2019-09-10 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                10 SEPTEMBER 2019


Resources recovered in tonnes (major categories)

                                    Material Recycled in Tonnes
                                 2014FY        2015FY      2016FY     2017FY      2018FY       2019FY
Kerbside Recyclables                              7,007       7,295     7,493        7,464       7,037
Commercial Garden Waste              5409         5839         5252      4580        3714         3857
Municipal Garden Waste               5230         4815         6481      8157        9931        10910
Batteries                               23          27           35        27           27          35
Cardboard                              342         366          379       388         328          460
Concrete                             3953         3528         3361      7118        6531         7741
E-Waste                                141          31            0        83           89          66
Metals                               1986         1648         2600      2818        2603         2523
Timber                                 205         571          678      1437        1391         1296
Recovered at Reviva                                                                                389

Weight of recyclables collected from yellow lidded bins dropped significantly by over 400 tonnes.
It is likely that this was due to the introduction of the container refund scheme, which was
introduced in November 2018.

Garden waste comparison
                                2017FY (tonnes)           2018FY (tonnes)            2019FY (tonnes)
Garden waste collected                    1,273                     3,452                      3,756
Self-haul residential                     6,881                     6,477                      7,154
Self-haul commercial                      4,580                     3,714                      3,857

It is encouraging to see the weight of garden waste diverted from landfill increase across both
collection and self-haul services. Council’s garden waste collection service diverted an additional
300 tonnes of waste in 2019FY.

Bulk kerbside collection
At the time of writing, the 2019 Bulk Kerbside Collection is still in process. The collection method
this year mirrors that provided last year. Resource Recovery Australia are collecting any suitable
reusable goods or resources. Cleanaway are continuing to segregate and collect metals, e-waste
and timber separately to waste.
This year has seen major problems with asbestos contamination in a number of waste piles. In
addition to being a significant public health and environmental risk, the cost of clean-up to
Council is likely to be significant. A further specific report on Bulk Kerbside Collection will follow in
2020.
Reviva
Noosa’s new and improved tip shop, Reviva, opened for business on the 3rd of July 2018
following significant improvements to the site and retail practice. In their first year they have
recovered approximately 389 tonnes of resalable items. They have also processed nearly 4000
mattresses, recovering and recycling a further 12.5 tonnes of foam which had previously been
sent to landfill. They have also already had success in transitioning previously unemployed
workers through to full time employment. The Waste Section looks forward to another successful
year working with Resource Recovery Australia (RRA) to further reduce waste to landfill. RRA’s
first twelve months of operation have seen them meet all Key Performance Indicators required
under the Licence.




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