Knox’s natural environment is protected and enhanced to ensure sustainability for future generations.
This Key Direction is about:
- Reducing waste and recycling wherever we can
- Being energy efficient
- Looking after our parks and natural spaces
- Using our cars less
- Reducing the negative impacts of climate change.
- Undertake vegetation mapping analysis and habitat corridor planning to manage our urban biodiversity.
- Commence implementation of the high priority Year 1 actions of the Climate Response Plan.
- Enhance Knox’s Waste and Recycling Education programs to focus on reducing waste to landfill and increasing recycling.
Some of the initiatives that Council will undertake to contribute to this Key Direction are:
- Undertake vegetation mapping analysis and habitat corridor planning to manage our urban biodiversity.
- Commence implementation of the high priority Year 1 actions of the Climate Response Plan.
- Enhance Knox’s Waste and Recycling Education programs to focus on reducing waste to landfill and increasing recycling.