from
asbestos awareness and pool safety to food hygiene
at local restaurants and pollution from wood heaters.
Jennie has undergraduate degrees in Biology and
Education and a postgraduate degree in Ecology and
Conservation.
Vanessa has worked with Queanbeyan City Council for
7 years as the Waste Minimisation Coordinator. She
works closely with the waste contractors providing
services to the Queanbeyan community. With a degree
in Health Education and background in community
development, Vanessa encourages the community to
be involved in waste and resource management.
1:00pm
LUNCH
Program Abstracts and Speakers
Day 1
2:10pm
2:25pm
2:35pm
EnviroMentors
Marc Harper
KNSWB
Take the Pledge
David Imrie
KNSWB
Hey Tosser! Get creative
with the creatives
Melissa Hayes
& Layla McNeil
NSW EPA
The teachers in the KNSWB mobile
education unit, EnviroMentors, run
workshops at primary schools across
metropolitan and regional New South Wales.
Changing the behaviour of litterers and
removing litter from our landscape will best
be achieved by a combination of education,
infrastructure and enforcement.
In 2014, over 44,000 students from 429 schools
across 63 LGAs participated in EnviroMentors
workshops. The workshops are fun, interactive
and tailored to suit the age group of each class.
At the foundation of this behaviour change is
awareness of the issue, the underlying behaviour
and the impact of the behaviour on self,
community and environment.
It was developed following extensive social
research which found that the previous NSW antilittering campaign Don’t be a tosser messaging
still resonated with the NSW community.
Ten modules are offered covering a range of
topics including waste and recycling, worm
farming, composting, food gardens, catchment
health, water conservation, sustainable living
and litter. A number of modules specifically
address litter in public areas, the playground and
waterways, and the teams newest module has a
sole focus on litter, its effect on the environment
and people.
In 2014, KNSWB launched ‘Take the Pledge’ in
partnership with the NSW EPA, Seven News and
the Australian Packaging Covenant. The program
consists of an on-line pledge system and a series
of on the ground volunteer driven events, to raise
awareness of litter, encourage people to pledge
to dispose of rubbish appropriately and enlist the
converted to spread the message within their
networks. The first event was held at beaches
along the NSW coastline on 1 November 2014.
The Hey Tosser! campaign tells litterers they are
being watched and that no one likes what they do.
This session will show how schools adopt and
activate what they learn from EnviroMentors,
and how by educating children, they themselves
become teachers to their peers, siblings and
parents and lead positive behaviour change.
In this session, David will discuss program
development, what was learned from the postprogram survey, and how similar programs can be
actioned to change behaviour and reduce litter.
Hey Tosser! is the NSW’s Government’s litter
prevention public awareness campaign.
The Hey Tosser! campaign material is available
for free to councils, community groups and land
managers.
Hey Tosser! is being used by councils and other
stakeholders in inventive and creative ways to
spread the anti-littering message in their own
localised programs which are tailored to target
hotspots and problem littered items in their own
communities.
.
Marc Harper is one of the state’s leading Sustainability
Educators. With degrees in Arts and Teaching, prior
to joining KNSWB two years ago, Marc worked as an
educator in OOSH, and as a Secondary Teacher in the
field of Human Society and its Environments. Marc
assists children in becoming confident and involved
learners who are connected and contribute to the world.
Marc is passionate about the environment and as an
EnviroMentor he aims to develop a more conscience
society which understands, values, and seeks to protect
and conserve the environment. Over the past two years
Marc has played a key role in redeveloping and refreshing
several of KNSWB’s education modules and the creation
and development of the new Lunches Unwrapped and
Litter modules.
David Imrie is the CEO of Keep NSW Beautiful. He
has held senior executive roles and directorships in
both the corporate and not for profit sectors, earning
a reputation for leading change, growth and strategy
for future sustainability. Since coming to KNSWB in
early 2013, he has realigned the organisation towards
a stronger focus on education and behaviour change
to reduce litter.
David’s vision for KNSWB is to be the driving force
in removing litter from NSW. David launched this
Congress in 2014 as a key tool in achieving this
goal. In November 2014 under David’s stewardship,
in partnership with the NSW EPA, the NPCIA and
Seven News, KNSWB launched the Take the Pledge
program which includes and on-line campaign and
on the ground events to lead public awareness of and
change in littering behaviour. David has established
close partnerships with government, the corporate
sector and communities to collaborate on ridding NSW
of litter.
Layla has a background in environmental project
management in water and waste sectors. She has an
undergraduate degree in Environmental Studies and
a Masters in Communication Management and has
been working with NSW councils for over 15 years to
help achieve positive outcomes for the environment
and NSW communities. She is the project manager
for EPA’s litter prevention grants program and has
co-written and driven the first NSW Litter Prevention
Strategy. She is also, personally, a keen supporter and
volunteer of KNSWB awards program.
Program Abstracts and Speakers
Day 1
2:55pm
3:50pm
“Bin There Done That”,
Lessons from a Bin Tragic
Stan Vermeeren
Metropolitan Waste and
Resource Recovery Group
Local Government
perspective of public
place recycling
challenges and
future infrastructure
improvements
Tatum Newton &
Courtney Naughton
Wangaratta Council
The future of packaging
and litter policies
Jeff Angel
Total Environment Centre
The presentation will centre on experiences
learnt from a recent waste education program
hosted in Wangaratta’s CBD.
There is no silver bullet so what is the range of
integrated programs? Can we devise a mature
and sophisticated approach to litter policy?
Effective bin infrastructure is an important
element of any strategic litter prevention
program.
This session will explore the question, “What
makes a bin effective?”
Program learnings and case studies from
Victoria’s “Litter Hotspots Program” will be
presented to explore issues such as bin design,
placement, servicing and signage in the broader
context of reinforcing a strategic targeted
behaviour change program.
Useful resources such as a bin infrastructure
assessment tool and bin placement guidelines will
also be shared.
Participants will be encouraged to share their
own experiences in order to highlight key issues,
successful local approaches and reinforce best
practices.
At present, Stan is co-ordinating the “Cleaner
Yarra and Port Phillip Bay Litter Hotspots Program”
that has funded 16 partnership projects in
2014/15 and MWRRG’s “CLEAN” litter network
with representatives from Melbourne’s 30
councils, government agencies and catchment
management groups.
3:25pm
Afternoon Tea
With the advent of a container deposit
system (CDS) in New South Wales, serious
questions now need to be asked about
current and future litter and associated
recycling policies.
The program “Recycle Right in Wangaratta” aimed
to increase recyclable takeaway food packaging
within local businesses in the CBD and enhance
recycling opportunities by implementing improved
infrastructure. The program incorporated strong
consultation with local businesses to determine
their current constraints and understand what
was restricting them from making the change to
recyclable food packaging.
The presentation will focus on the challenges local
businesses face when implementing change.
To complement, Council implemented 10 trial
co-mingled recycling bins to accept recyclable
food packaging; advancing on the current PPR
bins that could only accept bottles and cans.
The presentation will discuss Council’s findings
and processes followed, including:
Stan has been facilitating environmental
education, engagement and behaviour change
programs for the last 20 years. His background
includes the development and implementation
of the Waste Wise Program, several years as
President of the Assoc of Waste and Resource
Education (AWARE) Victoria, management of the
Centre for Sustainable Living (WA) and director of
“The Environmental Edge” providing consultancy
services to government and business sector
clients nationally.
4:10pm
• Council’s findings – PPR audits, waste to
landfill reduction, cost savings associated
• Infrastructure design –aligning with State
Government standards, bin opening, signage
• Community education process
• The benefits of co-mingled public place
recycling bins
• Media Campaign. Tatum Newton has been with the Rural City of
Wangaratta for over 10 years, working within
several areas of Councils, including: arboriculture,
environment and waste management.
Courtney Naughton is the Waste Management
Coordinator for the Rural City of Wangaratta, and
has been in the position for the past two years.
Her areas of management are all things waste
related, including operations and compliance for
landfills, transfer stations, kerbside waste and
recycling collection.
Jeff Angel is Executive Director of Total
Environment Centre and National Convenor of
the Boomerang Alliance. He has been involved
in waste policy and law for over 30 years and a
number of campaigns to increase recycling.
Program Abstracts and Speakers
Day 1
4:40pm
Don’t dump your load
on the road! A look at
roadside litter
Rohan Swan
KABWA
The presentation is designed to show the
results of a joint project between Main
Roads Western Australia (MRWA) and Keep
Australia Beautiful WA (KABC) to measure
roadside litter and the effect signage and
media has on litter levels.
A collection of litter from nine off ramps on
the Mitchell Freeway in the North of Perth was
conducted each month from August 2014 – April
2015. A separate detailed collection of cigarette
butts was also carried out on the same sites. All
litter collected was audited by KABC.
A media campaign was conducted by Main Roads
WA during March 2014. Results showed
1.Overall litter levels were impacted
by the use of signage.
2.Level of litter thrown from vehicles
dropped due to the use of signage.
3.The message on signage and media
campaigns impacts on certain elements
of the litter stream.
4.The media campaign had an effect on the
number of items littered.
5:00pm
Litter Prevention –
A whole Council approach
Bernie Quinn
Brisbane City Council
Prior to 2006 litter in Brisbane was a
management issue, that is it involved
cleaning-up after the fact usually done
outside business hours.
During the day the amount of litter on the streets
would increase then at night the litter fairies
would make it disappear. In 2006 the Lord Mayor
of Brisbane raised litter as an issue of concern
and things began to change.
5:30pm
NETWORKING FUNCTION
YORK CONFERENCE AND
FUNCTION CENTRE
Take some time at the end of the day to
catch up with old friends and make some
new ones.
This will be a good opportunity to mingle with
delegates, speakers, sponsors and the KNSWB
team in a relaxed and casual social environment.
The networking function is included in conference
registration fee. We do hope you will be able to
join us.
This presentation will give an overview of the
initiatives undertaken in Brisbane. We will discuss
servicing changes, improvements in infrastructure,
participation in compliance activity, incentive
programs and marketing.
Tracking successes and failures is of vital
importance to establishing your credibility
(individually and corporately) and can help you
to sell the projects you wish to trial to upper
management. We will discuss some of those
measures including litter counts, observational
surveys and marketing surveys.
The data was used to persuade Main Roads WA
to undertake a program of signage and media to
tackle roadside litter and illegal dumping which
will commence in 2015.
Rohan has been with KAB WA since January
2010. Prior to that he was the Coordinator
of Landscope Expeditions, a volunteer based
scientific research program with the Department
of Environment and Conservation and was the
Program Coordinator for Nearer to Nature, a
community environmental education program.
His role at KAB is a programs and policy officer.
At present he is managing projects with Local
Government on a range of litter prevention
strategies and with Main Roads WA on reducing
and preventing roadside litter and illegal dumping.
He enjoys bushwalking, mountain biking, cricket,
hockey, red wine and is a beer snob!.
In 2005 Bernie completed a Bachelor of Applied
Science, majoring in Environmental Science at
the QLD University of Technology. January 2006
he commenced with the Waste and Resource
Recovery Services branch, Brisbane City Council.
Roles included coordination of annual Waste
and Recycling characterisation surveys, report
writing, waste education and ultimately gained
a permanent role as BCC’s first Litter Program
Officer.
In 2006, he was part of a team that visited Sydney
& Melbourne to investigate litter management
and prevention initiatives in those cities. In
2009, under the direction of the Litter Steering
Committee he was responsible for putting
together Brisbane’s first Litter Strategy and Action
Plan.
6:30pm
CLOSE
NSW Tobacco Strategy
Program Abstracts and Speakers
Day 2
8:45am
9:05am
Butt Free Australia
John Phillips OAM
KESAB
Eliminating the Idea of
Waste: TerraCycle’s
Cigarette Waste Brigade
Anna Minns
Terracycle
The Butt Littering Trust was founded by
British American Tobacco to address
cigarette butt litter (50% of total litter count
KAB – NLI).
Between 2002 and 2010 the BLT morphed into
Butt Free Australia operating with a national
budget exceeding $1 mill per annum. Outcomes
achieved measurable reduction of cigarette butt
litter; in some instances dropping to 35% of
National Litter Index count.
In 2012 Butt Free Australia Directors resolved that
BFA would be wound up due to a reducing budget
and inability to deliver a national program with
appropriate scale of economy.
How does TerraCycle make unrecyclable
waste nationally recyclable?
How does TerraCycle tackle the problem of
cigarette waste – Australia’s most littered item?
How does TerraCycle create markets for waste
that do not currently exist?
TerraCycle launched on Clean Up Australia Day
in 2014 and has diverted over 4million cigarette
butts from landfill.
TerraCycle believes in cyclical solutions to waste
through it’s national program called Brigades.
KESAB environmental solutions (the South
Australia Member of Keep Australia Beautiful
National) tendered an EOI to BFA to transfer all IP
and Butt Free Australia branding and legacy case
studies and materials to keep the brand ‘alive’
and continue education and awareness to change
smokers bad habits.
Three years (2012 – 2016) down the track,
what has been the impact of continuing the Butt
Free Australia brand and ability of KESAB to
engage smokers and reduce butt litter throughout
Australia working with a significantly reduced
budget and targeting an audience which is
difficult to reach?
John Phillips OAM was appointed Executive Director
of iconic South Australian NGO KESAB environmental
solutions in 1988.
KESAB delivers environmental sustainability education
and resources working with all levels of government,
industry and community building capacity via a broad
scope of projects.
John has over 25 years experience engaging
community and facilitating behavioural change with
specific focus in environmental sustainability, litter
reduction, recycling and resource recovery, graffiti
crime prevention, catchment water management,
remote community engagement and project
management.
2012–2017
9:15am
NSW Tobacco Strategy
and anti-litter policy:
how do we make the two
work together?
Audrey Maag
Centre of Population Health
In January 2013 new smoking bans
came into effect under the Smoke-free
Environment Act 2000 banning smoking in a
number of public outdoor areas.
Some of these areas coincide with locations
where bins are provided for cigarette butts,
including within 4 metres of the entrance to or exit
from a public building and at bus stops.
There is evidence that suggests that ash trays and
butt bins act as a cue to smokers that smoking is
permitted where these bins are located.
As a result, NSW Health Authorised Inspectors
encourage building owners and local councils to
relocate ash trays and butt bins to areas where
smoking is permitted.
Anna Minns is the General Manager of TerraCycle,
Australia & New Zealand. She worked with the
TerraCycle team for six months in the United States
before bringing TerraCycle down under.
There is some concern among local councils and
environmental authorities that this will increase
cigarette butt litter. This presentation will focus
on the smoke-free legislation and a discussion of
how this can exist in harmony with litter policy.
She is a Solicitor, with a background in Criminal and
Industrial Law. Anna was involved in the creation of
GetUp! She is the Founder of Daily Lime (dailylime.
info) a blog providing fun, digestible tips on how to
lead a greener lifestyle. She was also nominated as
one of Australia’s Most Clickable Women! Anna spends
all her spare time chasing after her two small boys.
Audrey Maag is the Acting Manager, Strategic and
Regulatory Policy, at the Centre for Population
Health, Ministry of Health. Audrey manages the
team that looks after tobacco control policy within
the Ministry of Health. Audrey’s background is in
policy, politics and government relations.
Program Abstracts and Speakers
Day 2
9:35am
Tackling Litter:
No Butts about it
Belinda Koytz
City of Canada Bay Council
This presentation will step through the
journey of tackling litter in Canada Bay.
It will discuss the complexities of the litter
issue such as Council servicing and community
perception, bin locations and responses to the
community wanting more bins.
It will also look at the development of a litter
strategy for Council and the steps we took to
deliver this document, outline a number of
successful projects and talk about the importance
of active community groups.
9:45am
Hey Tosser! Littering from
vehicles – the Willoughby
experience
Richard Goulston
Willoughby Council &
Danielle Northey
NSW EPA
Regulation and enforcement of littering
offences is an important element of an
effective litter prevention program.
Last year 2862 motorists were fined for littering
from vehicles in NSW. The majority of these fines
were issued by local councils, NSW Police and the
EPA. Willoughby City Council consistently issues
the most fines of any NSW council for littering
from vehicles and will provide an insight into how
they implement litter enforcement activities. The
EPA will also touch upon a new initiative which is
set to dramatically increase the number of littering
fines issued in NSW. From March this year - and
the first time in NSW – the public can now report
littering from vehicles and the offender will face
fines of up to $250 or $500 if the vehicle is
owned by a corporation.
Belinda is the Coordinator of Sustainability and
Health Projects team at the City of Canada Bay.
With over 14 years’ experience in local
government in the environment and health
fields; Belinda has been instrumental in
scoping, developing and implementing recent
environmental policy, projects and programs.
Her work includes: developing the sustainable
procurement and event management policies;
driving environmental school initiatives; and water
and energy efficiency outcomes within Council.
Belinda is passionate about the environment
and feels that creative projects with a focus on
education and engagement with the community is
a priority. Belinda and the team have had a focus
on litter for the past 2 years.
Richard Goulston has 25 years of experience in the
Local Government sector. His experience includes
a significant level of involvement in environmental
legislative enforcement and education. He is currently
employed by Willoughby City Council in the role
of Ranger Co-Ordinator within the Environmental
Services Division. Willoughby City Council has
consistently demonstrated a commitment to the
issue of environmental protection and has provided
industry level performance benchmarking in this field.
Willoughby City Council has been able to achieve this
by the use of innovation and commitment which has
successfully delivered to the residents of Willoughby a
high standard of performance.
Danielle Northey has been with the NSW Environment
Protection Authority (EPA) since 2006 regulating
the waste industry. She has seen her fair share of
poor stormwater management practices, odorous
waste facilities and their irate neighbours, illegally
dumped asbestos and dead fish, and subsequently
taken regulatory action to make positive and lasting
environmental improvements. Prior to joining the
EPA Danielle worked in environmental education
both at the University of NSW and the University of
Laos. Danielle joined the Litter Prevention Unit in
January 2014 and brings her regulatory experience
and passion for behaviour change for positive
environmental outcome.
10:05am
Faces of Litter Prevention
in Victoria
Donna Shiel
VLAA
The Victorian Litter Action Alliance (VLAA)
celebrates its 15th birthday this year. This
milestone has offered VLAA the opportunity
to reflect on, and celebrate, the successes,
learnings, highlights, and of course, the
people, who have made the delivery of
successful litter prevention projects in
Victoria possible over this period.
Faces of Litter Prevention in Victoria will
take delegates on a journey through regional
Victoria and metropolitan Melbourne to meet
just a handful of Victoria’s many amazing litter
managers to share their stories.
These people have engaged others, promoted
positive behaviour and enabled successful, best
practice, litter prevention projects in their regions.
They represent the diversity of litter issues in
Victoria and demonstrate persistence and passion
for a cleaner, safer Victoria.
Donna Shiel is the Litter Champion for the
Victorian Litter Action Alliance where she draws
on her experience in planning and leading litter
and illegal dumping campaigns, stakeholder
engagement and strategy development. After
graduating with Honours from Deakin University
in Melbourne, Donna travelled for some months
and fulfilled a dream of going to Antarctica before
beginning a career in bushland management.
Like most people in the waste and litter industry,
Donna’s move to this sector was unplanned,
taking up a role in local government as a Waste
Education Officer where her passion for all
things litter and illegal dumping evolved. A keen
supporter of community action and all things
marine, Donna spends her spare time snorkelling,
hiking, baking and spending time with family and
friends.
Program Abstracts and Speakers
Day 2
10:25am
11:15am
No Time to Waste: a social
model for mobilising
community-based action
and reducing waste
at source
Justin Bonsey
Responsible Action Network
Inspiring the community
to Take 3 for the Sea
Tim Silverwood
Take 3
Responsible Runners – which uses running
and weekly beach cleanups as a platform
to raise awareness about single-use waste
and plastic – is a successful model for
mobilising communities to connect with the
environment, clean up their communities,
quantify marine debris, and galvanise
support for legislation to reduce waste and
increase recycling.
Initially beginning with one person, it has since
spread to dozens of communities across Australia.
We have also developed interactive models such
as Responsible Cafes, which has engaged over
150 cafes, councils, and universities to improve
waste and sustainable practises towards longterm behavioural change.
Responsible Action Network inspires people to
take necessary actions to address the waste crisis
and improve sustainability through renewable
energy and divestment, and advocates broadranging solutions for legislation to phase out
single-use plastic and increase resource recovery.
Justin is an environmental advocate and sustainability
consultant working to inspire and empower more
resilient local communities and effect positive
behavioural change towards a zero waste society.
Firmly believing that the problem is often the solution,
he has worked on diverse projects and campaigns
such as container deposit legislation, phasing out
plastic bags, local food growing projects, renewable
energy, and divestment from fossil fuels. He has
founded a number of not-for-profit initiatives, including
Responsible Runners, Responsible Cafes, Run the
Tarkine, and Bondi Food Collective, and has worked as
Campaign Manager for Boomerang Alliance.
10:50am
MORNING TEA
Over 5 years Take 3 have refined and
re-developed their education program to
address 4 key areas: schools education;
Surf Life Saving clubs; local government
areas and targeted programs for
recreational activities eg. recreational
fishing.
The presentation will outline the challenges and
successes of the Take 3 program in reducing litter,
limiting local sources of pollution and engaging
the broader community in understanding the
problems of marine debris and how they can
develop solutions.
The presentation will include an overview of the
issue, an introduction to the Take 3 programs, a
review of their challenges and successes and a
forecast of where Take 3 are heading next.
11:45am
A national survey of
marine debris around
Australia- hotspots
and the efficacy of waste
management policies
on coastal litter
TJ Lawson
CSIRO
CSIRO researchers carried out a national
coastal marine debris survey in which more
than 175 sites around the country were
surveyed in a systematic way to record the
amounts and types of anthropogenic debris
approximately every 100km.
One of our main goals was to understand potential
drivers of debris hotspots and to determine the
efficacy of waste management policies on coastal
marine debris.
We report on the analysis of the survey dataset,
in which we separated out likely land and sea
contributions to coastal litter.
We present information on identified hotspots
that correspond to areas with prevailing onshore
winds and waves delivering debris from marine
sources in some contexts, and local population
providing the primary source of coastal litter in
other contexts.
Tim Silverwood is a passionate environmentalist
committed to raising awareness of waste and it’s
impact on the natural environment, particularly our
oceans. In 2009 the avid surfer made a personal
decision to protect his local beaches from the scourge
of trash and in doing so began an ever-expanding
movement.
We also found both positive and negative effects
on debris from populations at different distances
from the coast, suggesting a mix of custodianship
by local residents and illegal dumping by those
living further from coastal sites. We conclude
with implications for policies and litter source
reduction.
Tim is co-founder of not-for-profit organisation Take 3
that asks everyone to simply take 3 pieces of rubbish
with them when they leave the beach, waterway or
anywhere. In addition to his role with Take 3, Tim
works closely with government, businesses and the
education sector to develop practical solutions for a
cleaner tomorrow.
TJ Lawson is a spatial analyst with CSIRO who
has been working on marine debris related work
for the last 5+ years. In addition to her role in the
national marine debris program, she has worked
in coastal issues, tropical rainforests, freshwater
stream ecology and she holds a license to fly
UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles).
TJ has been involved with school groups and
education outreach as part of the marine debris
Teachwild Program as well as data analysis,
specifically focusing on marine debris impacts to
wildlife.
Program Abstracts and Speakers
Day 2
12:20pm
1:20pm
2:10pm
Monitoring and
Evaluation
Pauline Coppin
NSW EPA
The Truth about Trust
in Communities
Vanessa Hall
Entente Foundation
Appointing a Litter
Prevention Officer
Travis Finlayson
Manningham City Council
Anyone tackling litter needs to know what
works and why as well as what didn’t work.
The focus of this presentation is the role of
trust in communities, what happens when it
breaks down and the social and economic
impacts of building trust.
The overall objective of the session
to persuade the audience that a Litter
Prevention Officer (LPO) is a major asset for
any local government team.
The goal is to raise awareness of the foundational
role of trust and the broad reaching impact it has,
including community pride.
Main points supporting the value of a LPO:
• Value of investigation
• Value of building relationships with
residents, businesses, community groups
and sporting clubs
• Value of networking with other councils,
land managers and state government agencies
• Value of collaborating with all units in
local government
• Value of being strategic and proactive
• Value of engaging the media
A range of data can be collected and a range of
evaluation techniques can be applied.
In NSW, there has been low level investment in
litter evaluation and monitoring and there is plenty
scope for improvement.
The work has already started. The EPA has
developed an easy to use site based evaluation
tool called the Local Litter Check.
The EPA also evaluates the Hey Tosser! public
education campaign and has begun more detailed
evaluation of litter enforcement campaigns.
The plan is to feed these elements into a broad
monitoring framework designed to measure
the success of multiple activities from key
stakeholders.
The EPA is keen to assist councils and others in
effective and cost-efficient evaluation of their litter
action.
Pauline has a background in design and the
built environment, tourism management,
event management, sporting administration,
environmental science, sustainability
and behaviour change, with a Masters in
Environmental Management.
She worked for NSW Office of Environment and
Heritage from 2005 until 2014 in various project
management roles, in particular, mentoring
businesses on how to develop and implement
sustainability strategies. Pauline is currently
working with the EPA Litter Prevention Unit to help
deliver outcomes that meet the NSW 2017 40%
reduction target.
12:40pm
LUNCH
Trust is foundational to how we make decisions,
how we behave, how we communicate, why we
do the things we do and feel the way we feel.
Once we understand and harness this, it makes
our programs, events, organisations, families and
communities function better and achieve greater
success.
After this session, delegates will understand the
basic elements of trust and how it impacts our
decisions, behaviours and feelings and will have
a basic understanding of things they can do to be
more effective and successful.
Session to offer participants some ideas of
HOW to build a successful business case for
appointment of a LPO.
Main points demonstrating the business case:
• Influencing the right people – internally
and externally
• Using evidence in your business case
• Responding to opposition/set backs
Vanessa Hall is know affectionately as ‘The Trust
Lady’ and is passionate about raising awareness and
educating leaders in ‘the truth about trust’. Her simple
but powerful model for trust has seen her travel the
world speaking, advising and teaching the social and
economic impacts of building trust in organisations,
families and communities.
Vanessa loves to challenge the strongly held belief
that it takes a lot of money and resources to make a
difference, and encourages everyone she connects
with to trust their own purpose and passion. Vanessa
lives in Sydney with her husband Peter and son
Lachlan who started her on this journey.
Travis is a passionate advocate for litter
prevention. His background lies within education
and enforcement. Appointed as a Litter Prevention
Officer in 2011 with EPA Victoria funding,
Travis developed a litter prevention program at
Manningham City Council.
Achievements include reducing illegal dumping
at charity stores, building capacity internally to
improve the Council’s amenity, strengthening
relationships with state government agencies and
championing a business case for the program
to continue beyond EPA funding. Travis is
unequivocally convinced that a Litter Prevention
Officer is a necessity for all local governments.
Program Abstracts and Speakers
Day 2
2:40pm
3:35pm
Understanding litter and
illegal dumping behaviour
James Gooding & Bianca Gray
EPA QLD
CALD communities:
They care more than
you think!
Sarah Chen
NSW EPA
Crescent Head Beach
Cleanup Project
Jessie Laing
Crescent Head Surfrider
Association
Eastwood business strip is the centre of a
busy Asian grocery shopping and dining
destination, particularly for the Chinese and
Korean population in Northern Sydney.
Surfrider Foundation is a grassroots
community organisation that aims to protect
and conserve beaches and coastlines.
The Department of Environment and
Heritage commissioned Enhance Research
to carry out an online, whole-of-population
survey to examine key aspects of littering
and illegal dumping behaviours in
Queensland.
A total of 753 participants were surveyed across
the state. The survey explored knowledge about
littering and illegal dumping behaviour, triggers
and reasons for the behaviour and attitudes
towards the behaviour and/or reporting the
behaviour. It sought to establish the perceived
prevalence of the problem as well as testing
potential initiatives, messages and communication
channels to reduce the behaviour. The research
findings support a multi-faceted approach
(education, infrastructure and compliance) to
drive a reduction in the occurrence of littering and
illegal dumping in Queensland.
Lack of community and environmental awareness
as well as Cultural related social behaviour were
found to be the main reasons for littering within
the area.
In 2013, the City of Ryde took part in the
Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) “Hey
Tosser!” statewide campaign to turn Eastwood
Mall into a litter free place.
This presentation will share how community
engagement has brought local businesses and
regular shoppers together to make pledges to
keep Eastwood clean.
The presentation will demonstrate how the
importance of working with local communities
and businesses can effectively drive behaviour
changes.
James Gooding has worked within the Queensland
State and Local Government over the past 20 years in
a variety of roles. He has held a number of positions
dealing with the development and implementation of
environmental and waste initiatives in the government
and business sectors. James’s duties have centred
around the development of environmental policy and
legislation, development of departmental reports, plans
and guidelines as well as grants administration. James
holds a position in the Litter and Illegal Dumping Unit
with key responsibilities including writing a Litter and
Illegal Dumping Action Plan, as well as developing and
managing partnerships with organisations such as
Garage Sale Trail and Brisbane City Council. James’
current focus is on developing strategies to address
kerbside dumping. By coincidence much of his working
life has seen him working side by side with Bianca.
Bianca Gray holds 20 years’ of service in the
Queensland Government covering such areas as
operational and project accounting, financial and
legislative auditing, project management including
large scale grant programs, policy and legislation
development and regulatory compliance. Bianca
currently holds a position in the Litter and Illegal
Dumping Unit where her core responsibilities have
included: establishing and maintaining relationships
with stakeholders across local and state departments;
liaising with and reporting to internal and external
stakeholders and executives on projects, project
development, implementation and evaluation; strategic
planning and monitoring; and providing high-level
support to Committees and Working Groups.
3:10pm AFTERNOON TEA
Sarah Chen has worked in waste for 10 years with
recent position for the NSW EPA in the Love Food
Hate Waste program. Prior to working for the EPA, she
worked for City of Ryde as Waste Coordinator. She is
a seasoned project manager with a passion for driving
behavioural changes.
In her time in local government, she gained
experience in contract management, commercial
waste and community engagement. Taking advantage
of the background of her Chinese heritage and
cultural appreciation, she managed to engage local
businesses, community group especially CALD
communities to deliver waste avoidance messages
and ran successful projects.
3:55pm
Seeing the inadequacy of the current waste
facilities and the amount of litter close to our most
popular surf break, the Crescent Head Surfrider
branch decided to raise awareness of the issue
through community meetings, beach clean ups
and informal discussions with beach users.
We have also instigated a Boomerang Bag
initiative that has decreased the usage of plastic
bags in the village. Shoppers can collect a free
bag when they enter a shop, take it home and
return it when they are next shopping.
The result has seen less single use plastic bags
used in the village and littered around our local
coastline. Whilst Surfrider may not be eliminating
all the litter in our waterways, we have decreased
the amount of litter in our village and in doing so
brought our community together.
Jessie Laing is the founding president of Surfrider
Foundation’s Crescent Head Branch. She holds a
Bachelor of Environmental Tourism Management with
Honours and currently works as a business waste
assessor at Impact Environmental Consultants. Jessie
gained her interest in waste and litter reduction after
living remotely on Lord Howe Island for several years
and being involved in several community initiatives
aimed at reducing the amount of waste produced on
the island.
4:10pm
WRAP UP
This session will review the key lessons and
take- away knowledge from the Congress,
and will include interactive discussion
between delegates.
This session will provide delegates with the
opportunity to share knowledge and ideas,
ask and answer questions, and begin to build
individual action plans from the two days of
presentations.
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