How much has the Northern Sydney Waste Board wasted?

Thursday, 08 March 2001 10:00

"Northern Waste Board salaries and operating costs peak at nearly $1 million while new infrastructure to significantly drive waste from landfill is a low priority" says Jeff Angel, Director of Total Environment Centre.

"The community also deserve an explanation why administration costs were triple the budget allocation. Are these 'fat cat' salaries?"

"The Board has been operational since late 96 yet data collection is still being perfected at ludicrous expense."

"There is no allocation of funds for alternative technologies research, a miserable amount allocated for public place and event waste management, and a tokenistic amount for reuse and repair centres."

"This is a particularly lazy Waste Board as it rides on the back of the magnificent recycling efforts of the community, when it has done little to foster that consciousness but puts a big effort into getting a megatip", says Jeff Angel.

Also in the Annual Report, Northern Sydney Waste Board's mission, states that it "is committed to implement sustainable practices which will avoid and minimise the creation of waste, promote reuse and recycling of resources and better manage the residuals for the benefit of its community and protection of the environment".
Figures revealed by their annual report depict the opposite.