Award Winners 2010 - 2011
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Communication, Education & Empowerment
- Winner A Division - Cowra Shire Council: Energise Central NSW
- Winner B Division - Woollahra Municipal Council: 2010 Woollahra Environmental Schools Sculpture Prize
- Highly Commended B Division - Great Lakes Council: Great Lakes Sustainable Business Program
- Winner C Division & Overall Category Winner - Bankstown City Council: Recycle Right! Contamination Reduction Campaign
- Highly Commended C Division - City of Canada Bay: Operation Green Bottle
- Highly Commended C Division - Lake Macquarie City Council: Lake Macquarie Council's 10:10 Challenge
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Community Sharps Management Award
- Winner C Division & Overall Category Winner - Riverina Eastern Regional Organisation of Councils (REROC): Safe Sharps
- Highly Commended C Division - Willoughby City Council: Community Sharps Management Programme
- Highly Commended C Division - Holroyd City Council: Get Smart about Community Sharps
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Energy Saving & Climate Change Adaptation / Mitigation
- Winner A Division - Cootamundra Shire Council: Small Town - Big Solar
- Winner C Division & Overall Category Winner - Willoughby City Council: Carbon Reduction Strategy
- Highly Commended C Division - HCCREMS: Regional Planning for Collaborative Climate Action
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Natural Environment Policies, Planning and Decision Making
- Winner A Division - Palerang Council: Water resources mapping
- Highly Commended A Division - Cowra Shire Council: Aboriginal Consultation Policy
- Winner B Division & Joint Overall Category Winner - Albury City Council: Biodiversity Certification of Albury LEP2010
- Highly Commended B Division - Great Lakes Council: Adoption and implementation of the Wallis Lake Wetlands Strategy
- Winner C Division & Joint Overall Category Winner - Wagga Wagga City Council: Biodiversity Certification Of The Wagga Wagga Local Environmental Plan
- Highly Commended C Division - North Sydney Council: North Sydney Urban Forest Strategy
- Highly Commended C Division - Wollongong City Council in partnership with Kiama Municipal Council and Shellharbour City Council: Biodiversity Beyond Boundaries
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Natural Environment Protection & Enhancement: On-Ground Works
- Winner A Division - Inverell Shire Council: Bridge to Bridge Project
- Winner B Division - Regional partnership between Uralla, Walcha, Guyra, Armidale Dumaresq Shire Councils and managed by Southern New England Landcare: High Country Urban Biodiversity project
- Highly Commended B Division - Greater Taree City Council: Cattai Wetlands - a Hidden Gem in our Valley
- Winner C Division & Overall Category Winner - Tweed and Byron Shire Councils: Tweed Byron Bush Futures Project: Improving Urban and Peri-Urban Bushland Sustainability in Tweed and Byron Shires
- Highly Commended C Division - Shoalhaven City Council: Coexistance of threatened species and routine maintenance activities
- Highly Commended C Division - Shellharbour City Council : Building Backyard Biodiversity - Blackbutt to Croom Urban Biodiversity Corridor
- Highly Commended C Division - Sutherland Shire Council: Taren Point Shorebird Reserve
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Roadside Environmental Management Award
- Winner A Division - Cooma-Monaro Shire Council: Cooma-Monaro Shire Council Native Roadside Vegetation GIS Layer
- Winner B Division & Overall Category Winner - Mid-Western Regional Council: Roadside Corridor Management Project
- Winner C Division - HCCREMS: Regional Roadside Vegetation Marker Scheme
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Weed Management Award
- Highly Commended Division A - Inverell Shire Council: Harrisia Cactus Containment Project
- Highly Commended Division B - Mid-Western Regional Council: Digital Technology to achieve holistic best practice Noxious Weed Management
- Highly Commended Division C - New England Weeds Authority: Strategic Implementation of Weeds of National Significance Containment Lines and Outlier Infestation Control Programs
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Waste Avoidance
- Winner A Division - Strathfield Municipal Council: Resource Recovery Project
- Winner B Division - Woollahra Council : Kitchen to Compost
- Winner C Divisions & Overall Category Winner - Penrith City Council: Organic Recycling Collection and Composting Service
- Highly Commended C Division - Wyong Shire Council - Alternative recycling options for the Wyong Shire Community
- Highly Commended C Division - Wollongong City Council: Trial On-Call Household Cleanup Service
- Highly Commended C Division - The Hills Shire Council: Avoiding The Garbo
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Water Conservation
- Winner A Division - Tumut Shire Council: Tumut Shire Council Reclaiming Water
- Winner B Division & Overall Category Winner - Eurobodalla Shire Council: Eurobodalla WaterSmart Business Program
- Highly Commended C Division - North Sydney Council: Stormwater Reuse in North Sydney
- Highly Commended C Division - Wollongong City Council: No drips no drops: 50% reduction in water consumption at Council's Administration Building
- Joint Winner C Division - Willoughby City Council: Chatswood Integrated Flood Mitigation And Stormwater Reuse Scheme
- Joint Winner C Division - Submitted on behalf of the 75 Regional Councils that participated in the program: Water Loss Management Program
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Sustainable Procurement
- Winner B Division & Overall Category Winner - Lismore City Council
- Winner C Division - Penrith City Council
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Local Sustainability
- Winner C Division & Overall Category Winner - Willoughby City Council: A Sustainable Willoughby
- Highly Commended C Division - Lake Macquarie City Council: The City of Lake Macquarie Environmental Sustainability Action Plan 2011-2018
- Highly Commended C Division - Bankstown City Council: Bankstown Environmental Action Plan 2010-2014
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Louise Petchell Memorial Award for Individual Sustainability
- Winner - Elisa Idris, Kogarah City Council
- Highly Commended - Chris Munro, Woollahra Municipal Council
