Litter - 5
Tracks
Stream 3
| Thursday, May 4, 2017 |
| 1:50 PM - 2:10 PM |
| Shearwater Room |
Overview
Hey Tosser turns 4 – and is it still working?
Rupert Saville, NSW Environment Protection Authority
Details
Now in its fourth year, the EPA’s Hey Tosser Litter Prevention Program continues to build momentum. The recent Hey Tosser education and integrated campaign (19 March – 15 April) typifies this momentum. The 2017 campaign brought together stakeholders from across State government, local government and industry for probably the biggest single campaign effort seen in NSW.
We are now seeing how greater collaboration and concerted action, based on research and community engagement has raised the profile of litter prevention in NSW and is having results.
The campaign has employed GPS tracked bottles to engage the community in understanding where litter ends up in the environment and generate broad public interest in litter reduction. These efforts help to raise the profile of litter and work towards our goal of reducing litter volume by 40% by 2020.
Speaker
Mr Rupert Saville
Unit Head Litter Prevention Unit
NSW Environment Protection Authority
Hey Tosser turns 4 – and is it still working?
1:50 PM - 2:10 PMBiography
Rupert works as senior project officer with the NSW EPA Litter Prevention Unit. He manages the NSW EPA litter grants program, working closely with councils to deliver local litter reduction projects across NSW.
Rupert has over 10 years’ experience working across local, state and federal government, and the community sector on a range of community and sustainability behaviour change programs. Rupert is currently undertaking a research project to design a cigarette litter reduction behaviour change program.
Chairperson
Mike Ritchie
Managing Director
MRA Consulting Group
