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GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                              28 APRIL 2014

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                   NC offers a voluntary green waste collection service, with fortnightly collection of
                   240-1 wheelie bins for an annual fee of $75. To date, the service has had minimal
                   subscription (in excess of 3,000 households participating currently). There is no data
                   available for the number of households in NC area treating organic waste in-situ,
                   through home-composting systems. However, anecdotal evidence suggests a
                   reasonable level of home-composting activity in the region.      NC may give
                   consideration to a mandatory domestic collection service for green waste, possibly in
                   combination with food waste, in urban Council areas, if there was community
                   support and if a cost-benefit analysis proved beneficial. However, concerns have
                   been raised regarding the potential impact of a mandatory system on home
                   composting activity.
                  Sunshine Coast Regional Council conducted an organics collection trial in Peregian
                   Springs and Cooroy. The voluntary opt in trial was conducted on only single
                   occupancy residential properties in the new housing estate of Peregian Springs
                   (participation 251 households) and the established housing of Cooroy (participation
                   220 households). Approximately 20% participants opted out of the trial
                  A weekly collection of combined garden and food organics was undertaken.
                   Participants were provided with a 240 L green lid bin, an aerated kitchen tidy and 6
                   months’ supply of compostable bags.
                  Organics collection per delivered bin yielded:
                   *  9.5 kg per week Peregian Springs
                  *   6.2 kg per week in Cooroy.
                  Garden organics comprised between 85% and 92% of all materials collected in the
                  organics bin;
                   Waste made up between 7% and 15%, The detail of the trial results are in The
                  Sunshine Coast Organics Collection Trial Summary Report February 2012 — The
                  Organic Force.
                   If food waste were to be added to green waste and processed at the Eumundi landfill
                  a new environmental licence ERA 53 Composting and Soil Conditioner Manufacturing,
                  would be required. A purpose built facility would need to be readily and cost
                  effectively established.
                  It should be noted that NC intends to pursue @ technical review of various aspects of
                  the Eumundi Road Landfill, including assessing any discharge issue from existing
                  organic waste processing operations at the site. Options that may change these
                  operations could adversely or beneficially impact on a discharge issue.

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