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Group tasked with finding a new waste solution
Sunshine Coast Council could make a decision on the best
Alternative Waste Treatment system for the region by the middle
of the year.
The Performance and Service Committee today recommended
establishing an Alternative Waste Treatment Working Group which
will bring a recommended model to council by July 2012.
This will ensure council is on target to meet the State
Government’s requirement of a 65% diversion from landfill for
household waste by 2020.
Environment Portfolio Councillor Keryn Jones said the group will
review the potential models for alternative waste treatment and
provide council with a short list of options for the type of
technology, and the number of bins.
"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 already 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."
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 would be 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.
24 January 2012
Group tasked with finding a new waste solution
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