BY DANIELLE RIES

Parliamentary Secretary for the Huner Scot MacDonald is encouraging Hunter waste group to apply for a share of 1-point-25 million dollars to fund litter prevention projects.

The Newcastle, Lake Macquarie, Port Stephens, Central Coast, Maitland, Cessnock City Councils are all members of the Hunter Waste Group.

The NSW Governments Litter Regional Implementation program offers funding to 14 waste groups to support member councils to work to tackle litter problems in their community.

Waste groups are eligible to apply for the funding to implement the anti-littering project, on behalf of their council members.

Scot MacDonald says the funding aims to reduce the amount of litter in the community.

“The aim of the government is to reduce the litter across the state by 40 percent by 2020. Strongly urging them to apply for some of this funding to address hot spots on litter, in particular, we are looking for along the major arterial roads, take away containers getting up around 40 percent of our litter, but certainly targeting road side litter”.

Scot MacDonald says the constant littering is very bad for the environment.

“I’m not sure what goes through peoples minds when they wind down the window and throw out that take away container. Look all you’ve got to do is put it in the bin at home. Have a bit of respect for your own backyard and respect for the environment.
“Of course a lot of this litter takes many many years if not decades longer to decompose and break down”.


Parliamentary Secretary for the Hunter Scot MacDonald