2015-09-15 Infrastructure and Services Committee Agenda

INFRASTRUCTURE & SERVICES COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                          15 SEPTEMBER 2015


Kerbside collection of recyclable packaging (Yellow lidded bins)

             Amounts of recyclable packing collected by Noosa
                            Council (Tonnes)
 800
 700
 600
 500
 400
 300
 200
 100
     0
          Jul-14 Aug-14 Sep-14 Oct-14 Nov-14 Dec-14 Jan-15 Feb-15 Mar-15 Apr-15 May-15 Jun-15


The rate of household kerbside recycling has remained relatively constant from previous years
and throughout the period except for the expected increase during the summer/Christmas period.

Annual bulk kerbside collection

At the time of writing the annual bulk kerbside collection has been under way for three weeks. All
residents were provided with a flyer outlining collection areas (including maps), dates,
permitted/prohibited items and instructions for utilising the collection service. This year, to
ensure extra clarity for residents, interactive maps were added to the Council website for people
to check their collection weeks.

Issues last year with illegally dumped mattresses influenced Waste Management to offer
residents a mattress collection service on the Friday before the Saturday collection. Mattresses
are picked up and recycled for a small fee of $20. To date the service has been well utilised with
approximately 30 mattresses being collected each weekend.

Unfortunately some residents have continued to put out prohibited items for collection. These
include mattresses, gas bottles, unbundled waste, tyres and paint. Prohibited items are not
collected and Waste Management officers follow up with residents to make sure the waste is
removed from the footpath and disposed of correctly. Steel, which is segregated during
collection, will be recycled by Council.

Waste collected (tonnes) during Bulk Kerbside Collection:
   Week 1 (8 August)       Total - 71.5t Steel - 7.16t
   Week 2 (15 August)      Total - 84.82t Steel – 27.8t
   Week 3 (22 August)      Total - 93.92t Steel – 20.84t

Overview of waste management contracts
       The three major waste management contracts for waste collection, operation of the landfill
         and operation of the resource recovery centre at Eumundi Road are currently held by
         Cleanaway. These contracts are due to expire 31 August 2016, with an option for Council
         to extend the term for one additional year. Waste Management will be recommending that
         the option to extend to 31 August 2017 be taken up (a separate submission to Council will
         be made on this matter including any contract variations required).



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