2019-09-10 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                        10 SEPTEMBER 2019


Other contracts
The tender process for the collection and purchase of metals and batteries from Council waste
facilities has just reached completion. A new tender valued at $1,200,000 was awarded in August
2019.
The contract for providing a collection service to Council’s waste facilities for household
hazardous waste is currently going through an invitation to quote process and should be awarded
in the next month.
Waste Education & Behaviour Change
Schools Program
The waste education and recycling program has continued to gain momentum in 2019FY. With
Council receiving excellent feedback and support from nearly all schools within the Noosa area.
Almost 4000 local students have been engaged in the program and activities have included:
   Waste and recycling talks and workshops
   Landfill tours
   Beach clean-ups
   Movie screenings
   Upcycling workshops
   Interactive recycling displays
   Plastic free events




Media, social media and promotion
Council partnered with the Noosa News for a three month waste education campaign through a
weekly waste and recycling column on how to reduce waste. This ran from September to
December 2018. Weekly ‘Waste Free Friday’ Facebook posts have been used to engage with
the community during the twelve-month period, with over 80 Facebook posts. This included
several campaigns including Plastic Free July, Waste Free Friday, National Recycling Week
(NRW), Clean-up Australia Day, National Composting Week and World Environment Day. These
posts gave information and advice on waste reduction techniques and recycling practices. The
posts have been viewed over 240,515 times. There have been regular sliders on Council’s
website page, Instagram posts, media releases, newspaper adverts and an interview on ABC
radio as part of NRW.

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