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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| SNOWY VALLEYS DESTINATION MANAGEMENT PLAN | THEME 3: SHOWCASING REGIONAL PRODUCE THROUGH CONTEMPORARY FOOD AND AGRITOURISM EXPERIENCES The region has strong agri-tourism credentials through wine and cider and craft beer production, however the experience of local commodities is limited. Visitation data shows a low level of dining activity when benchmarked against other destinations. There is a need for Council to facilitate and support private sector investment in dining, agritourism and beverage experiences. This is critical for facilitating yield in tourism and also in attracting new and contemporary visitor markets. | Economic Development | Local food initiatives for economic development | NSW | Snowy Valleys | Regional |
| SNOWY VALLEYS DESTINATION MANAGEMENT PLAN | There is opportunity for the development of a quarterly food trail event throughout the Snowy Valleys region that celebrates the seasonal produce. | Economic Development | Local food initiatives for economic development | NSW | Snowy Valleys | Regional |
| SNOWY VALLEYS COUNCIL ZERO WASTE STRATEGY 2019-2030 | 5.3. Theme 1: Delivery of waste education and behavioural change Objective: Promote action in the upper level of the waste hierarchy: avoid, reduce and reuse, whilst creating an innate understanding of the value of resources in the community. Table 13: Targets for waste education and behavioural change. Section Target 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 An education and engagement plan is created The awareness of the importance of waste avoidance specifically addressing avoidable food waste and plastic packaging increases throughout the community | Health and Wellbeing | Education/events on food system issues | NSW | Snowy Valleys | Regional |
| SNOWY VALLEYS COUNCIL ZERO WASTE STRATEGY 2019-2030 | Actively engage in the Love Food Hate Waste program including printed material and videos promoted from council | Health and Wellbeing | Education/events on food system issues | NSW | Snowy Valleys | Regional |
| SNOWY VALLEYS COUNCIL ZERO WASTE STRATEGY 2019-2030 | Deliver continued monitoring and education to minimise organic contamination and continually increase diversion | Health and Wellbeing | Education/events on food system issues | NSW | Snowy Valleys | Regional |
| SNOWY VALLEYS COUNCIL ZERO WASTE STRATEGY 2019-2030 | Education material contains information about amounts of organic material collected and amounts and types of contamination | Health and Wellbeing | Education/events on food system issues | NSW | Snowy Valleys | Regional |
| SNOWY VALLEYS COUNCIL ZERO WASTE STRATEGY 2019-2030 | Promote existing organisations/initiatives such as Plastic Free July, No Waste in My Lunchbox, sustainable living programs | Health and Wellbeing | Education/events on food system issues | NSW | Snowy Valleys | Regional |
| SNOWY VALLEYS COUNCIL ZERO WASTE STRATEGY 2019-2030 | The awareness of the importance of waste avoidance specifically addressing avoidable food waste and plastic packaging increases throughout the community | Health and Wellbeing | Education/events on food system issues | NSW | Snowy Valleys | Regional |
| SNOWY VALLEYS COUNCIL ZERO WASTE STRATEGY 2019-2030 | Amount of silage and hay and fruit tree netting collected (tonnes per annum) | Sustainability and Environment | Sustainable local food production | NSW | Snowy Valleys | Regional |
| SNOWY VALLEYS COUNCIL ZERO WASTE STRATEGY 2019-2030 | Investigate how to logistically best provide silage, hay and fruit tree netting recycling services to farmers | Sustainability and Environment | Sustainable local food production | NSW | Snowy Valleys | Regional |
| SNOWY VALLEYS COUNCIL ZERO WASTE STRATEGY 2019-2030 | 4.4.2. Earn and return At the Tumut Waste and Recycling Centre here is an Earn and Return point where residents can exchange eligible containers for 10c per item. This has been extremely successful and is currently processing more material than anticipated. It has been reported that many users travel from neighbouring councils. The location of this service within the Tumut site needs to be reviewed as it has poor traffic management and operational flow. | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | NSW | Snowy Valleys | Regional |
| SNOWY VALLEYS COUNCIL ZERO WASTE STRATEGY 2019-2030 | 5.3. Theme 1: Delivery of waste education and behavioural change Objective: Promote action in the upper level of the waste hierarchy: avoid, reduce and reuse, whilst creating an innate understanding of the value of resources in the community. Table 13: Targets for waste education and behavioural change. Section Target 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 An education and engagement plan is created The awareness of the importance of waste avoidance specifically addressing avoidable food waste and plastic packaging increases throughout the community | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | NSW | Snowy Valleys | Regional |
| SNOWY VALLEYS COUNCIL ZERO WASTE STRATEGY 2019-2030 | 5.4. Theme 2: Maximise resource recovery Objective: Stop resources going to landfill at an environmental and financial cost that can have an extended life through reuse and repair or a new value, generating employment, through recycling or reprocessing. Table 14: Targets for maximisation of resource recovery. Section Target 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Garden and unavoidable food waste from landfill is minimised and ultimately eliminated Avoidable food waste from landfill is minimised both through avoidance and diversion | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | NSW | Snowy Valleys | Regional |
| SNOWY VALLEYS COUNCIL ZERO WASTE STRATEGY 2019-2030 | Actively engage in the Love Food Hate Waste program including printed material and videos promoted from council | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | NSW | Snowy Valleys | Regional |
| SNOWY VALLEYS COUNCIL ZERO WASTE STRATEGY 2019-2030 | Avoidable food waste from landfill is minimised both through avoidance and diversion | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | NSW | Snowy Valleys | Regional |
| SNOWY VALLEYS COUNCIL ZERO WASTE STRATEGY 2019-2030 | Deliver a food and garden organics diversion (FOGO) collection service to households and food generating businesses | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | NSW | Snowy Valleys | Regional |
| SNOWY VALLEYS COUNCIL ZERO WASTE STRATEGY 2019-2030 | Deliver continued monitoring and education to minimise organic contamination and continually increase diversion | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | NSW | Snowy Valleys | Regional |
| SNOWY VALLEYS COUNCIL ZERO WASTE STRATEGY 2019-2030 | Education material contains information about amounts of organic material collected and amounts and types of contamination | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | NSW | Snowy Valleys | Regional |
| SNOWY VALLEYS COUNCIL ZERO WASTE STRATEGY 2019-2030 | Establish a composting facility that processes SVC household and commercial food, garden and agricultural organics into resources that are sold within the community | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | NSW | Snowy Valleys | Regional |
| SNOWY VALLEYS COUNCIL ZERO WASTE STRATEGY 2019-2030 | Garden and unavoidable food waste from landfill is minimised and ultimately eliminated | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | NSW | Snowy Valleys | Regional |
| SNOWY VALLEYS COUNCIL ZERO WASTE STRATEGY 2019-2030 | Number of tenements with a FOGO service provided | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | NSW | Snowy Valleys | Regional |
| SNOWY VALLEYS COUNCIL ZERO WASTE STRATEGY 2019-2030 | Promote existing organisations/initiatives such as Plastic Free July, No Waste in My Lunchbox, sustainable living programs | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | NSW | Snowy Valleys | Regional |
| SNOWY VALLEYS COUNCIL ZERO WASTE STRATEGY 2019-2030 | SVC has some progressive development around FOGO processing, tyre/mattress recycling and the SVC home grown Valmar’s MRF. But there is more opportunity to bring business to SVC through partnerships and regional collaboration. This is a essential foundation to the concept of processing resources to generate business, employment and income rather than paying to dispose of waste | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | NSW | Snowy Valleys | Regional |
| SNOWY VALLEYS COUNCIL ZERO WASTE STRATEGY 2019-2030 | Table 12: SMART goal for this strategy, reliant on the establishment of a data baseline study. GOAL Reduce waste generation Reduce per capita kerbside waste generation (kg/hh/week/service), from the 2020 baseline figures, for: Kerbside streams Increase recycling rates, based on 2020 baselines, for: The kerbside residual bin, by: The kerbside recycling bin, by: The avoidable food content in the FOGO bin, by: Garden material from the residual bin, by: Food material from the kerbside residual bin, by: Co-mingled recycling from the residual bin, by: Household bins with e-waste present in any kerbside bin, by: Household bins with hazardous material present in any kerbside bin, by: Textiles from any kerbside bin, by: Commercial and industrial (C&I) waste Construction and demolition (C&D) waste Increase recycling rates, based on 2020 baselines, for: Increase recycling rates, based on established baseline 2020-23, for: Co-mingled recycling from the C&I stream, by: Food material from the C&I streams, by: C&D material, by: 2025 2030 2050 50% 90% 100% 10% 30% 40% 50% 90% 100% 99% 99% 100% 50% 80% 100% 50% 90% 100% 50% 95% 100% 50% 80% 100% 50% 80% 100% 50% 90% 100% 50% 80% 100% 50% 80% 100% | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | NSW | Snowy Valleys | Regional |
| SNOWY VALLEYS COUNCIL ZERO WASTE STRATEGY 2019-2030 | Table 8: Summary of existing total waste generation data (not comprehensive). Material Tonnes/annum Waste landfilled Comingled recycling Other recovered at Valmar Container deposit scheme | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | NSW | Snowy Valleys | Regional |
| SNOWY VALLEYS COUNCIL ZERO WASTE STRATEGY 2019-2030 | The awareness of the importance of waste avoidance specifically addressing avoidable food waste and plastic packaging increases throughout the community | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | NSW | Snowy Valleys | Regional |
| SNOWY VALLEYS COUNCIL ZERO WASTE STRATEGY 2019-2030 | The Container Deposit Scheme management contract has provided a reliable income for both council and VSS resulting in a better financial management of operations. | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | NSW | Snowy Valleys | Regional |
| SNOWY VALLEYS COUNCIL ZERO WASTE STRATEGY 2019-2030 | The Tumut site is also where the whole councils recycling is processed and where eligible containers can be returned under the Earn and Return scheme. | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | NSW | Snowy Valleys | Regional |
| SOCIAL AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING POLICY – ACTION PLAN | HOUSING POLICY – ACTION PLAN OUTCOME Social Housing target Council has set ten-year aspirational target to increase the MPS social and affordable housing sector to a minimum of 3% of the total housing stock by 2021. This equates to an increase of 146 social housing dwellings per year for next 10 years. | Social Policy | Affordable housing | Victoria | Mornington | Metropolitan |
| SOCIAL AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING POLICY – ACTION PLAN | • Shop Top Accommodation as part of priva | Health and Wellbeing | Accessible healthy food retail | Victoria | Mornington | Metropolitan |