2016-06-07 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                              7 JUNE 2016


                                                                                                                             Attachment 2
Submissions and responses to draft Noosa Council Waste Reduction and Recycling Plan 2016-2024
Submission subject                               Number of       Response
                                                 submissions
                                                 relating to
                                                 subject
More public place recycling bins.                7               Agree.
                                                                 Already addressed on page 10 of the Plan. Action Plan updated to
                                                                 ensure an increased number of public place recycling bins in the future.
                                                                 Plan to be rolled out over the next 3 years.

Public place recycling bins on Hastings Street        1              Agree
                                                                     Hastings street to be included in above plan. A trial has commenced to
                                                                     collect recycling bins on Hastings Street daily.

Bulk kerbside collection needs to recycle a lot       1              Agree.
more than it did last year                                           Already addressed on page 12 of the Plan and Point 2.3 of the Action
                                                                     Plan. The future potential options for providing a more environmentally
                                                                     sustainable bulk kerbside collection to be analysed by Waste Section and
                                                                     a report provided to Council for their consideration.

Investigate the feasibility of recycling in Noosa –   1              Disagree
I.e. Noosa Council construct and operate a                           Cost of building and operating a Material Recovery Facility for just Noosa
Material Recovery facility                                           Shire is not economically feasible.

Council should adopt a harder line on those           1              Noted
caught littering and dumping                                         This compliance strategy is to be considered in the drafting of a
                                                                     forthcoming Litter and Dumping Management Plan. This is now included
                                                                     in Point 4.14 of the Plan.

Council should collect e-waste                        4              Noted.
                                                                     Addressed in Point 3.2 of the Action Plan. Noosa Council will once again
                                                                     facilitate the collection of e-waste at its facilities when an option to recycle
                                                                     it becomes available. At present there are no recycling agents accepting
                                                                     e-waste in the region and so it is not economically viable.


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