Theme 3: Lead and serve in equal measures
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We are committed to making a difference in our community, and to helping create a beautiful, clean and sustainable
environment for all. We understand that to do this we must lead by example, advocate for the needs of our community and manage our own environmental footprint. We invest in furthering our understanding of environmental matters, collecting locally relevant data, and strengthening regional collaboration to help us best consider the environment in our planning.
Management areas that fall under this theme:
• Water Security
• Waste Minimisation and Management
• Renewable Energy and Climate Change Mitigation
• Corporate Energy and Water Efficiency
• Sustainable Buildings and Operations
• Ecotourism
Key future actions:
• Continue to increase our use of recycled water to irrigate green spaces through Managed Aquifer Recharge
• Continue to collaborate with the Peel Alliance to determine the water balance amongst local governments, industry,
agriculture and mixed-use requirements in the Peel region
• Work in partnership with the Water Corporation to deliver education programs to empower the community to reduce
their water consumption
• Develop a Water Resources Management Operating Strategy for groundwater use
• By 2025:
• Generate no more than 633kg of waste per person, per year
• Increase resource recovery by 40% (to 67%)
• Move towards zero landfill
• By 2030:
• Reduce waste generation to no more than 600 kg per person, per year
• Increase resource recovery by 43% (to 70%)
• Move towards zero illegal dumping
• Move towards zero littering
• Continue to conduct an annual review of the Strategic Waste Plan
• Deliver a comprehensive Waste Education Campaign
• Review the Carbon Emissions Reduction Plan and update our Renewable Energy Target
• Continue to support innovation in renewable energy technologies
• Encouraging our community to utilise renewable energy alternatives
• Continue to roll-out the City’s Solar Plan
• Develop a business case for LED retrofitting to streetlights
• Maintain a minimum Gold-level Waterwise Council accreditation
• Implement and maintain an automated utilities monitoring platform to inform corporate energy and water efficiency
decision making
• Building a proposed 5-star community centre in Dawesville
• Continue to promote the development of sustainable housing, retrofitting, and adopting sustainable practices at
home through community education
• Encourage energy-efficient behaviour in City staff to ensure our buildings run as efficiently as possible
• Develop a policy on Sustainable Building Design and operating procedures to the improve energy performance of
Council buildings
• Develop a business case and action plan for transitioning the City’s fleet to vehicles using alternative fuel sources such
as electricity and green hydrogen direction
• Support nature-based tourism by improving the visitor experience at Creery Wetlands and the Thrombolites by
incorporating environmental and cultural education
• Develop a Beach Access Management Plan to improve conservation, recreation and safety outcomes on beaches
adjoining the Yalgorup National Park
• Develop a 100km+ network of new ecotourism and recreation trails through the Islands Shared Use Trail and Round
the Estuary Trail programs