2020-05-12 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                           12 MAY 2020


Media, social media and promotion
Weekly ‘Waste Fee Friday’ Facebook posts have been used to engage with the community during
the six-month period with over 40 Facebook posts. This included several campaigns including
Plastic Free July, Waste Free Friday, National Recycling Week (NRW), soft plastic reduction and
reducing waste over Christmas. These posts give ideas and alternatives on how to do things better
and reduce waste. These posts have reached over 120,252 people. There have been regular
sliders on Council’s website page and Instagram, media releases, newspaper adverts and an
interview on ABC radio as part of National Recycling Week.

Jul 2019 – Dec 2019 – Waste Education synopsis

 School talks and landfill visits   Twelve different schools and kindies

 Recycling and waste                Spoke to over 2,304 students and members of the community
 education talks and workshops
 Community screening of the         Sold out event 300 people (paid event)
 film 2040 as part of Plastic
 Free July
 Facebook posts                     Weekly “Waste Free Friday” posts
                                    Over 40 Facebook posts reaching over 120,252 people
 National Recycling Week            All 10 events were booked out (paid events), engaged with over 810
 November 2019                      people.
                                    Workshops/activities included an outdoor movie, Slow Clothing Talk,
                                    Upcycling clothes workshop, Beeswax Wrap workshops, information
                                    sessions, preloved clothing market and e-waste collection at Bunnings
                                    (which was supported by the Noosa Men’s Shed).
 Events attended                    Stall at Noosa Show (2 days) & stalls during National Recycling week
 Recycling audit for Noosa          Envirocom conducted a recycling audit showing 6% contamination of
 Shire                              recycling bins

 Behaviour change trial – 6         Developed & implemented a behaviour change project to remove
 week bin tagging trial             green waste & recycling from the general waste bins. Conducted two
                                    trials one residential and one commercial in three different areas in
                                    Noosa.
                                    The trial was very successful finding a 65% decrease in the number of
                                    bins with contamination
 Staff coffee cup initiative        Staff waste reduction and awareness, 135 coffee cups sold to staff to
                                    encourage reusing opposed to single use cups
 Bin Covers used at events          The usage of special bin lids and covers were used at 16 events over
                                    the past 6 months

Activities planned for May – Dec 2020
    Talks and landfill visits with schools & community groups
    Fit out and opening of the Waste and Recycling Education Centre
    Reviewing and update the waste and recycling website
    Composting workshops
    Preparation for National Recycling week in November, organise workshops, movies and
      talks

3.    PEOPLE

The Waste Section’s staff numbers and positions have remained static over the period.




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