2017-10-10 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                   10 OCTOBER 2017


5                        DESIGNATING WASTE AND RECYCLING COLLECTION AREAS AND APPROVED
                         WASTE CONTAINERS
DOCUMENT INFORM AT ION




Author                               Manager Waste and Environmental Health, Wayne Schafer
                                     Community Services Department

Index                                ECM/Subject/Waste - Collections

Attachments                          1.    Defined Waste Collection Area
                                     2.    Defined Recycling Collection Area
                                     3.    Approved Standard Waste Containers in Noosa Shire


EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Not applicable.

RECOMMENDATION
That Council note the report by the Manager Waste and Environmental Health to the Services &
Organisation Committee Meeting dated 10 October 2017 and resolve to:
A.                       Define the Waste Collection Area for Noosa Shire as the area shown on Attachment 1 -
                         Defined Waste Collection Area;
B.                       Define the Recycling Collection Area for recyclable waste in Noosa Shire as the area
                         shown on Attachment 2 - Defined Recycling Collection Area;
C.                       Approve the standard general waste containers to be used in Noosa Shire as detailed in
                         Attachment 3 to the report, “Approved Standard Waste Containers in Noosa Shire”;
D.                       Specify the minimum service frequency for domestic, commercial and industrial waste
                         containers as once per week, with provision for additional services or special services up to
                         a frequency of daily at the request of the owner, subject to approval by staff depending
                         upon location; and
E.                       Specify the minimum service frequency for recycling containers for recyclable material as
                         once per fortnight, with provision for additional services or special services at the request of
                         the owner, to a frequency as determined by staff depending upon the location of the
                         premises requesting the service.



REPORT

1.                       Background Information
The State Government is proposing to repeal Section 7 of the Waste and Recycling Regulations
2011 and Chapter 5A of the Environmental Protection Regulations 2008, effective from 1July
2018. Local government is expected to have replicated the relevant provisions in a local law by
the expiry date to facilitate an ongoing head of power to allow local government to continue to
implement effective waste management controls.

During a presentation by King and Company in Brisbane at Local Government House 1
September 2017 attendees were encouraged to review their current procedures and policies
prior to implementing a new local law.


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