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		DRAFT MINUTES MARKETING MEETING 3 - EC-BSG "BIOGAS WASTE-TO-ENERGY" PILOT PROJECT MTG C7

Biogas Waste-to-Energy Pilot Notice Marketing Meeting Draft Minutes Cm3 Fri 16 Aug 2019

COMMITTEE	REFUGEE SANITATION PROJECT [Cmt] 

SUB-COMMITTEE	BIOGAS WASTE-TO-ENERGY PILOT PROJECT [Swe] 

EVENT:	EC-BSG "Biogas Waste-to-Energy" Pilot 					REF:UNCBBM3d

TOPIC:	Mgt - Can Innner West Sydney submit a suitable project to the "Blockchains for Social Good" Challenge?

DATE:	Fri 16 Aug 2019			TIME: 10:00 - 11:30

VENUE:	Brothers Ben Café
	74 Palace St PETERSHAM 2049

INVITEES AND ATTEMNDEES

	Nicola PISACANE	[NCP]	E	Andrew TATAR [APT]	E
	Rachel ASCHMIES [REA]	E	Karen HAYWOOD [KrH]	E
	Sandy THOMAS [SyT]	Y	Carline DUFFY [CJD]	E
	Joanna HOBSON [JoH]	Y	Marghanita DA CRUZ [MDC]Y
	Finola CAREY [FTC]	E	Cheryl CRAWFORD [CGC]	E
	Peter AXTENS [PMA]	E	Stephen GOULD [SGG] Chr Y
	On-line Contacts

DRAFT MINUTES:

	A  Introduce people concerns about waste issues particularly dog-poo
	B  Identify possible enhanced waste management practices
	C  Discuss hand-out content for "Footprints Ecofestival" Sun 25 Aug 2019
	W  Action Items
	Z  Next Meeting Fri 23 Aug 2019 10:00 - 11:00 - Marketplace TBC

A	INTRODUCE PEOPLE CONCERNED ABOUT PP WASTE ISSUES

As this was the first meeting attended by JoH and MDC there was an introduction session by 
JoH on her involvement with Petersham Park waste issues since 2005

JoH produced a letter dated 02 May 2005 to RIchard SAGE Marrickville Council 
"Trial for recycling bins at Petersham Park with sporting clubs and pool"

This letter confirmed Council's concerns about people placing recycling materials in separate 
waste bins and just using the bins for all waste

The Council then agreed to provide a separate waste bin with a chain and a number of keys for 
the various managers of different sports clubs and the pool manager to use

However the keys became lost and clubs no longer used to sort the waste

JoH asked how many bins would be requited and SGG suggested 4 different types

1	Red for aluminium foils, nappies, glass containers and other waste
2	Blue for papers bags, cardboard and paper
3	Yellow for bottles and cans
4	Green for dog-poo, leaves, grass cuttings and food waste

The problem is at week-ends and during hot weather when the bins become full hence the 
importance of having local residents like Jo monitoring the bins

SGG said FTC had sent an article about a Biogas Plant being installed to handle shop-keeper 
waste at Marketplace LEICHHARDT - there was a charge for that service

SGG to try to arrange meeting next week at Marketplace LEICHHARDT to review plant and 
inputs/outputs

B	IDENTIFY POSSIBLE ENHANCED WASTE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES

MDC outlined a number of Waste Management practices with which she had been involved

SyT said it was important to have a flow chart so that consumers could see for example where 
the hard and soft plastics can be used as they can be re-used in many areas

MDC said Council would be very interested if someone is prepared to say to Council we will look 
after all the waste issues in Petersham Park

At a discussion before MDC and JoH arrived SyT and SGG discussed the logistics issues of 
someone collecting the waste and disposing of it to the appropriate places

SyT said it would probably involve someone being employed Au$35/hr for 2 x 6 hrs days 
$ 420/wk or Au $ 21,840 per annum

C	CONFIRM HAND-OUT ISSUES FOR FOOTPRINTS ECOFESTIVAL SUN 25 AUG 2019

SyT said at this stage it was probably best just to have form to sign if people are 
interested in getting involved with enhanced waste practices

W  ACTION ITEMS

	ACTION				WHO	WHEN			FOR	

1 Arrange Mtg Marketplace	 	SGG	by 17:00 T 20 Aug	PPWC

2 Recycling waste life-cycles		SyT	17:00 Thu 22 Aug	PPWC

3 Interest form for Sun 25 Aug 2019	SyT	17:00 Thu 22 Aug	PPWC

Z  NEXT MEETING FRI 23 AUG 2019 10:00 - 11:00 - MARKETPLACE TBC

VENUE:	Marketplace
	Corner of Marion and Flood Sts LEICHHARDT 2040

DATE:	Provisional Fri 23 Aug 2019		TIME: 	To be confirmed


Thank you

Stephen GOULD
Projects Co-ordinator
SUSTAINABILITY ACTION NETWORK [SAN]
 
B: PO Box 517 Neutral Bay Junction NSW 2089
E: ehn.1a3posgg@gmail.com
M: {61}(4)1600-9468 


EXTRACT FROM FED GOVERNMENT WASTE AND RECYCLING REPORT/CHP 04 2018-12-14

The impact of levies on changing ratepayer behaviour

4.36	The committee received evidence indicating that waste levies have a limited impact on 
	reducing the waste generated by ratepayers, as they have no direct financial 
	incentive to reduce waste going to landfill.

4.37	Local councils are responsible for paying waste levies on behalf of ratepayers, and this is 
	then recovered through household rates. GCS Consulting stated that the estimated household 
	contribution to the New South Wales waste levy payment is between 10 and 20 per cent of the 
	total rates liability. 

	It cited a 2012 KPMG report on the New South Wales waste levy which stated that:

	Because home owners are charged a flat fee for their waste, they do not receive any financial 
	benefit from reducing the amount of waste they produce at the individual household level, even 
	hough all households would benefit if they collectively reduced waste.[43]

4.38	The Northern Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils (NSROC) submitted that the New 
	South Wales waste levy does not provide a 'reward or incentive for better waste management 
	behaviour, other than a minor reduction in the waste charge for using a smaller red bin in 
	some council areas'. This is because:

	Waste management charges to residents reflect the actual costs to councils of delivering waste 
	services. 

	These charges are applied across the entire community and are not adjusted for actual 
	consumption of waste services by an individual household.[44]

4.39	Similarly, the Brisbane City Council, in considering the introduction of a waste levy in 
	Queensland, submitted that:

	A levy is not effective on domestic waste generators as the price signal is not able to be 
	passed on through the rates directly...

	Applying a landfill levy to domestic waste is challenging as residents cannot avoid the levy in a 
	domestic setting. 

	Council does not have a pay-as-you throw style of charging so residents are all charged equally.[45]

4.40	Other local government authorities support this view with the Adelaide Hills Region Waste 
	Management Authority (AHRWMA) arguing that waste disposal levies do 'not act as a direct 
	driver for the community to reduce waste generation or increase recycling habits' because 
	any increase in waste levies is 'covered by general rate revenue'.[46]

4.41	GCS Consulting recommended that any jurisdiction seeking to introduce a waste levy should, 
	at a minimum:

	require local governments to introduce weight-based charging to permit its ratepayers to reduce 
	their rate liability. 

	This is based on the user-pays principle where the more a household throws out, the more they 
	contribute to disposal charges and the state government tax.[47]


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