2015-04-28 Infrastructure & Services Committee Agenda

INFRASTRUCTURE & SERVICES COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                    28 APRIL 2015


Amount of material received, landfilled and diverted.
The information below shows the total amount of material received by Council in the financial
year to date (1 July 2014 – 31 March 2015), compared to the same period last year, the amount
disposed of to landfill and the amount diverted from landfill.

                   Waste Received at landfill for 9 months to 31st March.
                            (Excluding kerbside recyclables)
                                      To 31st March 2014            To 31st March 2015
 Total tonnes received at landfill                   43,860.72                      44,327.71
 Tonnes to Landfill                                  30,164.02                      31,594.45
 Tonnes Diverted                                       13,696.7                     12,733.26
 % Diverted                                             31.23%                         28.73%

                   Waste received at the landfill for 9 months to 31st March
                      (Including kerbside recyclables taken to Bli Bli)
                                            Last year                     This year
 Total tonnes received at landfill                  48,990.72                        49,457.71
 Tonnes to Landfill                                 30,164.02                        31,594.45
 Tonnes Diverted                                      18,826.7                       17,863.26
 % Diverted                                            38.43%                          36.12%

The reason for including recyclables sent to Bli Bli gives a better indication of the true diversion of
waste from the landfill.

The information shows that diversion rates for 2015 are slightly lower than for the previous year.
There is more waste to landfill this year compared with 2014 with less of the waste received
being recyclable. No changes have been made to the recycling of materials received and the
reduction in diversion rates of 2.5% (31.23% down to 28.73%) are attributed to uncontrollable
factors such as the percentage of recyclable material received in the waste stream at the landfill.

Kerbside recycling
The rate of household kerbside recycling remains constant with an average of approximately 570
tonnes per month collected within the Noosa Shire and sent to the material recovery facility in Bli
Bli.

Overview of waste management contracts
 The three major waste management contracts for waste collection, operation of the landfill
   and operation of the resource recovery centre at Eumundi Road are currently held by
   Cleanaway. These contracts are due to expire 31st August 2016, with an option for Council to
   extend the term for one additional year. The new waste management strategy will be
   influenced by the findings of the Community Jury and may impact the specifications of all
   three contract portions for the next contracts. No further action has been taken on the
   development of new contract specifications until consideration of the Jury recommendations
   are completed.
 A period of 24 months has been allocated for finalising the waster strategy, contract
   development, tendering, evaluation, and mobilisation of the next contract.
 The current contracts will be extended to allow time for the new strategy to be formulated and
   reflected in revised contract specifications. WMS will be conducting contract audits on these
   services over the next three months to refine information to be placed into the specifications.



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