2021-10-12 Services & Organisation Committee Meeting Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING REPORT                                                    12 OCTOBER 2021




The above chart illustrates the amount of waste received at the facility and the amount that goes to
landfill. The chart above does not reveal any notable trends. The period was dominated by the Covid
pandemic and therefore comparison against data from previous years would show an increase that
has come as a result of an atypical demand driver.
Trends in waste prior to Covid show that Noosa Council is consistently recycling more waste material
each year. Amounts of waste entering the facility are also consistently increasing. Council’s Waste
team have commenced compiling and analysing all available waste data on a weekly basis. This is
to better understand trends and how new Council initiatives can influence the diversion and recycling
of waste material. The revised data collection, analysis and presentation will form part of the next
six-monthly report.

Diversion rates for total material entering the Eumundi Road Facility

                                              Onsite diversion rate                     Qld Govt diversion from landfill
                                                                                        targets - 2025
 July – December 2020                                         45%                                      65%
 January – June 2021                                         46.5%                                     65%
*This figure does not include yellow top bin recyclables which go directly offsite to a recovery facility.

Resource Recovery – Material recovered in tonnes (major categories)

       Type of material                                    July – Dec 2020                    Jan – June 2021
       Recyclables (yellow top bins)                                        3,048.86                          3,096.4
       Garden                                                               8,633.22                         8,287.26
       Concrete                                                             6,641.14                          6,737.5
       Metal                                                                1,382.26                         1,482.98
       Timber                                                                 744.00                            716.8
       Cardboard                                                              264.74                             194
       Batteries                                                                 9.57                             30
       E-Waste                                                                  33.28                           55.96




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