September 20th, 2024Ballarat adopts new circular economy strategy

The City of Ballarat has taken a step closer towards becoming a circular economy.

At its September scheduled meeting last week the council adopted its Waste as a Resource: Our Circular Economy Strategy 2024-2028, designed to transition the municipality to a circular economy.

It updates the Resource Recovery and Waste Management Strategy 2018-2022 and provides an overarching vision that includes the City of Ballarat’s waste service offerings, local waste and reduction and diversion targets, waste education, litter and illegal dumping.

The strategy is designed to provide a vision and framework to shape how the City of Ballarat can work with the community to reduce waste and support the municipality’s transition to a circular economy.

It sets circular economy targets that include reducing total kerbside waste generation for every person in Ballarat by 15 per cent between 2020 and 2030 and increasing City of Ballarat circular economy initiatives by 20 per cent each year to deliver a Circular Ballarat by 2050.

This story based on a City of Ballarat media release.