2016-03-07 General Committee - Item 1 - Draft Waste Reduction and Recycling Plan - ATTACHMENT 1

                                        desk bins and centralised general waste bins.
                                    -   Procurement Policy.
 Education/Behaviour Change         -   Staff waste minimisation education via email, posters,
                                        lunchtime talks, movie screenings and composting
                                        demonstrations etc.


 6.          Waste Collection
 Noosa Council’s Waste Management Service (WMS) is responsible for the delivery of high
 standard domestic and commercial waste and recycling collection systems for Noosa residents
 and businesses.

                                        The WMS is a significant business activity which operates in
                                        accordance with legislative requirements, relating to the size
                                        of expenditure the business generates and its impact on the
                                        local economy. Council must ensure that the competitive
                                        neutrality principle is applied when conducting its waste
                                        management activities. It should also be noted that Council
                                        is required under National Competition Policy principles and
                                        legislation to meet its full cost pricing obligations including
                                        achieving an appropriate return on investment for the waste
                                        management business commensurate with a return on
Fig 6: Waste Collection
                                        capital and cost employed in the business.


 Collection, resource recovery, and landfill services are provided through private sector contracts
 with the aim of maximising resource recovery and reducing waste to landfill in a cost effective
 manner. For more detail refer to Section 7 New Waste Contract 2017-2024.



 6.1         Domestic Waste
 General Waste

 Domestic premises are provided with a 240 litre weekly waste bin service for all general waste
 including food waste and garden waste. Domestic kerbside waste generation for Noosa was
 calculated to be approximately 15kg/household/week (January 2012) and 14.5kg/household/week
 (June 2012).

 An assessment of the composition of domestic waste is contained in Appendix 3: 2012 -
 Composition of the Northern Region Kerbside Domestic Waste Stream.

 Recycling

 A 240 litre fortnightly recycling service is provided. Comingled recycled materials include:
     Glass containers
     Aluminium and steel cans
     Recyclable plastics
     Clean paper and cardboard.

 Recyclables are collected and transported to the recycling facility operated by VISY Recycling at
 Bli Bli. The Council pays a processing fee per tonne of recyclables delivered.

 A waste audit undertaken in October 2015 identified, on average, the proportion of recyclables
 (paper/cardboard, plastic containers, glass, cans etc.) in general residential waste bins was 15%

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