2018-03-06 S&O Agenda - Attachment 1 to Item 2 - Public Interest Test Report

Noosa Council - Public Interest Test Report: Proposed Local Law No. 7 (Waste Management) 2017
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  industry. We have over 2,000     In the event that the Queensland Government elects to continue with this repeal and          Refer response to issues 6 and 7 in table
  members nationally based in      Councils establish a head of power to manage domestic waste collection services, it is       2 (below).
  a broad range of business        strongly suggested that cutting and pasting the relevant sections from the expiring State
  organisations, all tiers of      legislation may be an opportunity lost in enabling innovation. By way of example and in
  government, universities and     referencing section 7 (Requirements for storing general waste in waste containers) of the
  NGOs. Our members are            draft local law, general waste, which includes recyclable organics waste, produced as a
  involved in the range of         result of ordinary use or occupation of the premises must be deposited in a standard
  important waste management       general waste container. This potentially precludes on site recycling such as composting
  and resource recovery            food scraps.
  activities within the economy,
  including community              Further, Council has the ability to manage the movement of trucks, placement of storage
  engagement and education,        bins, approval of waste infrastructure by mechanisms other than this Local Law, to achieve
  infrastructure investment and    its overall environmental and amenity objectives and that go some way to reducing waste in
  operations, collection,          order to achieve Queensland's waste reduction targets. Contract prescription, for example,
  manufacturing of valuable        could be used to this end.
  products from resource
  recovered materials, energy
  recovery and responsible
  management of residual
  materials.’