Meeting papers

What's the Problem?




                                                                                                                                                Waste Plan 2023-2028
The most significant source of Council emissions (63%) is the Eumundi Noosa Road
landfill owned and operated by Noosa Council that receives and manages the Noosa
community's residential and commercial waste.

    METHANE GAS IS                      METHANE GAS                       THE EUMUNDI                     THE EMISSIONS FROM
   PRODUCED WHEN                        HAS A GLOBAL                      NOOSA ROAD                      THE EUMUNDI NOOSA
   ORGANIC MATTER                         WARMING                         LANDFILL SITE                  RD LANDFILL ACCOUNT
 (FOOD, GREEN WASTE,                   POTENTIAL OF 28                     FLARES THE                    FOR 63% OF COUNCIL'S
  PAPER, ETC) DECAYS                    (MEANING IT IS                    METHANE GAS                         EMISSIONS!
      IN LANDFILL                     28x MORE POTENT                   CONVERTING IT INTO                REMOVING ORGANIC
                                     THAN GREENHOUSE                    LESS HARMFUL CO2                    MATTER AIMS TO
                                        GAS EMISSION                                                       REDUCE EMISSIONS
                                          THAN CO2                                                        AND FUTURE COSTS.

                                              28x
                                             MORE
                                            POTENT
                                             THAN
                                              CO2
                                                                                                                63%
                                                                                                                OF EMISSIONS




                           F T
                          A
Eumundi Noosa Road Landfill Site




                         R
REMAINING LANDFILL LIFE




                       D
49 YRS
LANDFILL COSTS                     COUNCIL $147 PER TONNE
21/22                              STATE GOVT WASTE LEVY $85 PER TONNE



2020/21
COUNCIL SPENT                                $9 MILLION
TO EXTEND A NEW LANDFILL CELL

 THE AVERAGE
 AUSTRALIAN PRODUCES


 543KG
 OF HOUSEHOLD WASTE PER YEAR


Source:Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, National Waste Report 2022, available at www.dcceew.gov.au.




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