Council adopts Waste Management Strategy 2024-30

Lockyer Valley Regional Council has cemented its framework for sustainable waste management services, following the adoption of its Waste Management Strategy 2024-2030.

Councillors gave the green light to the Strategy, which highlights leadership and innovation in resource recovery and waste prevention and delivers on the community’s values, at the November Council Meeting.

The Strategy is planned to be implemented through short, medium, and long-term actions over the life of the plan, with the actions to focus on the areas of:

• encouraging behavioural change to avoid and reduce waste generation;

• recovering organics and reducing future climate change impacts;

• improving resource recovery at Council waste facilities;

• planning for future waste services and infrastructure needs; and

• being a Council that leads by example.

Council’s Waste Management Portfolio Councillor Julie Reck said Council conducted two rounds of consultation to ensure the community’s views and values were at the forefront of this important document.

“We really wanted to hear from our community on their attitudes on aspects of waste management to assist us in shaping this Strategy. Given only three submissions were received when we sent out the draft Strategy for public review, it was pleasing to see the Strategy had aligned well with the previous community feedback.

“The Strategy sets a clear pathway for the management of solid waste in the Lockyer Valley region.

“It is vital we manage our waste in both an effective and responsible manner for the long-term future of our region, and we’re certainly on the right track to achieving just that,” Cr Reck said.

To view the Strategy, visit LVRC Waste Management Strategy Final Adopted Version.pdf