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

Description

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

Contact details

Department of Environment and Climate Change NSW
Environment Line
Ph:131 555

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

Related program(s)

• Aboriginal lands clean-up program

  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.

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