2014-01-28 Infrastructure & Services Committee Agenda

INFRASTRUCTURE & SERVICES COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                              28 JANUARY 2014


WASTE MANAGEMENT

4.2   KERBSIDE BULK WASTE COLLECTION SERVICE 2014

DOCUMENT INFORMATION

File No           ECM/Subject/Kerbside Collection Service

Author            Acting Director Community Infrastructure
                  Co-ordinator Waste Management


SUMMARY/PURPOSE

This report provides further detail on the proposal to re-introduce a kerbside bulk waste collection
service for residents in the Noosa Council area.

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

A kerbside collection service was previously offered to Noosa residents prior to amalgamation in
2008 and this service ceased after this date. At the Ordinary Meeting held on 2 January 2014
Council resolved:

“That Council note the report by the Interim Director Community Infrastructure and
Co-ordinator Waste Management to the Ordinary Meeting dated 2 January 2014 and
approve the re-introduction of a kerbside collection service.”

The current waste collection contract with Cleanaway includes provision for the delivery of the
service by Cleanaway, if requested by Council.

PREVIOUS COUNCIL CONSIDERATION

A short preliminary report on the kerbside bulk waste service was discussed by Council on 2
January 2014. Council endorsed the reintroduction of the service subject to a more detailed
report that would be presented to the Infrastructure and Services Committee on 28 January
2014.

REPORT

Since the removal of the annual kerbside collection service there has generally been an increase
in the incidences of illegal dumping across the Noosa region and as a result there is significant
community interest in the return of the annual kerbside bulk waste collection service.

It is proposed that a kerbside bulk waste service be re-introduced along similar lines to the pre-
2008 arrangement, where the service:
     was provided to domestic premises only;
     allowed a maximum volume of waste of 3 cubic metres per property;
     excluded a range of items such as chemicals, liquid waste, oil, tyres, gas bottles, asbestos,
      sheet glass; and
     provided for the recovery of recyclable waste through a sorting process at the landfill.




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