Sustainable Monash

Our purpose: We take pride in keeping Monash clean and tidy, maximising our resource recovery, and supporting the community and Council to adapt to a changing climate through sustainable practices and education.

The Sustainable Monash Department provides a range of community services which support our community in providing a sustainable, healthy and clean municipality. Sustainable Monash covers essential services and projects, including:

Waste Management

• Recycling and Waste Centre - A facility for the community to bring in end of life items for recycling or landfill.
• Waste administration and customer service
• Contract management and administration.
• Strategic planning for the achievement of effective waste diversion and recycling targets.
• Efficient kerbside residential and commercial collection of waste, recyclables, food and greens.
• Effective annual and at call hard rubbish collection and Litter prevention education and dumped rubbish collection; Street and Activity Centre cleaning and sweeping.
• Coordination of full waste lifecycle.
• Closed landfill management; and Waste planning support to Town Planning

Sustainability

• Activating the community and businesses through education and support on environmental sustainability;
• Climate Change preparedness to improve community and infrastructure resilience;
• Delivery of the Zero Net Carbon Action Plan 2025 to mitigate climate change impacts;
• Embedding sustainability into Council processes and procurement through promotion of the Environmental Sustainable Design Policy and cross team engagement;
• Promoting importance of urban biodiversity and improved vegetation through Green Shoots and Gardens for Wildlife programs;
• Promotion and education of the Food and Garden waste collection service to reduce contamination and improve recovery. 
• Guiding Council and community towards a Circular Economy future;
• Energy Efficiency and Water Sensitive Urban Design programs; and
• Advocacy to government on climate action, sustainability and waste policy.

Our teams

• Waste Services
• Sustainability