2014-02-25 Infrastructure & Services Committee Meeting Agenda

INFRASTRUCTURE & SERVICES COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                           25 FEBRUARY 2014


Waste Management

4.   WASTE MANAGEMENT STRATEGY REVIEW PHASE 1

Author           Interim Director, Martin Drydale
                 Community Infrastructure

Index            ECM/Project/Waste Management/Strategy Review

Attachments      Nil



PURPOSE

The purpose of this report is to provide information to Councillors on the process for undertaking
a review of the Noosa Waste Management Strategy.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

A comprehensive review of the Noosa Waste Management Strategy is planned to be undertaken
in a two-stage approach as follows:
1.   Initial research, planning and recommendations to guide the development of a new Waste
     Management Strategy for Noosa (Feb – May 2014)
2.   The development and adoption of a Waste Management Strategy (June – Dec 2014)

Lloyd Consulting have been engaged to undertake Phase 1; the initial assessment of issues in
order to provide guidance and to support a more focused approach to the development of a new
Waste Management Strategy for Noosa.

Phase 1 will provide two key deliverables for Council, namely:

    A set of recommendations on which priority areas can be targeted for further review and
     detailed assessment in order to guide the development of a new Waste Management
     Strategy for Council; and
    A Waste Strategy Review Project Plan outlining the actions, timing, resource and indicative
     cost of preparing a new Waste Management Strategy for Council by 31 December 2014.

The project will be delivered over a 10 week period ending in late April and the process will allow
for Councillor and staff consultation and feedback and incorporate a review of documentation,
practices, opportunities for improvement and partnership and exiting contract arrangements.

RECOMMENDATION

That Council note the report by the Interim Director, Community Infrastructure to the
Infrastructure & Services Committee dated 25 February 2014 on the process for the Waste
Management Strategy Review.




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