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Inner West

The northern border of this 35.19 km² council is Sydney Harbour and Parramatta River.

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Part of the Parramatta River & Port Jackson catchments.

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Inner West

Community

The Inner West Council area Estimated Resident Population for 2020 is 201,880, with a population density of 5,737 persons/km².

The Inner West Council area is located in the inner-western Sydney suburbs, about 4-10 kilometres west of the Sydney CBD.

Inner West

Litter policy

Our Inner West 2036 has the following outcome ‘Inner West is a zero waste community with an active share economy.’

Council has a Zero Waste Strategy. This has the following priority action:

Reduce Litter

Reduce the amount of litter entering our environment. Reduce litter by 60% by 2030.
Reduce plastic litter by 30% by 2025.

  • 17. Provide infrastructure in the right locations with appropriate service to avoid litter. (Ongoing – 2036).
  • 18. Prevent litter entering our local environment. (Ongoing – 2036).
  • 19. Build community capacity and leadership to prevent litter. (Ongoing – 2036).
  • 20. Deliver two new Return and Earn machines for plastic containers within the Inner West. (Ongoing – 2036).

Projects

In 2022 Council has an officer position that includes litter prevention funded through the Better Waste and Recycling fund.

In 2022 Council has received NSW Litter Grant funding to implement ‘Love Your Home Ground’ working with local sports clubs and community associations to inform litter prevention actions across parks and sports grounds in the Inner West.

Council partnered with Transport NSW to tackle butt litter at Petersham train station. This included new bins and signs.

Council supports Clean Up Australia Day events and supplies bags or waste collection at parks at weekends. Council also promotes Green Café.

Council recently installed bins for fishing nets.

Council’s effort goes into cleaning up public areas and staff will ask for additional clean-up where required.

Hotspots

In 2021 Council is mapping street litter bins across LGA and a report is due in 2022. This will provide a baseline to decide where bins are needed.