The vision for a sustainable future, as expressed in the New Zealand Waste Strategy (March 2002) is one in which society values its environment and resources. In this envisioned society, “people ... would use all resources efficiently ... they would no longer regard waste as inevitable, or see it as someone else’s problem.”
Christchurch City Council’s commitment to a sustainable future, by promoting efficient use of resources and reduction in waste, echoes these sentiments. However, the Council’s solid waste communication and education actions to promote resource efficiency and waste reduction have to date often been ad hoc and incremental and have tended to lack overall coordination. They were often reactive in nature rather than part of a proactive plan of action.
The objective of the Solid Waste Communication and Education Strategy is to improve upon the past by providing guidelines for an integrated, proactive programme over the longer term.
Education and communication have been viewed in their broadest senses – as the means to facilitate learning and change – to develop the Education Strategy.
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