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2016-06-07 S&O Agenda - Item 4 Att 1 - Draft Waste Reduction & Recycling Plan
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Action Description Timeframe
2.1 – Reduce/Ban Plastic Continue to support community initiatives to reduce/ban plastic bags e.g Boomerang Bags 2016
bags Lobby Qld state government to ban single use plastic bags.
2.2 – Public place Increase the number of public place recycling bins over the next three years, including 2016- 2024
recycling providing services to Hastings Street and rural townships. Continue to raise awareness of
public place recycling and decrease contamination by improved signage/education of recycling.
2.3 – Bulk waste kerbside Improve resource recovery rate of annual kerbside clean up. 2016 - 2024
clean up
2.4 - Briteside Tip shop Promote Briteside Tip shop and encourage the community to divert items from landfill by 2016 - 2024
donating to Briteside.
2.5 - Bin Inspections Employ a compliance officer to monitor segregation of waste streams. 2017
2.6 – Waste minimisation Support event organisers and clubs to improve recycling and organic waste minimisation. 2016 - 2024
at community events and Monitor and encourage recycling compliance at events and clubs operating on council land.
clubs
2.7 – Support the Raise awareness of the voluntary Australian Packaging Covenant. The Covenant is an 2016 - 2024
Australian Packaging agreement between companies in the supply chain and all levels of government to reduce the
Covenant environmental impacts of consumer packaging. (The Queensland government is a signatory to
the Covenant).
2.8 – Container deposit Advocate for the introduction of a Container Deposit Scheme that will add a value to recyclable 2016 - 2017
scheme material collected by Council and improve state recycling rates. Monitor the outcome of state
government review of container deposit scheme and if/when proposed, provide a report to
Council on its implications for Noosa.
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