FINAL WASTE PLAN 2023 - 2028 · Attachment 2: Draft Waste Plan proposed actions

                                 - Clean-up Australia
 2.1 Advocacy                    Advocate and support Federal and State government bans and
                                 schemes:
                                 - Single-use plastics ban (5 year roadmap for action on single-use
                                 plastic items)
                                 - Expand Containers for Change (wine and spirits)
                                 - Draft E-Products Action Plan (solar PV and battery, TV, mobile
                                 phones etc.)
 2.2 Advocacy                    Promote product stewardship schemes and priority product list. Refer
                                 Attachment 2 Product Stewardship Scheme and Priority Product List
                                 (this list is not exhaustive).
 2.4 Advocacy                    Lobby for End of Waste Codes (new technologies)
 1.1 Personal Responsibility     Encourage common values and attitudes through a positive local
                                 communication campaign. Drive local sustainable production and
                                 consumerism to bring about voluntary behaviour change achieving
                                 community-wide personal responsibility of waste generation and
                                 cultivate a waste avoidance community attitude.
 1.2 Personal Responsibility     Achieve consistency in the Sunshine Coast region in the disposal of
                                 bulky items by connecting the community with accredited platforms
                                 and organisations specialising in recycling of second-hand goods,
                                 unwanted item collection and sustainable disposal. Develop a central
                                 resource detailing service providers to assist with bulky item collection.
 1.1 Food Waste                  Continue to progress food waste treatment investigations inclusive of,
                                 but not limited to, the following technologies: In-Vessel Composting
                                 and Anaerobic Digestion. Convert food waste into energy and/or
                                 compost including establishing markets by promotion and education.
 1.2 Food Waste                  Review bin infrastructure and collection frequency (residential and
                                 commercial) to support food waste infrastructure.
 1.3 Food Waste                  Implement a food waste campaign to reduce food waste at the source.
 3.1 Garden Waste                Continue to investigate improvements to the processing of green
                                 waste to enhance the value of the end product (e.g., compost) from the
                                 y 14,890T/year4 green waste that is currently being mulched.
 3.2 Garden Waste                Continue to support and promote community composting and worm
                                 farming workshops
 3.3 Garden Waste                Review bin infrastructure and collection frequency (residential and
                                 commercial) to support infrastructure and capture rates.




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