We provide four free residential hard waste collection services each year to help you to dispose of waste items too heavy or large for the blue bin. To use this service, simply make a booking, and there are two ways to do that, as below. Items must be placed out the night before collection and…
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Using your kitchen caddy for food waste presents the biggest opportunity to reduce the household waste you send to landfill. Around 40% of household waste is food scraps. Placing food and garden organics to the green bin is great for the environment. Most landfill greenhouse gas emissions come from decomposing organics like food scraps. Organic…
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You can tune in each Monday for our weekly news video for news and updates on the latest projects, services and events. View the videos from our homepage or via Facebook www.facebook.com/watch/CityOfPAE, every Monday afternoon.
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Our City Plan was first adopted in 2016, and a lot has certainly happened since then. During May and June this year, we invited our residents, businesses and visitors to review the plan and give us information about what could be changed, added or updated. We received quite a lot of feedback and some truly…
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We have many paths right along the foreshore to help people access the beach. In addition to this, we also have beach access mats that sit on some of these paths to provide easy access for everyone. These mats assist with crossing the soft sand to the hard sand. They are helpful for prams or…
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Every year we create a draft Annual Business Plan and Budget. To prepare the draft documents, we access the most up-to date information about our community and consider what we know about our area. We also review the feedback we have received throughout the year and include perspectives gathered from our community survey which has…
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In light of all the changes that have been happening, and because it’s important to capture how we are adapting to the evolving state, national and global environment, we’ve made some changes to our City Plan 2030. This plan was first adopted in 2016, and outlines our ambitious leadership, community, economic, placemaking, environmental and heritage…
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Despite the changes that COVID-19 has brought, we are still operating across the organisation at our usual capacity, and in many cases doing even more to respond to and serve our community. Midway through April, we looked at some community touchpoints across the organisation and found some interesting results. When looking at the number of…
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With the help of Zoom and social media, our library and community centre staff, and guest presenters have been delivering workshop style sessions on a range of topics. We’ve been gardening with Kym from Port Adelaide Food garden, stretching with Chantelle from Seaside Pilates and cartooning with Claudio from ToonWorld. You can also access computing…
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Fruit fly can have a devastating impact on the South Australian horticultural industry. PIRSA are currently fighting multiple outbreaks within the City of PAE; in suburbs surrounding Rosewater, Blair Athol, Croydon Park, Angle Park and Semaphore Park. You may have seen some people in orange overalls walking around local streets. They are working for PIRSA…
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We are committed to sustainable transport and green energy in the City of PAE and are pleased to now have our first publicly available electric vehicle charging stations ready for use. The first charging stations are located on Nile Street in Port Adelaide and are part of the Chargefox network, with electricity provided at a…
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In August last year, we entered a partnership with the City of Charles Sturt and resolved to construct our own Material Recovery Facility (MRF). Our Councils are passionate about taking control of our recyclables and finding new ways to encourage and support local businesses and the circular economy. Over the last few months our teams…
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Being at home more has meant that many of us have been on a mission to sort out and tidy up our homes. This has meant lots of us have bagged and boxed heaps of stuff to give away. Unfortunately, most charity shops are not able to accept donations of clothing, furniture or bric-a-brac at…
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The average household in PAE produces 520 kilograms of general waste annually, and this weight may increase as people are spending more time at home. We’re encouraging everyone to rethink their waste, by avoiding and reducing the amount of waste generated, and reusing and repurposing items that might have typically found their way to landfill.…
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We announced last year that the Cities of PAE and Charles Sturt are collaborating to build a new state-of-the-art Material Recovery Facility (MRF) in Kilburn. This means we can take control of the processing and disposal of recyclable material collected from across PAE. Plans for a landmark MRF have been lodged with the State Government’s…
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Ottoway is one of Adelaide’s hottest suburbs and if you live or work in the area you are invited to a public meeting in March to learn how you can help to Cool Ottaway. Register now for a barbecue at the Junction Community Centre, 2A May Terrace Ottaway, and learn about heat mapping, canopy cover,…
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The Wonderwalls Festival took over Port Adelaide from 6 to 8 March with artists transforming bland walls into high profile destinations across the City centre. Wonderwalls brought the community together with world class artists, South Australia’s emerging talents and a selection of the best local Port creatives for a weekend of creation and celebration. The…
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Stockade Botanical Park, off Hoods Road in Northfield, is an oasis in a busy part of our City. The park was created in quarries adjacent to the Yatala Labour Prison site, which was originally known as the Stockade. These quarries were worked by the prisoners, with the pre Cambrian rocks used for the construction of…
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When we experience heavy rain downpours, stormwater from across Adelaide flows through the City of PAE on its way to the sea. Major infrastructure works over recent years have seen the successful installation of larger stormwater pipes under roads to help manage this flow, as well as new pump stations to move water around the…
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We’re committed to design and build public places that are safe, comfortable, accessible, well connected and with amenities for our people and their pets! We provide a range of public open space for dogs and their owners including a coastal shared path along the foreshore, linear park, time-share parks, and three dedicated off-leash fenced dog…
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