Environment

Welcome to the environment section

You can discover more about Bankstown's natural environment for yourself as you browse through these Environment pages. Keep up to date with the latest information for maintaining and improving the natural environment. Come back and visit these pages regularly for lots of useful and interesting information about the environment that we live in, ways you can be involved, activities and events, reports, latest news, and educational material. If you are a teacher, resident, student or a visitor, the Environment section is a great resource for you.

Looking for information about waste and recycling services? Make sure you check out our waste and recycling pages.

Latest local environment news

The Bankstown Naturally newsletter is designed to provide you with all the information you need to help you help the environment. Download your free copy from our publications page or visit one of Council's libraries or Customer Service Centre and pick up a copy.

If you would like to be added to the mailing list, contact Council's Environmental Education Officer on (02) 9707 9700.

Get involved in your local environment!

Are you interested in becoming a Bushcare volunteer? Council's Bushcare program gives residents the opportunity to learn about bushland in their local area and play a part in restoring it to its former glory. Council also runs a range of environmental events such as workshops, guided walks, planting days and plant giveaways throughout the year.

The Bushcare calendar contains meeting dates, times and locations for all our local Bushcare groups.

Or have a look at Bankstown Naturally Newsletter for volunteer activities, training, and important dates to remember.

Streamwatch is another great opportunity to volunteer - groups of local students and residents monitor the water quality of our local creeks and rivers.

Be a better bushland neighbour!

If you are fortunate enough to live near bushland, you need to make sure your household isn't having an impact on this natural area. Find out how to be a better bushland neighbour!

Bushfires

Discover the role bushfire plays in our native vegetation and find out the best ways to protect your property.

Noise pollution

Excessive noise is not only disruptive, but is often the start of neighbourhood disputes. There is legislation that prevents people creating excessive noise and there are ways neighbourhood noise can be dealt with. The NSW Department of Environment and Climate Change has released a range of publications on noise. They cover information on:

• Dealing with barking dogs - demonstrates ways to prevent your dog from barking excessively and identifies laws that apply to noisy dogs.
• Managing vehicle noise - outlines legislation that applies to noisy vehicles and lists ways in which you can avoid having a noisy vehicle.
• Dealing with neighbourhood noise - identifies types of neighbourhood noise, time restrictions on certain types of noise, and the steps you can take to prevent noise being an issue for you.
• Managing noise from intruder alarms
• Seeking noise abatement orders - information on how to take action independently of Council or another regulator to stop offensive noise from neighbours.

Contaminated land

The land within Bankstown has many different uses including residential development, agricultural, industrial, and commercial purposes. Some of these uses may cause land to become contaminated due to generation of waste products and the use of chemicals, oils and fuels. If land is contaminated, it can have serious effects on human health and the environment. You can visit the contaminated land page for more information on this important topic.

Need more information about the environment?

Our range of publications and resources will help you with more local information and our list of useful links will give you a wider picture.

Confused by environmental jargon?

Our glossary should help you sort out what’s what!