Renew NSW, supported by the Department of Environment and Climate Change (NSW), develops and implements regional waste management and resource recovery plans.  These plans focus on a range of issues including:

• Landfill rationalisation and management planning
• Tailored transfer stations to boost resource recovery and improve waste management
• Viable resource recovery systems/drop off centres
• Sharing of infrastructure
• Audits of residual waste in municipal, commercial and industrial, construction and demolition streams (including farm wastes) to evaluate opportunities for improved resource recovery
• Regional contracts for solid waste and recycling collections, organics, used oil, tyres, concrete and masonry crushing and reprocessing, household chemicals and scrap metal (including farm metal waste)

OUR VISION

Strong, effective and coordinated regional waste groups, working proactively to achieve highest value resource conservation and best practice waste management in rural and regional New South Wales.

Waste groups and councils working together to achieve sustainable waste and resource management through:

• Strong regional partnerships
• Effective communication and education
• Integration of projects with other agencies
• Effective and focused projects
• Integrated sustainable resource management
• Adequate and equitable resourcing to achieve maximum efficiency

AIMS & OBJECTIVES

• Sustainable regional resource conservation programs that achieve a balance between the regions' social, economic and environmental needs
• Resource and information sharing, teamwork and cooperation between groups for the overall benefit of their regions and New South Wales
• Member councils have a greater collective influence in marketing and purchasing related activities
• Collaborate with bordering Regional Waste Groups for mutual advantage
• Develop and implement regional and local strategies, which achieve high value resource use and best practice waste management within the constraints of available finances

GUIDING PRINCIPLES

• Ecological sustainability
• Collaboration and cooperation
• Active participation, commitment and resourcing
• Creating and maintaining positive relationships in a supportive network
• Benchmarking - with ongoing monitoring and evaluation
• Continuous improvement, leadership and innovation