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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waste Management Strategy 2018-2023 | In September 2015 Council rolled-out a three-bin system to recover food and garden organics for processing. Currently, Council provides a weekly food and garden organics kerbside collection to residential and commercial customers in urban Wangaratta. | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | Victoria | Wangaratta | Regional |
| Waste Management Strategy 2018-2023 | introduction of a food and garden waste bin to residential and commercial customers in urban Wangaratta | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | Victoria | Wangaratta | Regional |
| Waste Management Strategy 2018-2023 | Investigate local solutions for soft plastics. | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | Victoria | Wangaratta | Regional |
| Waste Management Strategy 2018-2023 | Investigate opportunities to increase the recovery of hard and soft plastics | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | Victoria | Wangaratta | Regional |
| Waste Management Strategy 2018-2023 | Offer free food waste disposal at the Wangaratta Transfer Station. Investigate communal compost bins for rural communities wanting to divert their food waste. Provide organic bins at local events. | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | Victoria | Wangaratta | Regional |
| Waste Management Strategy 2018-2023 | provision of systems and services to recover recyclables and food and garden organic waste, prior to disposal in landfill. | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | Victoria | Wangaratta | Regional |
| Waste Management Strategy 2018-2023 | Re-engage with fast food take away cafes and restaurants around packaging of take away food. | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | Victoria | Wangaratta | Regional |
| Waste Management Strategy 2018-2023 | Since the introduction of the food and garden waste bin in 2015 the amount of material going to landfill within the municipality has been reduced by 2,634 tonnes annually. | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | Victoria | Wangaratta | Regional |
| Waste Management Strategy 2018-2023 | Support the community in implementing plastic free July. | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | Victoria | Wangaratta | Regional |
| Waste Management Strategy 2018-2023 | Support the community in the transition from using single use plastic bags. | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | Victoria | Wangaratta | Regional |
| Waste Management Strategy 2018-2023 | The new standard service consisted of a 240L food and garden organics waste bin collected weekly | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | Victoria | Wangaratta | Regional |
| Waste Management Strategy 2018-2023 | There are further opportunities to divert polystyrene from landfill and Council has been researching the purchase of a polystyrene extruder to be located at the Wangaratta Transfer Station. A part time transfer station employee would be required to operate the extruder. | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | Victoria | Wangaratta | Regional |
| Waste Management: Waste and Resource Recovery Strategy | Encourage home-based composting (also links to education) | Health and Wellbeing | Education/events on food system issues | NSW | Goulburn Mulwaree | Regional |
| Waste Management: Waste and Resource Recovery Strategy | Encourage home-based composting (also links to education) | Sustainability and Environment | Home and community gardening | NSW | Goulburn Mulwaree | Regional |
| Waste Management: Waste and Resource Recovery Strategy | Encourage home-based composting (also links to education) | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | NSW | Goulburn Mulwaree | Regional |
| Waste Management: Waste and Resource Recovery Strategy | Investigate options to incorporate food and garden organics into the domestic kerbside collection service | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | NSW | Goulburn Mulwaree | Regional |
| Waste Management: Waste and Resource Recovery Strategy | Investigate options to provide a commercial food organics collection service | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | NSW | Goulburn Mulwaree | Regional |
| Waste Management: Waste and Resource Recovery Strategy | Residents in the serviced areas receive a weekly 140 litre garbage service collected by Council using two dedicated side lift trucks; a fortnightly 240 litre recycling service collected by Endeavour Industries using two dedicated converted tipper trucks with an enclosed cage and side lift setup; and a monthly garden/food waste organics collection service (on a voluntary opt in basis) using a number of Council’s rear load trucks. | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | NSW | Goulburn Mulwaree | Regional |
| Waste Management: Waste and Resource Recovery Strategy | Review potential for increased organics recovery e.g. household and commercial food waste, biosolids | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | NSW | Goulburn Mulwaree | Regional |
| Waste Management: Waste and Resource Recovery Strategy | The Council provides garbage, recycling and garden/food organics kerbside collection services to its residents in Goulburn and Marulan as part of its waste services to the community. | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | NSW | Goulburn Mulwaree | Regional |
| Waste Minimisation and Recycling Strategy 2017 | Awareness levels need to be raised in relation to (among other things) composting, what materials should be recycled and how they should be presented (i.e. loose and plastic-bag free apart from the flexible plastic program). Additional work is needed to demonstrate how materials are recycled and what the end-result of residents’ efforts contribute to (particularly in relation to what items are made with recycled material). Demand for on-site tours and presentations about waste and recycling by schools and the general community is increasing. There is an opportunity to expand education resources would allow further growth of community waste education programs and contribute to existing operations. The importance and level of investment in this will be linked to other actions in this Strategy, and what actions are undertaken over the life of the Strategy at state and national levels of government. Council will expand and grow its community education program. This will involve investigation of options for additional resources in the context of the various actions under this strategy, and projects and initiatives in the broader waste sector. | Health and Wellbeing | Education/events on food system issues | Victoria | Boroondara | Metropolitan |
| Waste Minimisation and Recycling Strategy 2017 | A small network currently exists, with further facilities planned to be built by 2019 in the south-east of Melbourne. The technologies used in these facilities to process the collected organic wastes vary from traditional windrow composting to fully enclosed, in-vessel aerobic composting and maturation. The products produced at these facilities have many uses including as a fertiliser substitute in broad acre farming, soil enhancers and mulches. | Sustainability and Environment | Sustainable local food production | Victoria | Boroondara | Metropolitan |
| Waste Minimisation and Recycling Strategy 2017 | Awareness levels need to be raised in relation to (among other things) composting, what materials should be recycled and how they should be presented (i.e. loose and plastic-bag free apart from the flexible plastic program). | Sustainability and Environment | Home and community gardening | Victoria | Boroondara | Metropolitan |
| Waste Minimisation and Recycling Strategy 2017 | subsidised compost bins/worm farms through The Compost Revolution program | Sustainability and Environment | Home and community gardening | Victoria | Boroondara | Metropolitan |
| Waste Minimisation and Recycling Strategy 2017 | 1.1 Investigate and implement a food waste service to kerbside organics collection | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | Victoria | Boroondara | Metropolitan |
| Waste Minimisation and Recycling Strategy 2017 | Awareness levels need to be raised in relation to (among other things) composting, what materials should be recycled and how they should be presented (i.e. loose and plastic-bag free apart from the flexible plastic program). | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | Victoria | Boroondara | Metropolitan |
| Waste Minimisation and Recycling Strategy 2017 | Boroondara RWC accepts residual waste as well as a large range of materials segregated for recycling (including those not accepted in kerbside recycling) such as: batteries (both car and household batteries) clean soil comingled recyclables accepted in kerbside collections – paper, cardboard, glass bottles & jars, milk & juice cartons, plastic containers types 1-7, aluminium and steel cans | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | Victoria | Boroondara | Metropolitan |
| Waste Minimisation and Recycling Strategy 2017 | collection of new materials such as polystyrene, flexible plastics and e-waste. | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | Victoria | Boroondara | Metropolitan |
| Waste Minimisation and Recycling Strategy 2017 | consider options for temporary storage of food/garden waste, additional drop-off areas for new recovered materials, expansion of education activities, etc. | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | Victoria | Boroondara | Metropolitan |
| Waste Minimisation and Recycling Strategy 2017 | Council will continue to review its service offerings and service levels for all services over the life of this strategy. Priority areas for review and change are green waste, landfill waste, and food organics. | Food Waste | Food losses and food waste | Victoria | Boroondara | Metropolitan |