2021-04-06 Services and Organisation Committee Meeting Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                              6 APRIL 2021


WASTE EDUCATION

The waste education program was significantly impacted by Covid-19 however staff continued to
deliver waste reduction and recycling programs through available mediums.
Schools program
Recycling and waste education talks and workshops have been given to eight different schools and
kindergartens in the Noosa Shire from July 2020 - December 2020.
The ‘Ed Shed’ Waste education building was officially opened in November 2020 by Councillors
Wilkie and Jurisevic. This has improved our ability to offer a professional and engaging education
program.




Breakdown of Waste Education Initiatives

School talks and landfill visits                 Recycling and waste education talks, workshops and visits
                                                 to The Ed Shed have been given to eight different schools
                                                 and kindies in the Noosa Shire.

Recycling and waste education talks and          Engaged with over 860 students and members of the
workshops                                        community.

The Men’s Shed                                   Worked with the Men’s Shed to create an interactive
                                                 conveyer belt the students could use at the Ed Shed made
                                                 out of 100% recycled material.

Fit out of the education building “The Ed        Councillors Frank Wilkie and Joe Jurisevic officially opened
Shed” at the landfill and Official opening Nov   the “The Ed Shed” with 3 grade 1 students from Tewantin
2020                                             Primary School

Facebook posts                                   Weekly “Waste Free Friday” - 33 Facebook posts, reaching
                                                 over 110,252 people. Campaigns included Plastic Free
                                                 July, Waste Free Friday, National Recycling Week (NRW),
                                                 soft plastic and reducing waste over Christmas.

Plastic Free July                                Weekly Facebook posts on ways to reduce plastic usage.

National Recycling week November 2020            Due to Covid this year we ran two composting workshops,
                                                 at The Veggie Village at Peregian Beach and the
                                                 Community Permaculture Gardens at Cooroy these were
                                                 both booked out with 25 people at each workshop.

Composting trial with Monty Sep 2020             Trialling “Monty” an innovative composting probe that has
                                                 sensors to measure moisture, oxygen and carbon levels in

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