Project background

May 2014

Council is currently preparing a revised Integrated Waste Management Strategy (IWMS) with a focus on the short, medium and long term. The IWMS is intended to identify opportunities to reduce the cost burden of waste services on the community by providing sustainable waste management solutions in the most cost effective manner, with a core focus on domestic waste streams.

A critical consideration in the development of the revised IWMS is a projected increase in household waste from the current figure of around 40,000 tonnes per annum to at least 53,000 tonnes and potentially as high as 100,000 tonnes per annum by 2029/2030.

Also to be considered is the NSW Government's target to divert 70 per cent of household waste from landfill. As Tweed Shire Council is currently diverting less than 50 per cent of all household generated waste, implementing best practice collection and processing is the only real means of pursuing this target.