Attachment 5 - Traffic Impact Assessment Final PTT · 132005.638.06

1             Basis of Masterplan design

1.1           Introduction
The Noosa Shire Council (NSC) is investigating opportunities to improve the efficiency of resource recovery
and optimise landfill diversion at the Noosa Resource Recovery Facility (NRRF). This is to be done through
development of a Masterplan design for Resource Recovery Area 1 (RRA1) and the WMC area north. The
NRRF, located at 561 Noosa-Eumundi Road Doonan, is the Noosa Shire Council’s primary waste transfer
and sorting operation, receiving six distinct waste streams from kerbside, residential and commercial and
industrial (C&I) sources. While much of this waste is sorted and processed, recycled or for reuse, issues
have been identified with traffic congestion, delays associated with the drop-off and sorting of mixed waste,
and long internal routes to various waste areas, that diminish the efficiency and also potentially the utilisation
of the NRRF by residents and C&I sources. Key drivers of the Draft Noosa Waste Plan 2023-2028 relate to
operations at the Noosa Resource Recovery Facility and have been incorporated into this Masterplan:
◼   Reducing landfilled waste to reduce landfill emissions
◼   Investigation of feasibility of innovative solutions for waste collection, treatment, and recycling
◼   Promoting waste avoidance, reduction and resource recovery actions.
◼   Encouraging waste avoidance and the recovery, reuse and recycling of waste.
◼   Transitioning towards a circular economy, minimising waste and recycling and reuse of materials




Figure 1      NRRF resource recovery areas including RRA1 provided by NSC




                                                       Project number 526384 File Noosa Masterplanning Report 2025-02-07 Revision 0   1