Regional Illegal Dumping (RID) Squads

Introduction

Illegal dumping is a particular challenge facing NSW Councils, especially those located around the urban fringes of Western Sydney.

In order to tackle this problem the Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH) along with partner councils have formed an Regional Illegal Dumping (RID) Squad to solely focus on and tackle the problem of illegal dumping.

The Western Sydney RID Squad operates across member Council boundaries to investigate and enforce breaches of NSW regulations on illegal dumping and illegal land filling.

Specifically the RID Squad aims to:

• encourage a more strategic coordinated approach to dumping incidents
• investigate incidents and take action against offenders
• organise clean-ups
• track down illegal landfills
• identify changes and trends in illegal dumping across a regional area
• deter and educate community members about illegal dumping.

Western Sydney Regional Illegal Dumping (RID) Squad

The Western Sydney RID Squad was established in 1999 to solely combat illegal dumping incidents.

With support from OEH, the RID Squad member Councils of Bankstown, Fairfield, Holroyd, Liverpool, Penrith, Parramatta and The Hills have formed a partnership to ensure illegal dumping issues are addressed in a regional manner.

From 1 July 2010 to 30 June 2011 the Western Sydney RID Squad investigated 4645 illegal dumping incidents.

Investigations resulted in 95 clean-up notices and 691 penalty notices being issued.

To report illegal dumping in Western Sydney call the Western Sydney RID Squad on (02) 4732-7446.

Contact: Sustainability Programs Division.

Note:
This page makes reference to materials published by the former Resource NSW and Sydney Waste Boards. Enquiries regarding Resource NSW, its programs or publications should be directed to the Sustainability Programs Division.