Annual Report 2021-22

                                                                                 2021 - 22 Annual Report


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  	        improvements for diversion of material to landfill resulted in a diversion result of 47%
  against the total waste collected/treated across the Noosa region. This is a 2% increase in
  diversion from the previous year. Initiatives delivering this improvement are targeting public/
  commercial behaviour at our transfer stations, removing wood as a pure landfill option,
  improvements in contractual management and layout at the resource recovery pad as well as
  maintaining a Council presence on our sites.
  	 commenced a 6-month trial of polystyrene recycling which is currently proving to be
• We
  successful but has shown that the current trial machine is under capacity for the volume of
  material being delivered. A cost benefit is currently being reviewed to make this a permanent
  process at Eumundi Road.
•	The first textile recycling drive held with over 200 cars and 1.5 tonnes of linen recycled to
   Blocktek and 1.7 tonnes (16 cages) of clothes donated to the St Vincent de Paul Society in
   one day. Due to the success, another textile collection drive is scheduled for 2023 in a more
   prominent location to be determined (i.e. Bunnings or Noosa Civic)
  	
• The review of our landfill gas contract has commenced to understand Councils options in
  advancing improved utilisation of captured gas rather than pure flaring.
• A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed for two further trials –
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     	    for Cans reverse vending machine to be trialled at Eumundi Road, which is a first of
     its kind in that it will separate at source, crush cans and shred plastic bottles with the plastic
     bottles separated via material type.
   • Solar
     	    powered compaction bin to be trialled on Hasting Street which has been selected
     based on overcoming previous issues raised when trialling this technology.
•	Weighbridge and weighbridge software upgrade on our transfer stations to improve traffic
   management, data capture and reporting.




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