2015-12-08 Infrastructure & Services Committee Agenda

INFRASTRUCTURE & SERVICES COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                             8 DECEMBER 2015


4.    Towards Zero Waste

The waste audit findings were used to inform and guide the Noosa Council Waste Communication
Strategy – “Towards Zero Waste” which was launched during National Recycling Week on 9 - 13
November. The first part of the strategy, to run over the next 12 months, will concentrate on:
    improving the amount of recyclable material that is diverted from general waste to the
      recycling bin, reducing contamination of the recycle bin;
    educating the community about recycling and reducing dependence on plastic bags;
    supporting initiatives to either ban or reduce the use of plastic bags in the community through
      behaviour change;
    initiatives to increase the voluntary uptake of garden waste bins; and
    prepare some sections of the shire for mandatory 3 bin system in 2017.

Initiatives include:
      A-Z Recycling brochure
      Pop up recycling information displays at shopping centres and local events
      Website and social media recycling updates
      Investigating and supporting community initiatives such as plastic bag collections in major
        supermarkets, battery bins, and boomerang bags.




A further audit to gauge any improvement will be carried out in six and twelve months.



5.    Green Waste Audit in Country and Rural Areas

During the next month Waste Management Services will be conducting random audits of general
and green waste bins in rural areas to assess the amount of green waste currently being recycled
and disposed of from these areas. The findings will be used to inform Council on the roll out of the
green waste bin service in 2017.




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