Meeting papers

What’s the problem?                                                                                                                  The most significant source of Council emissions (63%) is the Landfill owned and
                                                                                                                                     operated by Noosa Council that receives and manages the Noosa community's
                                                                                                                                     residential and commercial waste.




                                                                                                                                                                                                              63%



Methane gas is produced                                                   Methane gas has a global                                         The Landfill site flares the                   The emissions from the
when organic matter (food,                                                warming potential of 28                                          methane gas, converting it                     Landfill account for 63%
green waste, paper, etc)                                                  (meaning it is 28x more                                          into less harmful CO2.                         of council’s emissions!
decays in landfill                                                        potent than greenhouse gas                                                                                      Removing organic matter
                                                                          emission than CO2).                                                                                             aims to reduce emissions
                                                                                                                                                                                          and future costs.


Landfill Site

                                                              COUNCIL

                                                              $147 PER
                                                              TONNE

49yrs                                                                                                                                  $9million                                          543kg
                                                              STATE GOVT WASTE LEVY

                                                              $85 PER TONNE
Remaining landfill life                                       Landfill costs 2020/21                                                   2020/21 council spend to                           Amount of household waste
                                                                                                                                       extend a new landfill cell                         the average Australian
                                                                                                                                                                                          produces every year

Source:Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, National Waste Report 2022, available at www.dcceew.gov.au




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