2019-06-11 P&E Agenda - Item 7 - Attachment 1 - Environment Strategy

     Strategy 3.1: Reduce waste to landfill


     Target                                                      •   partnering with organisations such as Plastic Free
                                                                     Noosa to eliminate single-use plastics
     By 2030, all green waste and food waste is diverted from
                                                                 •   investigations into using green waste compost for
     landfill.
                                                                     agricultural land.
     The amount of waste disposed of to landfill in Noosa        Council is introducing a food and green waste collection
     Shire is costly to manage, is land intensive, and           service to achieve zero food and green waste going to
     contributes considerable greenhouse gas emissions           landfill. This will be supported by a behaviour change
     into the atmosphere. Noosa Council encourages the           campaign and will also involve encouraging events, cafés
     development of a circular economy, where resources          and restaurants to eliminate single-use plastics, use
     are kept in use for as long as possible, and the            biodegradable and/or recyclable products as part of their
     community extracts the maximum value from them before       takeaway food and beverage sales.
     transforming them, wherever possible, to a new usable
     resource.                                                   The Queensland Government waste strategy sets a
                                                                 target for all Queenslanders to reduce their overall
     Council is working with neighbouring councils on a more     generation of waste by 5% by 2024. The Strategy
     regional approach to recycling, including opportunities     proposes a 55% recycling rate in domestic, commercial
     for processing of food and green waste, and also glass      and industrial waste (in 2018, the Noosa community
     recycling. A number of waste minimisation measures for      is at 45%) and an 80% recycling rate in construction
     various waste streams have already been implemented,        and demolition waste (in 2018, the Noosa community
     including garden, construction and demolition materials,    is already at 90%). Council’s Waste Reduction and
     metals, polystyrene, timber, batteries, paper, cardboard,   Recycling Plan identifies specific actions towards
     e-waste, mattresses and recyclable packaging material.      achieving this. The State Government has also
                                                                 introduced a ban on single use plastic bags and a
     Council also coordinates various community waste
                                                                 container deposit scheme which also helps divert waste
     initiatives, such as:
                                                                 from landfill.
     •    fortnightly garden waste service for residents in
          urban areas                                            Council will continue to reduce waste to landfill in
                                                                 accordance with the Waste Reduction and Recycling Plan
     •    public place recycling in high profile public places   through the following strategies:
     •    investigation and enforcement action for illegal
                                                                 •   regular auditing of waste streams
          dumping of materials with surveillance at key
          hotspot sites                                          •   enabling the correct use of bins for resource
                                                                     collection through education, behavioural change
     •    resource recovery activities at Eumundi-Noosa Road
                                                                     and enforcement
          Recovery Centre, including the sale of recoverable
          goods on site                                          •   investigation into alternative waste treatment
                                                                     opportunities
     •    dog waste dispensers with compostable bags
                                                                 •   reduction of waste at source through education,
     •    Towards Zero Waste Education Program to
                                                                     incentives and behavioural change programs
          encourage better recycling, promote the take up
          of the garden waste service, encourage residents       •   improvements to the current landfill gas capture rate.
          to compost food waste, and support commercial
          composting by restaurants and grocery markets




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