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

6.5       Litter and Illegal Dumping
In 2014/15 financial year, Noosa Council received 189 requests to investigate illegally dumped
material and 103 requests to investigate littering. Council issued 15 warning letters, 7 Show Cause
Notices, 11 Compliance Notices, and 11 Penalty Infringement Notices.

Surveillance of illegal dumping hotspots is undertaken to identify offenders. There are many
unreported cases where the community or council outdoor staff clean up illegally dumped rubbish.
The most common type of illegal dumping is green waste followed by mattresses and general
household goods. There is limited commercial dumping.

Temporary signs have been developed and produced for short term use at hotspots and at the site
of recently deposited rubbish. The intent is to convey the message that it is not only Council
officers but the whole community that are being vigilant and creates the perception there is an
increased likelihood of being seen and reported if you litter or illegally dump items. 20 sites were
signed in the 2014/15 financial year.
Approximately half the sites identified are cleaned up voluntarily after investigations have been
initiated. The amount of illegally dumped material has markedly decreased over the last two years.

7.        New Waste Contract 2017-2024
The major waste services delivered under contract arrangements are broken into three separable
portions and include:

        Collections – Domestic and commercial waste, recycling, and garden waste.
        Disposal - operation of Eumundi Rd landfill
        Resource Recovery – activities at Eumundi-Noosa Rd Resource Recovery Centre
Noosa Council will be entering into a new waste contract in June 2017. The waste contract is one
of the Noosa Council’s largest contracts and underpins most of the actions contained in this plan.
Amongst other things, the new contract will include a mandatory fortnightly garden waste service in
selected areas and may also include an improved waste collection service for the Hastings Street
precinct.

8.        Infrastructure
8.1       Resource Recovery Centre
Noosa Council’s main Resource Recovery and Landfill Facility is located at Eumundi-Noosa Road
in Doonan. There are also rural waste transfer stations and resource recovery facilities in Pomona
and Cooroy. Resource recovery of self-hauled loads to these facilities is encouraged with no
charge to deposit items such as cardboard, steel, batteries, green waste, concrete, timber.

The Eumundi Road facility recovers goods to
be sold at the Brite Side “Tip Top Shop.”
Brite Side Industries includes the “Tip Top
Shop” sales centre, plus three sheds with
bicycles, whitegoods, furniture and other
products that people have dumped, or donated
for sale. Brite Side diverts and sells items from
potentially going to landfill.

The “Tip Top Shop” also provides valuable
training to skill unemployed people in carpentry,
waste management, retail, and forklift driving.     Fig 10: Briteside ‘Tip Top Shop”




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