Cessnock City Council is encouraging residents to get involved in a regional anti-littering campaign by registering with the NSW Environment Protection Authority to report littering offences.
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Cessnock mayor Bob Pynsent said he would like to see community members getting involved in the crackdown and registering.
“Litter damages our natural environments, harms wildlife and makes our public spaces less safe and less attractive,” Cr Pynsent said.
“It’s not only costly to our environment, each year over 25,000 tonnes of litter is tossed in NSW and more than $180 million a year is spent managing that.
“The days of getting away with being a litterbug are over and now each of us can do our bit to protect our local environment.”
More than 21,000 people across NSW have registered, giving them the opportunity to make an online report when they see someone throwing litter from a vehicle.
These reports are made at the NSW EPA website and fines of $250 or more are issued to offenders.
For more information, visit www.epa.nsw.gov.au/reporttoepa.
