2016-03-07 General Committee - Item 2 - Waste Management PBA Final Report - ATTACHMENT 1

2. Business Structure and Operations
2.1     Business Background
Noosa Council’s waste management business is responsible for the delivery of waste management
activities for Noosa residents and business. The major services provided to service the Noosa
population include:
 Waste collection and transport including commercial and domestic waste, recycling, and green
    garden waste.
 Operation of the Eumundi Road landfill for waste disposal and resource recovery activities.
 Operation of the Cooroy and Pomona waste transfer stations.
 Waste management and waste minimisation promotional activities.

The business provides weekly waste collection services to approximately 26,000 residential
customers and 5,000 commercial customers. Waste collection and landfill services are provided
through contracts with the private sector. These contracts are due to expire soon and are expected
to go out to tender in 2016. Additional business activities undertaken under contract include:
 Concrete crushing and screening.
 Green waste and wood waste processing and transport.
 Landfill gas capture.
 Ferrous and non-ferrous metals recovery and sale.
 Hazardous liquid waste collection.
 Liquid waste collection.

2.2     Business Structure and Governance
The following diagram presents the current structure of the waste management business, and its
relationship within the broader Council organisational structure (where it resides within the
Community Services directorate). The Waste and Environmental Health Manager is responsible for
the waste management operations across the shire and directly reports to the Director Community
Services. The business is operating under an interim Full Cost Pricing (FCP) business model
(pending the outcome of this PBA).
Figure 2.1: Current Business Structure
                                    Council


                                        CEO


                                   Director
                                  Community
                                   Services



                              Manager Waste and
                                Environmental
                                   Health



                             Project
                             Officers


                                              Waste Co-
                                              ordinator



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