The ‘Pop Shove it’ in the Bin, if you ‘No Comply’ no Wi-Fi project will use a positive behaviour reward system to encourage skaters at Boomerang Park, Raymond Terrace to do the right thing with their litter.

Port Stephens Mayor Ryan Palmer says this is a new and exciting approach to dealing with a problem like litter.

“Port Stephens Council is incredibly innovative in the litter prevention space, and this grant will allow us to trial a new approach of rewarding people who do the right thing and look after our environment.

“As the name suggests, the trial will deliver free, solar generated Wi-Fi internet through the bin as reward for putting litter in it,” Mayor Palmer said.

“It’s an exciting idea, which if successful, could be rolled out to other parts of our region,” he added.

Council Rangers will regularly patrol the area and will distribute in-car litter bags to target littering from vehicles visiting the park, while Permanent Tosser! signage will be installed to promote the anti-litter message.

The new litter campaign will also be integrated into the local primary schools’ waste education programs.

Port Stephens Council’s initiative is one of 18 projects successfully funded through round 4 of the Litter Prevention Grants program.

For more information about Litter Prevention grants, visit http://www.epa.nsw.gov.au/wastegrants/council-litter.htm