2016-06-07 S&O Agenda - Item 4 Att 1 - Draft Waste Reduction & Recycling Plan

(Noosa Council Waste Audit, Oct 2015) and the main source of contamination in recycle bins was
plastic bags.

The following items are currently not recycled because there are no recycling facilities; it is cost
prohibitive or there is insufficient storage capacity at the Resource Recovery Facility.

      Sheet plastic (commercial & industrial, domestic packaging)
      Polystyrene
      Foam
      Gyprock
      Plastic pots

Council will continue to monitor advances in recycling technology as well as the viability of
recycling the above items.

There are also certain locations which pose difficulties for the collection of recycling including
Noosa Main Beach and Hastings Street. Innovative solutions to overcome barriers to recycling
services in these locations are being investigated.

Garden Waste

A 240 litre fortnightly voluntary garden waste service is
provided at $65/year (fee valid as of February 2016). In
January 2015 there were 3426 services and by December
2015 there were 3975. The popular service has experienced
a growth of 16% in service numbers from January to
December 2015. The garden waste bin is collected fortnightly
on the alternate week to the recycling bin service day. The
garden waste bin accepts grass, weeds, offcuts and small
branches (no food). In line with one of the recommendations
from the Community Jury (refer to Section 10 Table 7
Community Jury Recommendations) , it is proposed to make
the garden waste service compulsory to residents in urban
areas from the commencement of the new waste contract in
2017.


                                                                      Fig 7: Garden Waste Bin
Public Place Waste and Recycling

As of February 2016, there were 818 public place
waste bins and 49 public place recycling bins.
Public place recycling is currently operational in
high profile public areas (excluding Hastings St)
and at popular BBQ and picnic sites. In the next
collection contract (commencing August 2017)
Noosa Council will seek to convert many of the
general waste bins to recycle bins and increase the
collection frequency of recycle bins.

In addition Council has approximately 70 dog
waste dispensers across the Shire. Investigations
are underway to use compostable bags in the dog
waste dispensers.

                                                          Fig 8: Public Place Recycling - Peregian Beach



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