2018-02-06 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                      6 FEBRUARY 2018


Comparison of recycling initiatives offered
Resource Recovery Australia                             Noosa Community Training Centre
Wide range of donated goods and retrieved goods         Wide range of donated goods and retrieved goods
– received, repaired and sold.                          – received, repaired and sold.
Tinkerage Workshops for residents – working with        For future Council consideration but not formally
residents to create, repair or refurbish goods          included in offer - Briteside educational bus
owned by residents. Providing tools and instruction     (replicating Council’s educational program), E buy
from qualified staff, working with Trashy Artisans      tip shop for sales promotion on line.
Cooperative. Teaching how to use tools making
and repairing things especially art.
Tinkerage (Green Bikes) – residents learn the
repair, building and maintenance of bikes rather
than discard them.
Tinkerage Workshops for Kids – small children
learn how to take things apart, fix them and use
simple tools.
Mattress Recycling – at cost to Council but with        Mattress Recycling – at cost to Council (currently
the benefit of including the recovery of timber and     Briteside recovers steel only - Foam and textiles
steel, bailing foam for manufacturing carpet            go to landfill).
underlay.
Tyre Recycling – RRA are acquiring a leading tyre       No involvement in tyre recycling (Council sends
recycler in NSW, working with University of NSW         tyres to a tyre recycler).
and Moly Cop steel manufacturer to provide
shredded tyres rubber surfacing and moulded
products and steel making feedstock.
Timber – sorting, de-nailing, cutting to square and     Useful timber de-nailed and sold. Small amount
sale. A quantity is intended to be diverted to local    used in making useful items like tables and seats.
Men’s sheds, The Tinkerage, or sale as firewood
when reuse inappropriate.
Textiles – recovery of reusable textiles, bagging       Textiles recovery not mentioned
and sale.
Collaboration with charities – helping them clear       Proposing collaboration with charities but past
unsold items vs disposal to landfill, assisting stock   encouragement to collaborate with other
turnover and maintain fresh stock.                      organisations has been limited.
Social Media – links to Council’s website including     Proposing a range of social media interaction such
(Facebook,     Linkedin,     Twitter,   Instagram)      as website and Facebook to promote items for
advertising new and novel items for sale.               sale, specials and freebies.
Salvaging – proposed if permitted by Council at         Salvaging not mentioned. (Previously reliant on
the transfer station for useful items not pre-sorted    Cleanaway to intercept items not diverted at
or donated to RRA. (RRA estimate additional             Transfer Station).
recovery of 5 tonne per month at Eumundi Rd)




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