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In a typical waste cycle (excluding Christmas or other peak times) how full do your bins get?


General Waste Bin                                                                       Recycling Bin                                                             Garden Waste Bin


                                                   34% 16%
                                                   Less than          Half full
                                                                                                                                 41% 11%
                                                                                                                                 Full or           Half full
                                                                                                                                                                                               26% 11.5%
                                                                                                                                                                                               Full or            Less than
                                                   half full                                                                     nearly full                                                   nearly full        half full


                                                   26%                5.5%                                                       21%               9%                                          23.5%              11%
                                                   Full or            Overflowing                                                More than         Less than                                   I don’t have       More than
                                                   nearly full                                                                   half full         half full                                   this type of bin   half full


                                                   18%                0.5%                                                       17%               1%                                          19%                9%
                                                   More than          I don’t have                                               Overflowing       I don’t have                                Overflowing        Half full
                                                   half full          this type of                                                                 this type of
                                                                      bin                                                                          bin




How should Council manage waste?                                                        Top 4 factors that impact your ability to                                 People in Noosa are confident and
                                                                                        recycle more items:                                                       careful about what goes in which bin
Council should implement                             Council should deliver
solutions which aim to                                waste services at the                       I can’t find a recycling bin when I’m out in public eg park,
divert as much waste from                         lowest possible financial             34%       beach, shops.
landfill as possible                                  cost to the ratepayer
                                                                                                  I’m not sure if it can be recycled.
                                                                                        29%
                                                                                                  My recycling bin is full.
                                                                                        27%
 1        2       3        4       5        6         7          8     9 10                       Nothing.
                                                                                        22%

                                           2%         3%               2%
         6%               6%                                     6%                     Top 4 things that would help with recycling:
                 10%                                                              12%
                                  16%                                                             Clear information on packaging about what can be
                                                                                        45%       recycled.                                                        Landfill          Recycling               Garden Waste
                                                                                                  Trust – are my items really recycled?
                                                                                        42%
37%


                                                                                                                                                                  50%
                                                                                                  Up to date information on the bin about what can & can’t
                                                                                        39%       go in.
                                                                                                                                                                                  of respondents are extremely careful
                                                                                                  A weekly collection service of my recycling bin.
                                                                                        36%                                                                                       about what goes in which bin (43% are
                                                                                                                                                                                  quite careful)


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