2017-04-11 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA   11 APRIL 2017




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SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                          11 APRIL 2017

  COUNCIL POLICY - Garden Waste Recycling Service
  Following successful trialling of the addition of a very limited range of fruit and vegetable waste to
  existing garden waste recycling bins, Council has decided to allow the inclusion of a limited range of
  raw fruit and vegetable waste to the garden waste recycling bin to increase the diversion of organic
  waste from landfill.

  9.3.  Examples of approved fruit and vegetable waste
  The range of fruit and vegetable waste is strictly limited to raw fruit and vegetables, peelings and
  uncooked vegetable waste. For example — lettuce and cabbage leaves, carrot tops, potato peels,
  uncooked fruit and vegetables.
  10    PREVENTING NUISANCE

  Owners and occupiers are responsible for ensuring ‘prohibited food waste’ is not placed into the
  garden waste recycling bin to create a nuisance.
  Fruit and vegetable waste can be wrapped in paper before disposal, or refrigerated/frozen and
  placed into the bin the night before collection.
  11    PROHIBITED FOOD WASTE

  Cooked or uncooked meat or other food, dairy products, liquids or semi liquid waste, food in plastic
  bags or plastic containers and other material that would cause an odour or nuisance during the two
  week storage period between collection services.
  12    EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR GARDEN WASTE

  Council recognises the need for a comprehensive education and information program to accompany
  the new standard 3 bin service so that the community is well informed on the purpose of the standard
  3 bin service and the correct use of the garden waste recycling bin.
  13.   ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

  The Waste Management Section is responsible for the provision of the service.
  The waste collection contractor is responsible for the delivery and servicing of garden waste
  recycling bins at the owner’s property.
  Council’s customer service staff will receive and answer inquiries and complaints about the service
  where possible or refer the inquiry to the Waste Management Section.
  14    DEFINITIONS

  Defined garden waste service area means the area defined by Council resolution where Council
  has agreed to provide a standard 3 bin waste collection service to single domestic dwellings and
  duplexes.
  The area is broadly identified as the urbanised areas of coastal and hinterland townships (excluding
  Kin Kin) and also excludes the majority of the Noosa rural area.
  The area is clearly defined on 10 maps attached to this policy which are extracted from the Waste
  Management Contract as defined in “SCHEDULE 1, 10 Maps detailing the external boundaries of
  Township Areas’.
  Excluded waste means dirt, soil, gravel, concrete, plastic or plastic bags, plastic garden pots and
  any other material that would contaminate the contents of the garden waste recycling bin and prevent
  its marketability for reuse after processing into mulch or compost.

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