Relevant council procurement policies and resources

Last updated: 15 April 2025
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If you are updating your council procurement policies, processes or documentation to embed sustainable procurement considerations, you are encouraged to contact the Buy Circular team and reference the Buy Recycled Sustainable Procurement toolkit, developed specifically for Victorian Councils.

You may also refer to Local Government Victoria’s Preface to new Best Practice Procurement Guidelines and the Federal Government’s Sustainable Procurement Guide.

SV’s online guide: Why councils should use recycled organic compost

Man holding a shovel of soil and smiling at the camera.

This guide aims to:

  • support council landscaping, parks and gardens officers to use more recycled organics (mulch and compost) on council land
  • highlight the benefits of these products and how they should be used to improve soil health and reduce reliance on fertilisers
  • inform council project engineers of the benefits of using composts and mulches to enhance waterways, roadside vegetation and the presentation of council assets
  • support council waste and sustainability officers’ work in the circular economy by maximising the capture of organic resources and improving feedstocks for compost manufacture.
The case for compost sustainable solutions for council parks and gardens (pdf, 2.9 MB)

Please contact sustainableprocurement@sustainability.vic.gov.au if you would like a hardcopy of this guide to share with your relevant council teams.

Council procurement policies and other resources

Below is a snapshot of local government documents that are publicly available and include sustainable procurement concepts. This list contains links to Third Party sites and content. Please review our Terms of Use before proceeding.

Please note this list is not exhaustive. Please contact us if any of the links are not current.

Procurement policies

Waste and sustainability strategies

Climate emergency strategies

Standard drawings