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

4.        Previous Studies
A number of waste trials, audits, studies and assessment have been conducted under both the
Sunshine Coast Council and the newly formed Noosa Council. Relevant studies include:

        Organics Collection Trial – Peregian Springs & Cooroy (Organic Force, February 2012).
        Sunshine Coast Council Assessment of Domestic Kerbside Waste Stream & Commercial
         and Industrial Waste Stream (EnviroCom, January 2012).
        Noosa Council Waste Management Scoping Study (Lloyd Consulting, April 2014).
        Noosa Council Waste Management Options Assessment (Golder Associates, November
         2014).
        Noosa Council Waste Audit (Noosa Council, 2015).

Recommendations from key studies are contained in Appendix 2: Previous Waste Study
Recommendations.


5.        Waste Streams
In 2015, the Noosa community produced a total of 73,664 tonnes of waste. This included collected
general municipal waste and recyclables and waste deposited at Council’s three facilities
(Noosaville, Cooroy and Pomona) and bulk kerbside collection.

Approximately 45% of Noosa’s waste was diverted from the landfill. Table1 below highlights the
tonnes of waste by major resource that was diverted from landfill.

Table 1: Resources Diverted from Landfill 2015

 Resource                                           Tonnes
 Garden waste (domestic & C&I)                      12,085
 Recyclables (kerbside collection)                  7,844.5
 Metal                                              2,396
 Concrete                                           9,891
 Timber                                             672
 Bulk Cardboard                                     370
 Batteries                                          34.4
 Other                                              54
 Total                                              33346.5

Clean Fill
It should also be noted that Noosa Council also receives 17,311 tonnes of “Clean fill” material that
is not included in the above table. This material is deposited at the Resource Recovery Centre and
utilised within the landfill for operational management purposes. Although this is a beneficial re-
use of a waste material it is not claimed by Noosa Council as diversion of waste from landfill.




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