Managing waste

We avoid generating waste wherever possible and aim to reduce waste through reuse and recycling. We also encourage our suppliers to minimise waste.

In line with the NSW Government's Waste Reduction and Purchasing Policy (WRAPP), Sydney Water's Waste Minimisation Procedure and plan includes strategies for communicating, measuring, reporting, target setting, procurement, planning and evaluation, and review.

Sydney Water publishes an annual WRAPP statement (PDF - 33KB) .

This outlines how we implement the WRAPP Policy including information on measures taken and progress on:

• reducing the generation of waste
• resource recovery
• the use of recycled material.

By-products

Sydney Water beneficially uses the by-products from water and wastewater treatment, including water treatment residuals, biosolids and grit and screenings. By-products are used in agriculture, composting, landscaping or land rehabilitation. We produce about 180,000 wet tonnes of biosolids each year, which are 100% beneficially used.