2019-06-11 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA   11 JUNE 2019




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SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                    11 JUNE 2019

           charge will continue for the remainder of the financial year.
           The service will only be reinstated if the owner or occupier can assure Council that the future provision
           of the service will not result in contamination of the bin with excluded material.

           10    ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

           The Waste Management Section is responsible for the provision of the services under this policy under
           general direction of the Manager Waste and Environmental Health.
           The Council’s waste collection contractor is responsible for the delivery and servicing of garden
           waste recycling bins at the owner's property.
           Council’s customer service staff will receive and answer inquiries and complaints about the service
           where possible or refer the inquiry to the Waste Management Section.
           11    DEFINITIONS

           Defined garden waste service area means the area defined by Council resolution where Council
           has agreed to provide a garden waste collection service.
           The area is broadly identified as the urbanized areas of coastal and hinterland townships (excluding
           Kin Kin) and also excludes the majority of the Noosa rural area.

           The area is defined on eleven maps attached to this policy, “Identifying properties inside the
           boundary of the townships that are included in the defined garden waste service area”
           Excluded waste means dirt, soil, gravel, concrete, plastic or plastic bags, plastic garden pots and
           any other material that would contaminate the contents of the garden waste recycling bin and prevent
           its marketability for reuse after processing into mulch or compost.
           Garden waste means organic material from the garden such as grass clippings, leaves, light
           branches to 50mm diameter, twigs and sticks, palm fronds, bark, sticks, provided the weight of the
           240 litre bin does not exceed 70 Kg for a 240 litre bin or 85 Kg for a 360 litre bin.
           Garden waste recycling bin means an approved waste container being a green 240 litre or a 360
           litre wheelie bin or a 1,100 litre low noise bulk bin, with a lime coloured lid specifically designated to
           receive “garden waste” and be collected from the kerb, or on property at commercial premises by
           special agreement.
           Garden waste recycling service means the provision by Council of a 240 litre or 360 litre garden
           waste recycling bin and the collection of the contents of that bin fortnightly on the normal service day
           for a waste collection service, but on the opposite week to the yellow lidded recycling bin service, or
           in the case of a 1,100 litre bin the contents collected weekly on the normal service day.
           Garden waste bulk recycling service means the provision by Council of an approved 1,100 litre
           low noise bulk recycling bin the contents collected weekly on the normal service day.
           Invalid garden waste service means a Garden Waste Service provided to a property where one or
           all occupants are deemed (based on medical evidence) to be unable to wheel a garden waste
           recycling bin to the kerb for collection. The bin must be located in a fixed location approved by
           Council. The collection contractor wheels the bin to the collection vehicle, empties the contents and
           returns the bin to the fixed location.

           Optional garden waste service area means the area within 5 kilometres of the defined garden
           waste service area. Owners of property within this optional service area can apply for the service. The
           area may be extended beyond 5 kilometres from the defined garden waste service area if Council's
           Waste Collection Contractor agrees to provide the service.

           COUNCIL POLICY - Garden Waste Recycling Service

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