FINAL WASTE PLAN 2023 - 2028 · Attachment 3: Waste Survey Aug-Sept 23_ Summary of open-ended responses

   •   Cost to deliver the service and dispose to landfill - $500,000
   •   4,000 person hours to deliver
   •   27,000km travelled in collecting items
   •   Environmental damage – dumping of asbestos, batteries, chemicals etc
   •   4 out of 5 ratepayer didn’t use the service but still had to pay for it.
The request for bulk kerbside collection is addressed in the Waste Plan through the
following actions:

 Theme 1: Waste         1.2 Achieve consistency in the Sunshine Coast region in
 Avoidance              the disposal of bulky items by connecting the community
                        with accredited platforms and organisations specialising in
 Action 1. Personal     recycling second hand goods, unwanted item collection,
 Responsibility         and sustainable disposal. Develop a central resource
                        detailing service providers to assist with bulky item
                        collection.
 Theme 2: Waste         7.1 Promote programs that help residents and businesses
 Reuse and              repair items and/or rehome unwanted goods.
 Recycling
 Action 7. Reuse &      Examples include:
 Repair                 -   Advisory System for Process Innovation and Resource
 Action 8. Recycle
                            Exchange (ASPIRE)
                        -   Reviva Noosa repair workshops
                        -   Buy, Swap, Sell online platforms e.g. Facebook
                            marketplace, eBay, Gumtree.
                        -   Community Garage Sale Trail (Post Waste Plan note,
                            Garage Sale scheduled for Nov 2023)
                        -   Men/Women Sheds.


3. A further 14% of open-ended comments were about the need for education on
recycling and to make it easier and more convenient to recycle.
       “Clear communication to residents about recycling is very important. Bigger
       signs about their use on bins. There is a lot of confusion about what goes where
       eg. People place recycled material in bin wrapped in plastic bags.”
       “To achieve objective, Council needs to make it easy for the public, locals and
       visitors, to dispose of waste near the source, get rid of coffee cups and make
       green waste disposal at the tip free. Advertise tip recycle services.”
       “Respondents in your 'Project News Community Feedback' document indicate
       that the MOST important factor impacting their ability to recycle more items is
       that they CAN'T find a recycling bin when they are out in public.”


The comments about recycling education and ensuring that recycling is convenient
are addressed in the Waste Plan through the following actions: