2016-06-07 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                   7 JUNE 2016


20 years ago people could take recycling to the       1   Noted
landfill station where they sorted it themselves          This is still the case.
and put it into the skips provided
Encourage commercial food waste composting            1   Noted.
                                                          Already included in Plan.

If people can’t get the use of normal recycling bin   1   Noted
right, then why would council assume that they            Community engagement and education is critical to the success of the
will use the 3 bins correctly.                            Plan and it is included.

Council has not consulted enough. The                 1   Disagree
invitations for the Community Jury that                   The initial 3000 addresses were selected via a computerised, random
considered the waste issue should have been               sampling process. Council could not send out more than 3000 invitations
sent to all Shire residents not just a random             out via post because it would have been too expensive. In addition, all
sample of 3000.                                           responses were received by new Democracy Foundation that had the
                                                          responsibility of processing the responses and ultimately, selecting a jury.
                                                          This entailed matching people against demographic segments of Noosa
                                                          Shire, calling them and making sure that they are available for all the
                                                          session times and willing to take on the role. The time, effort and cost
                                                          required to carry out this process precluded sending out invitations to the
                                                          entire Shire which may have resulted in thousands of positive responses
                                                          to process.

Encourage waste avoidance and reduced                 1   Agree
consumption within the community.                         Towards Zero Waste education strategy has a specific focus on shopping
                                                          smart and reducing consumption.

Incentivise waste reduction in commercial             1   Noted
businesses (i.e. lower fees for less waste)               Commercial and industrial users have the option of paying a minimum
                                                          charge for the basic waste collection service. Anything above this is
                                                          strictly on a user pays basis for the amount of waste produced.
                                                          Therefore if less waste is produced, less collections, cheaper fees.

Council provide optional composting bin/kitchen       1   Noted.
caddy                                                     Currently not economically feasible, but may be considered in the future.


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