2015-09-15 Infrastructure and Services Committee Agenda

INFRASTRUCTURE & SERVICES COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                          15 SEPTEMBER 2015


Amount of material received, landfilled and recycled.
The information below shows the total amount of material received by Council in the 2014-15
financial year, compared to the previous year, the amount disposed of to landfill and the amount
diverted from landfill.

                              Waste received by Noosa Council
                              (Excluding kerbside recyclables)
                                           2013-14FY                    2014-15FY
Total tonnes received at landfill                       58,879                         61,257
Tonnes to Landfill                                      40,706                         43,678
Tonnes Recycled                                         18,174                         17,579
% Diverted                                             30.87%                          28.7%

                                Waste received by Noosa Council
                         (Including kerbside recyclables taken to Bli Bli)
                                             2013-14FY                     2014-15FY
Total tonnes received at landfill                      65,719                          68,097
Tonnes to Landfill                                     40,706                          43,678
Tonnes Recycled                                        25,014                          24,419
% Diverted                                            38.06%                           35.86%

Tonnes of waste received, landfilled and recycled by Noosa Council over the last two
years.

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 70000

 60000

 50000

 40000                                                                        2013-14FY
                                                                              2014-15FY
 30000

 20000

 10000

     0
                 Total                 Landfill            Recycled


The information shows that diversion rates for 2015 are slightly lower than for the previous year.
There is more waste to landfill this year compared with 2014 with less of the waste received
being recyclable. No changes have been made to the recycling of materials received. The
reduction in diversion rates is attributed to uncontrollable factors such as the percentage of
recyclable material received in the waste stream at the landfill. The downturn in the construction
industry may have influenced the lower diversion rate as a high proportion of construction and
demolition waste is recycled.




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