How can you swap your water habits this summer?With all the rain lately, have you thought about how it could be used around the home?By swapping drinking water for rainwater in the right places, you can take advantage of all this rain by maximising the benefits of your rainwater tank and reduce your water usage.Try using rainwater to:flush your loowash your clothes top up your poolwater your garden.Don't forget to make sure your rainwater tank is connected, and switched to rainwater for the toilet and washing machine.There's some other great ways to swap and get the most out of your garden:choose drought-hardy plants instead of thirsty ones that require a lot of wateringcatch water in a bucket while waiting for the shower to find the right temperature and save it for your plants.Check out our Love water site for a great guide to maintaining your rainwater tank and other waterwise tips.Share your #SummerSwaps with us on Instagram. Have you thought about incorporating some sustainable swaps into your routine this summer?Why not switch up your shopping routine with some alternatives that are good for your wallet and the environment.Change up your back to school shopping list:Try reusable beeswax wraps instead of clingwrap or seal up bags for the kids lunchesChoose refillable pens and pencilsReuse last year’s lunchbox and schoolbag – do you really need a new one every year?There are plenty of easy bathroom swaps such as:Using a reusable safety razor instead of plastic disposable onesUsing an electric toothbrush with a replaceable head piece or swapping your manual plastic brush for a bamboo oneSwapping your bottles of shampoo, conditioner and body wash for bar alternativesReduce waste and keep the kitchen clean by:Purchasing bamboo handled and natural bristled dish scrubbers instead of plastic onesUsing biodegradable or washable kitchen cloths instead of paper towel or antibacterial wipesTrying bars of dish soap instead of constantly purchasing plastic bottles of detergentBe more water savvy, try:Choosing drought-hardy plants instead of thirsty ones that require a lot of watering.

The Kincumber Waste Management Facility was closed to the public in 2020 in response to COVID-19.

While heading to the beach in the summertime is a way of life for many Coasties, for residents and visitors who are older and less mobile or who live with a disability, a trip to the beach can be challenging.As part of Council’s Disability Inclusion Action Plan (2017-2021), Council is committed to ensuring people with disabilities are fully included and participate in all aspects of community life.

To celebrate their 75th anniversary, Greater Bank are planting 75,000 plants across their business areas.We are very excited to advise that 10,000 of these plants will be coming to the Central Coast!

Stay safe and don’t get complacentTrees may be unstable, so please exercise caution and keep vehicles away from large trees.Residents should call SES on 132 500 should their property be impacted by fallen trees.Multiple roads have been closed across the Central Coast and on reopening, debris and sediment may remain on the roads.

Now that the Summer break is over and COVID -19 restrictions have thankfully eased the Environmental Volunteer training program is back in full swing.

This community bulletin aims to update you on the recovery efforts across the Central Coast following the recent severe weather event.  Included are also some helpful links and other contacts that you can call on to ask further questions and get the information you need so you can get your life back to normal as quickly as possible.As we move forward together, information is key, and this will be one way of staying in touch during the weeks ahead.Recovery effortsThe Central Coast experienced peak rainfall of 400mm in the recent weather event.The local SES crews received more than 1,100 requests for assistance across the Central Coast and the flooding has been declared a natural disaster by the State and Federal Governments.Recovery efforts are now well underway with teams from NSW SES, RFS and Fire and Rescue undertaking building assessments and Council crews who are undertaking clean-up, across the flood affected and storm damaged areas across the Coast.Council teams have also been on-the-ground, focused on making areas safe for the community and clearing debris from roads, footpaths and public spaces and repairing the significant damage to our road networks across our local government area, our lakes and coastal foreshores.We thank you for your patience and understanding as we continue the clean-up.Advice from NSW HeathNSW Health provides basic hygiene advice during the flood and clean-up period.

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Council manages the Warnervale Airport situated on the Corner of Sparks road & Jack Grant Avenue, Warnervale.To maintain the safety requirements for aircraft landing and taking off from the airport, and area known as the Obstacle Limitation Surface (OLS) should ideally be maintained to ensure there is no encroachment of trees into the OLS.Council is responsible for maintaining the OLS requirements and has undertaken a tree pruning program (at northern end of the airport) to a achieve their required clearance 3 metres below the 3.3% gradientCouncil has engaged qualified contractors, Argonauts Tree Services to undertake the works which are due for completion in early June 2021 (weather permitting).Prior to undertaking the works Council engaged independent reports on threatened species, both fauna and flora, and developed an Environmental Management Plan to help govern the works .

The 'Sustainability Starts With You' campaign was developed by Central Coast Council's Youth 4 Youth (Y4Y) Action Team over 2020 and 2021 to empower young people to take practical steps to reduce waste, increase sustainable habits and encourage the reduction of single use plastic. Why is this important? The Central Coast Youth Strategy has shown that 77% of young people on the Central Coast identify caring for the environment as being important to them, and plastic waste as being of most concern. The Y4Y 'Sustainability Starts With You' campaign aims to invite young people to practice sustainability principles: