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North Sydney

North Sydney Council is bordered by both Sydney Harbour and Middle Harbour. The land area is 10.49 km².

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Part of the Middle Harbour & Port Jackson catchments.

Blacktown Cumberland Canada Bay Inner West Strathfield Parramatta The Hills Shire Hornsby Shire Ku-ring-gai Willoughby Mosman Lane Cove Sydney North Sydney Burwood Woollahra Waverley Ryde Canterbury Bankstown Northern Beaches Parramatta River Catchment Lane Cove River Catchment Middle Harbour Catchment Port Jackson Catchment

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Community

The North Sydney Council estimated resident population for 2020 is 75,094, with a population density of 7,160 persons/km². In 2016, 37.8% of people in the North Sydney Council area were born overseas.

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Litter policy

The North Sydney Environmental Sustainability Strategy 2030 aims to help fulfil Council’s vision for North Sydney including that the ‘North Sydney community actively looks after the environment for current and future generations making sure that North Sydney remains clean and healthy’.

‘Carry out litter prevention programs’ is listed as an action item to achieve the Council’s water quality and community engagement targets.

The Council has adopted a Single Use Plastics Policy in 2019 to take all feasible and reasonable viable steps to phasing out single-use plastics for its operations, events, venues and Council owned properties.

The Council is a member of and works with the Northern Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils (NRSOC) on Regional Waste Strategy, implementing joint programs/ activities, including photovoltaic system installation at McMahons Point and Forsyth Park Community Centre.

Projects

The Council has delivered:

  • Council operates street sweeping and pit cleaning programs which removed 3048t of material in 2019
  • installation of 26 Stormwater Quality Improvement Devices (SQIDs) including Gross Pollutant Traps (GPTs) that removed a further 527.6t of material in 2019
  • implementation of catchment education and litter prevention initiatives, in particular Council’s HarbourCare Volunteer program which has been extended to several other Council areas. In 2019 HarbourCare volunteers removed 6.7t of materials from North Sydney’s foreshore areas, which were then collected and disposed by street cleaners
  • 10 years of annual school grants which have funded rainwater tanks, kitchen gardens, biodiversity trails, litter audits and student engagement programs
  • there were 40 waste education workshops held over 2020/21 with very positive participant feedback.

 

The Council has prohibited smoking in the North Sydney CBD. Footpath decals have been installed advising people that smoking is prohibited in the CBD as well as the area north of the CBD (up to the Council Chambers and the Civic Centre). Interventions have since focused on keeping smoking area clean and litter free by improving the physical infrastructure.

Better Business Partnerships is a free council-funded business sustainability program on Sydney’s North Shore supporting businesses in Ku-ring-gai, North Sydney and Willoughby LGAs to run ‘bye bye plastics’ to assist businesses to reduce single-use plastics. There are 127 accredited businesses currently registered with the program (with 50 members in Ku-ring-gai, 35 in North Sydney and 42 in Willoughby).

Sydney by kayak is supported by the Council and runs weekly kayak tours picking up litter in the harbour.