Welcome to the Australian Local Food System Policy Database. This is a collection of policies from New South Wales (NSW) and Victorian local governments that relate to healthy, sustainable, and equitable food systems.
For further information about using the database and how it was created see How to use the database. You can search the database by using the fields below. Domain refers to eight broad categories under which various topics are situated. The domains and topics are based on a framework of recommendations for local government action on creating a healthy, sustainable, and equitable food system (also located on the ‘How to use the database’ page linked above).
To cite the database: Reeve B, Carrad A, Rose N, Charlton K & Aguirre-Bielschowsky I (2021) Australian Local Food System Policy Database. Available at: https://law-food-systems.sydney.edu.au/policy-database (access date).
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| Document title | Relevant text in the policy | Domain | Topic | State | Local Government name | Council type |
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| Frankston City Council Waste Minimisation and Management Plan | Council regularly hosts free community workshops on waste minimisation topics. The workshops are well attended throughout the year. Past workshops have included Follow Your Waste tours, composting and wormfarming, resourceful gardening, modern cloth nappies, frugal cooking and ethical shopping. The workshops connect like-minded people together and help to provide useful tips and resources to reduce waste and encourage resource recovery. | Sustainability and Environment | Home and community gardening | Victoria | Frankston | Metropolitan |
| Frankston City Council Waste Minimisation and Management Plan | Reduce disposal of food waste and assist the community to avoid food waste As food waste is a significant component of waste sent to landfill, avoiding food waste has a number of environmental and financial benefits. Council will continue to support existing households on the Halve Garbage Waste and Halve Our Waste programs, investigate how to further encourage and support atthome composting and deliver educational programs on preventing avoidable food waste. | Sustainability and Environment | Home and community gardening | Victoria | Frankston | Metropolitan |
| Frankston City Council Waste Minimisation and Management Plan | Action Plan – Focus Area 3: Demonstrate leadership in resource recovery to conserve resources and divert waste from landfill Aim 3.1 Increase resource recovery from the residential kerbside waste stream Action 3.1.1 Develop a business case for a Food Organics and Garden Organics (FOGO) collection, including potential charges to the kerbside collection service, once a suitable organics processing facility becomes available in the region Action 3.1.2 Continue supporting the approval and establishment of south east metro FOGO processing facilities Action 3.1.3 Examine the feasibility of increasing Council’s use of recycled organics products from the kerbside green waste collection service (e.g. mulch) Tasks Use community kerbside composition waste audit data to inform this action Prepare business case and options for changes to Council’s kerbside collection services, with the introduction of FOGO Impact Ratings Environmental 2 Economic 2 Social 1 Governance 3 Priority / Timeline 8 Year: 2 Action Funding New Additional funding: $15,000-$25,000 to conduct a business case (dependent upon scope of study) No payback period CAPEX / OPEX OPEX Expense type One-off Responsibility – lead department appears first Operations Tasks Impact Ratings Continue to participate in the South East Organics Processing Contract with the MWRRG and regional councils Environmental 2 Economic 2 Social 1 Governance 3 Tasks Impact Ratings Environmental 3 Economic 3 Social 1 Governance 3 Priority / Timeline 8 Year: 1-5 Action Funding Existing Existing budget CAPEX / OPEX OPEX Expense type Ongoing Responsibility – lead department appears first Councillors; EMT; Operations Priority / Timeline 10 Year: 1-5 Action Funding New Existing budget CAPEX / OPEX OPEX Expense type Ongoing Responsibility – lead department appears first Operations; | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | Victoria | Frankston | Metropolitan |
| Frankston City Council Waste Minimisation and Management Plan | c) Halve our Waste (HOW) program The Halve our Waste program is aimed at reducing household waste. The program is targeted at Frankston City families and large households that have potential to significantly reduce their waste, including reducing food waste and improving recycling. Utilising State Government grant funding through the MWRRG, 1000 households are taking part in the HOW program which includes households receiving either a free compost bin or subsidised worm farm, a free kitchen caddy, educational resources (including composting workshops) and an optional fortnightly collection of their garbage bin. The program was also delivered to schools and preschools. Preliminary results have shown that the program supported the reduction of household waste by 13%; however, it has not been as effective in reducing food waste. | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | Victoria | Frankston | Metropolitan |
| Frankston City Council Waste Minimisation and Management Plan | Council developed the innovative Frankston City Recycling and Safe Disposal Directory in 2012 to provide the community with localised information on where to recycle, reuse and dispose household items and materials which are best kept out of the kerbside bin system. The Directory is available on Council’s website. See: frankston.vic.gov.au The Directory is a popular resource and includes comprehensive information on recycling and disposal alternatives for items such as bicycles, batteries, plastic bags, timber and whitegoods. | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | Victoria | Frankston | Metropolitan |
| Frankston City Council Waste Minimisation and Management Plan | Council is taking part in a tendering process with a number of other councils in the south east for facilities which will be able to process combined food and garden waste into compost. With the timeline dependent upon the relevant planning approvals and construction process, this tender will provide Council with the option to collect combined food and garden organics in the future. | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | Victoria | Frankston | Metropolitan |
| Frankston City Council Waste Minimisation and Management Plan | Council regularly hosts free community workshops on waste minimisation topics. The workshops are well attended throughout the year. Past workshops have included Follow Your Waste tours, composting and wormfarming, resourceful gardening, modern cloth nappies, frugal cooking and ethical shopping. The workshops connect like-minded people together and help to provide useful tips and resources to reduce waste and encourage resource recovery. | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | Victoria | Frankston | Metropolitan |
| Frankston City Council Waste Minimisation and Management Plan | Council will address these impacts of packaging through advocacy for stronger commitments to address packaging waste, and research into the viability of a plastic bag ban within Frankston City, as well as working with suppliers to improve the sustainability of their packaging | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | Victoria | Frankston | Metropolitan |
| Frankston City Council Waste Minimisation and Management Plan | Food waste A large percentage of materials in Frankston City’s kerbside waste bins is made up of food waste. Approximately 33% of an average kerbside garbage bin in the Frankston municipality is made up of food waste and 66% of it is unnecessarily discarded. Understanding why avoidable food waste occurs will play a key role in waste reduction and recovery in the future. | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | Victoria | Frankston | Metropolitan |
| Frankston City Council Waste Minimisation and Management Plan | In 2016, Council plans to participate in the South Eastern Organics Processing Contract to establish facilities in the south east of metropolitan Melbourne to increase the recovery, processing and beneficial use of the organic waste (garden and food). However, until such time that a facility in the south east region opens; there are limited options for processing large volumes of Frankston City’s food waste. | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | Victoria | Frankston | Metropolitan |
| Frankston City Council Waste Minimisation and Management Plan | involve processing both food waste and garden organics from eight councils by three operators (currently addressed in the South East Metropolitan Organics Tender). $4.48M | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | Victoria | Frankston | Metropolitan |
| Frankston City Council Waste Minimisation and Management Plan | Recommendations • As the above results show no significant savings, and a number of considerable disadvantages, Council should retain the business as usual scenario in the interim. • Re-assess Frankston City’s kerbside services once a separate food and organics collection (FOGO) service becomes available | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | Victoria | Frankston | Metropolitan |
| Frankston City Council Waste Minimisation and Management Plan | Reduce disposal of food waste and assist the community to avoid food waste As food waste is a significant component of waste sent to landfill, avoiding food waste has a number of environmental and financial benefits. Council will continue to support existing households on the Halve Garbage Waste and Halve Our Waste programs, investigate how to further encourage and support atthome composting and deliver educational programs on preventing avoidable food waste. | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | Victoria | Frankston | Metropolitan |
| Frankston City Council Waste Minimisation and Management Plan | Reduce disposal of food waste and support the community to avoid food waste | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | Victoria | Frankston | Metropolitan |
| Frankston City Council Waste Minimisation and Management Plan | Reduce the disposal of food waste and support the community to avoid food waste Action 2.2.1 Investigate implementing Sustainability Victoria’s Love Food Hate Waste (LFHW) education resources through local programs and communications Tasks Review program with existing councils Develop a business case for program Seek funding or grant support from the State Government to deliver, as required Impact Ratings Environmental 3 Economic 3 Social 2 Governance 3 Priority / Timeline 11 Year: 2-5 Action Funding New Dependent on scope of project CAPEX / OPEX OPEX Expense type One-off or Ongoing Responsibility – lead department appears first Sustainable Assets; Community Relations Aim 2.2 Reduce the disposal of food waste and support the community to avoid food waste Action 2.2.2 Continue to support Frankston City households participating in the Halve Our Waste and Halve Garbage Waste programs | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | Victoria | Frankston | Metropolitan |
| Frankston City Council Waste Minimisation and Management Plan | Specialty Recycling Hubs In response to community demand, Council is conducting a trial of Specialty Recycling Hubs in the Civic Centre and Frankston Library. The Hubs accept a number of household items for recycling, including household batteries, light globes, mobile phones, soft plastics, x-rays, cassette tapes and CDs / DVDs. Whilst the Hubs have become increasingly popular and used regularly by residents, Council often struggles to find alternative sustainable end markets for the materials that are collected. | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | Victoria | Frankston | Metropolitan |
| Frankston City Council Waste Minimisation and Management Plan | there is a pending tender which will help initiate municipal food waste recycling within Frankston City within the next 5 years | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | Victoria | Frankston | Metropolitan |
| Frankston City Council Waste Minimisation and Management Plan | Undertake advocacy to the State Government for stronger commitments to addressing packaging waste and research the feasibility of a plastic bag ban | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | Victoria | Frankston | Metropolitan |
| Frankston City Health and Wellbeing Plan | Diverse and affordable housing and | Social Policy | Affordable housing | Victoria | Frankston | Metropolitan |
| Frankston City Health and Wellbeing Plan | Health and wellbeing priority: 3.1 Diverse and affordable housing and safe behaviours Our priority is for people in Frankston City to have housing and be safe at every stage of life through environments that enable: Equitable access to affordable, suitable and secure housing | Social Policy | Affordable housing | Victoria | Frankston | Metropolitan |
| Frankston City Health and Wellbeing Plan | Our priority is for all people in Frankston City to be healthy and active at every stage of life through environments that enable: Equitable access to affordable fresh and nutritious food, healthy food choices and drinking water | Health and Wellbeing | Access to safe drinking water | Victoria | Frankston | Metropolitan |
| Frankston City Health and Wellbeing Plan | Local laws, building surveyor and environmental health protector Council upholds compliance with local laws, animal management and inspects food premises. | Food Quality and Safety | Education on/enforce food safety regulations | Victoria | Frankston | Metropolitan |
| Free Range Eggs Policy | That Hawkesbury City Council use only eggs sourced from certified free range producers. This policy will include but not be limited to the following situations: (a) All future catering arrangements involving the purchase of eggs will only be made with caterers who can guarantee that they use free range eggs. (b) The use of free range eggs be stipulated in any future tenders or contracts relating to the supply of eggs in which Council is a party. | Health and Wellbeing | Healthy/sustainable LG food procurement policies | NSW | Hawkesbury | Metropolitan |
| FROM THE CITY | Prepare urban agriculture guidelines to sup community-based food production in publi spaces | Sustainability and Environment | Home and community gardening | Victoria | Greater Bendigo | Regional |
| FROM THE CITY | space environments | Sustainability and Environment | Home and community gardening | Victoria | Greater Bendigo | Regional |
| FROM THE CITY | | Health and Wellbeing | Access to safe drinking water | Victoria | Greater Bendigo | Regional |
| FROM THE CITY | Develop, promote and apply a streamlined and clear pathway through City approvals for community-based urban agriculture initiatives | Sustainability and Environment | Sustainable local food production | Victoria | Greater Bendigo | Regional |
| FROM THE CITY | focus on | Sustainability and Environment | Sustainable local food production | Victoria | Greater Bendigo | Regional |
| FROM THE CITY | Continue to incorporate food production into the permanent design and management of selected, Botanic Gardens, as demonstration and leadership projects to promote food production in the public landscape | Sustainability and Environment | Food production on LG land | Victoria | Greater Bendigo | Regional |
| FROM THE CITY | Prepare urban agriculture guidelines to sup community-based food production in publi spaces | Sustainability and Environment | Food production on LG land | Victoria | Greater Bendigo | Regional |