Have a say on Council's Waste Reduction and Recycling Plan

Residents can have a say on Council’s draft Waste Reduction and Recycling Plan 2016-2024 from 29 March.

The plan spells out Council’s waste reduction and recycling priorities for the next eight years, including targets set by the state.

Residents can view the draft document and comment at Council’s YourSay Noosa website from 29 March to 3 May.

Noosa Council Waste and Environmental Health Manager Wayne Schafer said Queensland councils were legally required to implement plans to reduce waste.

“Our plan includes our community jury’s recommendations for reducing organic waste sent to landfill. These recommendations – including a future mandatory green waste bin service – are an important part of our long-term Towards Zero Waste strategy.

“The draft Waste Reduction and Recycling Plan 2016-2024 looks at how we go about reducing the volume of waste we’re producing as a shire, how we increase the amount of waste we’re diverting from landfill, such as by composting and recycling, and how we go about tackling littering and illegal dumping,” Mr Schafer said.

“In some cases we’re already exceeding state government waste diversion targets. Take construction and demolition waste, for example, where we’re already diverting up to 99% of it from landfill to recycling.

“That said, there is still work to be done to reduce recyclable and organic material in the domestic waste stream and this plan will help guide our journey towards zero waste,” Mr Schafer said.

To view the draft plan, visit Council's YourSay Noosa website. Submissions can be emailed to mail@noosa.qld.gov.au or posted to Council at PO Box 141 Tewantin QLD 4565.          

22 March 2016