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

Table 7: Community Jury Recommendation Links to Action Plan

                9 Community Jury Recommendations                                            Waste Reduction & Recycling
                                                                                                      Action Plan
1. Expand Noosa’s existing three-bin system in a staged                                     Actions: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5.
   manner to introduce mandatory weekly organics collection
   for residential areas, with mandatory green waste collection
   in 2015/16.
2. Minimise cost to ratepayers with cost increases not to                                   -
   exceed $50 per ratepayer for green waste collection and
   $70 per ratepayer for full organic waste collection.
3. Council to move to fortnightly collection of general waste                               Decision deferred.
   bins in Stage 2 (full organic waste service).
4. Construct a composting facility at Eumundi-Noosa road                                    Decision deferred.
   landfill site (or another suitable location).
5. Design and implement a grassroots, long-term education                                   Actions: 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5,
   and awareness campaign.                                                                  4.6, 4.7, 4.8, 4.9. 4.10, 4.11,
                                                                                            4.12, 1.2.
6. Reward excellent waste management to continue positive                                   Action 4.13.
   behavioural change.
7. Monitor compliance with the new waste collection system.                                 Action: 2.5.
8. Ban non-biodegradable plastic bags by 2017.                                              Action: 2.1.
9. Direct large producers to target 100% diversion of organic                               Action: 1.7.
   waste from landfill by 2030.


11. Targets
Noosa Council’s Waste Reduction and Recycling Plan aims to meet or exceed the 2024 targets as
detailed in the Queensland State Government’s Queensland Waste Avoidance and Recycling and
Resource Productivity Strategy (2014-2024). These targets are aspirational rather than mandatory
(i.e. there is no penalty for non-compliance).

Table 8: Baseline Statistics

Noosa Council’s baseline waste management statistics have been calculated for 2015:

Waste type                         Amount produced                    Amount diverted                    Percentage diverted

All waste collected or             73,664 tonnes                      33347 tonnes                       45%
received by Noosa
Council
Municipal, Commercial              61,955 tonnes                      21650 tonnes                       35%
& Industrial Waste*
Construction and                   11,709 tonnes                      11698 tonnes                       99.9%
demolition
Kerbside recycling                 7,845 tonnes                       7845 tonnes (a small               >90% (Noosa Council
(yellow lidded bin)                                                   percentage of                      is allowed up 10%
                                                                      contamination may be               contamination rate –
                                                                      sent to landfill from              this rate has never
                                                                      MRF – volume                       been exceeded)
                                                                      unknown)
* Municipal and Commercial/Industrial waste have been calculated together as current statistics available to Noosa Council do not
account for origin of waste found in collection trucks – i.e: it is comingled. Amounts diverted in each category (e.g. steel, regulated
waste, green waste, timber, etc) also do not differentiate between source of waste and therefore impossible to calculate diversion rates
for municipal and commercial/industrial waste separately.


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