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GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                                  28 APRIL 2014

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                  2.3 Theme 3: Recycling
                  identification and Assessment of Options for improving Recycling Rates
                  Background: Over 20% of material in the average NC domestic waste bin could be
                  easily recycled using the existing recycling bin service. Council presently has In excess
                  of 25 000 weekly domestic waste collections at approximately 15kg per household
                  per week being collected and disposed in landfill, With 20% of the domestic waste
                  bin comprising recyclables, this equates to 75 tonnes of potentially recyclable
                  material being landfilled each week or almost 4000 tonnes a year.
                  No waste audit has occurred in Noosa of domestic recycling; however an audit at
                  Caloundra commissioned by SCC, Assessment of Comingled Recycling Segregation
                  ond Visual Method Development — May 2013 EnviroCom revealed only 65% of the
                  contents of the recycling bin could be recycled. Streams not recycled included 2% of
                  material which was bagged, 14% Glass fines <25mm 8% other fines <25mm.
                  An audit of commercial recycling bins Sunshine Coast Commercial Recycling
                  Assessment — January 2011 SCC (EnviroCom) showed a contamination rate of 6.57%,
                  and process loss rate of 18.68%. The predominant recyclable material categories
                  were: Recyclable Paper 56.3%, Corrugated Cardboard 33.3%, Newspaper 9.6% and
                  Magazines 7.5%.Materials which are potentially recyclable but are unable to be
                  recycled include glass fines, encased/bagged materials, and un-sortable material less
                  than 25mm in diameter.
                  Present commercial recycling services for Noosa Council are:
                  *   Commercial 240 litre Waste Bin — 4000
                  *   1.0m’ Bulk Bin -36
                  *   2m’ Bulk Bin—12
                  =   3m’ Bulk Bin - 214
                  *   Commercial 240 litre Recycling Bin — 1265
                  *   Bulk 1100 litre Recycling Bin — 254
                  (Note: These are services per week as some areas such as Hastings St and possibly
                  other areas have anything up to daily pickups).
                  Hastings Street and some other high-density commercial districts are constrained in
                  the ability to locate bins on-site, require multiple services, and have conflict with
                  nearby tourist accommodation from truck movements and the noise arising from
                  early morning collection services.

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