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Councillors take on Alternative Waste Technology
Seven Sunshine Coast Councillors were today tasked with assessing
the best Alternative Waste Technology for the Sunshine
Coast.
Councillors Keryn Jones, Debbie Blumel, Lew Brennan, Russell
Green, Tim Dwyer, Christian Dickson and Bob Abbot will
participate in the Alternative Waste Treatment Working
Group.
Environment Portfolio Councillor Keryn Jones said the group will
review research that council has already commissioned on the
potential models for alternative waste treatment and provide
council with a short list of preferred options for the type of
technology, and the number of bins, by July 2012.
"This is about getting the best outcome for the environment and
ratepayers as we strive to make the Sunshine Coast the most
sustainable region in Australia," Cr Jones said.
“This is a very complex issue and a lot of work has been done
over the past three years to assess the social impacts,
environmental benefits, economic development opportunities and
the indicative cost to ratepayers.
"Based on the information we’ve gathered, the working group will
prepare a business case and implementation plan which compares
the different options, and will go to council by July.
"That will include a whole of life financial evaluation and
triple bottom line assessment to assist council to make its
decision.
“We are at the pointy end of the process now and it is important
that a decision is made by July so that we can get the best
prices and outcomes for the next collection contract.”
Household kerbside waste accounts for about half of all the waste
in the region's landfills, and provides council with the single
greatest opportunity to achieve waste diversion.
The options to be considered include:
The consideration of two or three-bin options; and
Technologies for composting and energy production.
Any facility is expected to be established at Sustainability Park
which adjoins Corbould Industrial Park.
Council's existing collection contracts end in June 2014 and a
new request for tender will need to be issued by November
2012.
1 February 2012
Councillors take on Alternative Waste Technology
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