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

3.1        Requirement for a Waste Reduction and Recycling Plan
The Queensland Government Waste Reduction and Recycling Act 2011 (WRRA 2011) require
local governments to prepare waste management plans, known as Waste Reduction and
Recycling Plans (this document). The Plan must be reviewed at least every 3 years. Details of the
local government obligations are contained in Appendix 1: Waste Reduction and Recycling Act
2011, Chapter 6.


3.2        Environmental Compliance
Municipal waste disposal at the Noosa Landfill and Resource Recovery Facility is authorised under
the Queensland Environmental Protection Act via a 60 (1a) Environmental Authority with approval
number EPPR01855314. The Environmental Authority has conditioned that releases of surface
and groundwater must be managed from the site in accordance with a site specific Receiving
Environmental Monitoring Program (REMP). The intent of the REMP is to provide an early alert for
investigation into any waste water discharges and provide sufficient time for suitable actions to be
implemented to prevent environmental harm. Noosa Council has sought to implement a REMP that
is more responsive to site specific downstream environment values. Noosa Council underwent a
series of negotiations from 2013 to the present to update the existing Environment Authority for the
Landfill to reflect the more modern conditions applied under REMP. Noosa Council has
commenced monitoring pursuant to the site specific REMP in late 2015.




                                                              Briteside Recycling Centre




Fig 2: Eumundi-Noosa Road Resource Recovery and Landfill Facility.




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