2022-04-12-P&E Agenda - Item 6 - Attachment 1 - TNC Noosa_Oyster Project _6_Monthly_Report

Shuck Don’t Chuck
TNC continued its exciting partnerships with three local Noosa restaurants:

    •    Noosa Yacht and Rowing Club
    •    Noosa Harbour Fish Market
    •    Grenny’s Noosa by the River

These proud project partners supply the project with buckets of washed oyster shell, which
they collect from their customers, then wash and store.

The shell is collected fortnightly from the restaurants by the project’s contractor, Resource
Recovery Australia (RRA) and cured at the dedicated site at the Doonan Solid Wast Depot

This is a big effort for the restaurants and an important contribution, which is adding to the
project’s shell recycling collection.

Shell cleaning
TNC worked closely with partner, and generous sponsor, Resource Recovery Australia (RRA) to involve the Noosa community
in oyster shell washing and bagging. The activity included:

         o   Participation of 18 volunteers who contributed over 160 hours of labour
         o   On site presentations to 3 school groups (coordinated with Noosa Council staff)
         o   Washing and bagging of over 10 tonnes of oyster shell
         o   Packing of 7 pallets with 5kg bags of oyster shell and delivery of these to the Bribie Island Research Centre ready
             for setting with oyster spat
         o   Washing, drying and bagging of a further 5 pallets of oyster shell, for direct use in reef base construction

After spending more than six months baking in the Queensland sun, the dried, sterile oyster shells were washed by a team of
staff and 18 volunteers over more than 160 hours.


Repurposing everything from buckets, baskets, ladders, and chairs, supplied the team at RRA, the Doonan Waste Recovery
facility shell washing station evolved into a highly efficient washing system. The project team and a troupe of volunteers
washed over 10 tonnes of oyster shell– saving all this resource from ending up in landfill.


Following washing, the shell was bagged up and sent to the Bribie Island Research Facility or stored locally for use in reef
building.




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