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With the future of our city and our community our absolute priority, the City of Burnside is working strategically to respond to Climate Change, including a commitment to becoming carbon neutral by 2030.
The Council's approach will achieve long-term benefits including cost reductions through savings on power and fuel, lower greenhouse gas emissions and the planting of thousands of trees. As Council works toward a Carbon Neutral Burnside, it will continue to support the community through this transition to enhance environmental sustainability and community prosperity.
The City of Burnside declared a Climate Emergency in September 2019 and is committed to becoming one of the first councils in South Australia to be carbon neutral by 2030.
For more information, visit: burnside.sa.gov.au/Environment-Sustainability.
Environmental Sustainability Report 2023/24
20 Aug 2025 Our Environmental Sustainability report for 2023/24 is now available to view, and includes highlights such as: Powering up: New solar panel systems were installed at Council’s Civic Centre. Over time, these systems will save Council money and reduce carbon emissions. Emissions down: Carbon emissions were the lowest Council has recorded, at 1,451 tonnes for the organisation for the year.
Environmental Sustainability Report 2022/23
25 Jan 2024 Did you know that the City of Burnside saw a 236-tonne reduction in landfill waste collected in 2022/23? Our Environmental Sustainability report for 2022/23 is now available to view, and includes other highlights such as: Powering Up: New solar panel systems were installed at Council’s Swimming Centre, Depot and Dulwich Community Centre. Over time, these systems will save Council money and reduce carbon emissions.
Environmental Sustainability Scorecard 2021/22
27 Feb 2023 Did you know that Council provided over 20,000 plants for public and private planting last year? And we’ve made great progress on reducing the organisation’s carbon footprint. Want to find out more? The information is included in Council’s annual Environmental Sustainability Scorecard.
buying it back
14 Sep 2021 The City of Burnside is participating in the Buying it Back LGA Circular Procurement Pilot Project with eight other councils to use our combined buying-power to significantly increase demand for recyclable materials in South Australia. The aim of this project is to improve the sustainability of waste management practices, ensure the ongoing viability of our recycling system and, over time, reduce councils’ waste management costs.
Environment Champions
12 Apr 2021 The inaugural Environment Day Awards were announced at Beaumont House on Sunday 11 April. The awards celebrate initiatives and activities that Burnside community members are implementing, across four award categories in the City. Climate Change Challenge award winners, and Burnside residents, Dr Susan Marsden and Michael Szwarcbord said that they feel strongly about the threats to us all from the climate crisis.
When is it good to think in circles while shopping?
03 Feb 2021 A large portion of the council’s annual budget is spent on waste management, including recycling. While it is cheaper than landfill the cost of recycling has increased markedly. This cost is passed on to residents through council rates. Council is never keen to increase rates, but the increasing cost of waste management makes that difficult.
Burnside subsidiary leads in recycling
03 Feb 2021 The City of Burnside's waste and resource management subsidiary, East Waste, has led the way in the recovery and resurgence of recycling after the China Sword shutdown on imports of recycling. East Waste, which collects more than 20 percent of Adelaide’s 120,000 tonnes of kerbside recycling, struck a ground-breaking recycling contract with resource recovery processor Northern Adelaide Waste Management Authority (NAWMA).
New kitchen baskets
03 Feb 2021 In late 2012 the City of Burnside introduced the very successful 3 Bins and a Basket kerbside service. Since this introduction residents have been highly successful in diverting waste from landfill.
Who's Listening
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Dr Philip RoetmanCoordinator Environmental Sustainability
City of BurnsidePhone: 08 8366 4200
Email: burnside@burnside.sa.gov.au
