Canada Bay, NSW
Area in New South Wales
Australia
Canada Bay, NSW Resource Recovery and Waste Strategy takes multi-faceted approach to sustainability
The strategy established 90 actions across five goals including illegal dumping reduction and increased recycling rates. An Apartment Recycling Program used educational stickers, bin audits, and participant pledges for recycling improvements across 1,500 units in 18 buildings. The Love Your Place initiative equips businesses and neighborhood groups to maintain green spaces. Local officials also built studies of innovations from bin tracking technologies to recycling incentives into the plan.
Canada Bay, NSW
Australia
Canada Bay, NSW works with Blackwoods on the region's first PPE vending machine for council workers
Council officials introduced the machine to fill the gap left by limited office hours at its stores department. Employees can order respirators, gloves, and hand sanitizer 24 hours a day. The Blackwoods vending machine automatically reorders items with low supplies and monitors usage patterns. The project improved staff compliance with public health recommendations, reduced supply hoarding, and cut the costs of last-minute purchases at local stores.
Canada Bay, NSW
Australia
Canada Bay, NSW connects sensors to wireless network in smart bin pilot
Ninety-five public garbage bins from Meshed are equipped with sensors that detect bin capacity and temperature. Real-time data are sent on the Long Range Wide Area Network (LoRaWAN) to city officials. This one-year pilot allows council teams to improve response times while creating a public Wi-Fi network. Canada Bay will consider expanding its smart bin network at the conclusion of the pilot.
Canada Bay, NSW
Australia