Aboriginal lands clean-up program

• Reach:

  NSW

• Focus area:

  Indigenous

• Status:

  Current

• Evaluated:

  No

Overview

The Aboriginal lands clean-up program addresses the issue of illegal dumping and waste, and the impact of this on human health, the environment and Aboriginal culture.

The objectives of the program are to:

• clean-up illegally dumped materials on Aboriginal owned lands
• deter future illegal dumping across the project areas
• maximise recycling, resource recovery and disposal options for the illegally dumped materials
  
• promote relationships between Aboriginal communities, local and state government and the wider community

The NSW Department of Environment and Climate Change provides funding for the program. See the links below for funding details.

Contacts

NSW Department of Environment and Climate Change
59-61 Goulburn Street
Sydney NSW 2000
PO Box A290
Sydney South NSW 1232
Ph: (02) 9995 5000
Ph: 131 555 (information and publications)
TTY: (02) 9211 4723
Fax: (02) 9995 5999
Email: info@environment.nsw.gov.au

Related publications

Illegal dumping prevention and clean-up: handbook for Aboriginal communities (2008)

Department of Environment and Climate Change NSW

This manual will help Aboriginal communities plan, obtain funding and carry out projects that control the illegal dumping of waste and the clean-up of land where illegal dumping has already occurred.

The handbook contains information on:

• the places where people dump waste illegally
• why people dump waste illegally
  
• stopping further dumping and cleaning up existing waste
• successful case studies of projects carried out by the Gandangara and Ngunnawal Local Aboriginal Land Councils
• obtaining funding for projects

The handbook contains a form for reporting illegal dumpers, a project checklist and an example of a log sheet to track the progress of a project.

The information in the handbook is summarised in a DVD, which is attached to the handbook.

Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract

• Links
• View resource: Illegal dumping prevention and clean-up: handbook for Aboriginal communities (PDF - 1.4 MB)
• View information: Illegal dumping prevention and clean-up: handbook for Aboriginal communities
  Includes online video with case studies
• View website: Department of Environment and Climate Change NSW

Links

• View information: Aboriginal lands clean-up program
• View website: NSW Department of Environment and Climate Change