2017-08-08 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                   8 AUGUST 2017


Towards Zero Waste education and community engagement strategy

Garden Waste Recycling Bin
The start of 2017 saw a particular focus on preparing the community for the roll out of the
expanded garden waste recycling bin service. To ensure that this went smoothly a Community
Engagement Project Plan was produced in conjunction with the Community Engagement
Section. The phased Plan has been implemented over the last seven months and has included:
    A mail-out thanking ‘early adopters’ of the garden waste service encouraging them to
      promote the merits of the service (approx. 5,000 letters).
    A mail-out to those about to receive the new service explaining the reasons for it and how
      to properly utilise the service (approx. 10,000 letters).
    A comprehensive social media campaign run through Facebook.
    Numerous media articles promoting the new service.
    Updates on the Noosa Council website.

Waste Education
The Waste Section’s Waste Education Officer has personally engaged with over 2872 students
and members of the community during the 2016/17 financial year. This included 696 people
during workshops/ activities during National Recycling Week in November 2016. Other highlights
include:
    Tours of the Noosa Resource Recovery Facility and Landfill started in March 2017. 169
      students toured the facility up until June 2017.
    Battery recycling bins were placed in all Council facilities.
    Over 58 Facebook posts were placed, reaching over 102,076 people.
    Waste and recycling displays were held at the Noosa Show, The Men’s Shed Open Day,
      World Environment Day and the Noosa Festival of Water.
    Recycling at sporting grounds was actively encouraged and promoted - recycling bins are
      now at the majority of the sporting grounds.
    The Waste Education Officer worked with Noosa Farmers Markets to introduce recycling.
    Easily identifiable Noosa Council bin lids and covers that assist recycling were used at
      seventeen events.
    An art competition using waste materials was organised for Noosa students. This ‘Youth
      ArtCycle’ will be judged shortly.
    Three screenings of the environmental movie ‘A Plastic Ocean’ were organised for the
      Noosa Community. This proved to be an immensely popular event with all three
      screenings completely booked out.

Educational activities over the last six months

Date       Organisation               Grade                   No. of   Presentation subject
                                                           students
02/02/17   Community Groups           Community Groups          100    Use of recycling bins, green waste
           Presentation                                                bins, e-waste, polystyrene
01/02/17   Tewantin Primary School    Grade 2 x4 classes        100    Recycling and waste
03/02/17   Noosa Christian College,   Kindy class                22    Recycling, waste, setting up a worm
           Kindy class                                                 farm
07/02/17   Tewantin Primary School    Preps x3 classes           75    Recycling and waste
24/02/17   Tewantin Primary           1x preps                   25    Worm farm
06/03/17   Pomona Primary             Grades 1,5, 6             150    Waste and recycling
07/03/17   Pomona School              Grades 2 and 4            100    Waste and recycling
08/03/17   Pomona School              Preps and grade 3         100    Waste and recycling


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