Each individual Council also carries out their own individual programs. Contact your local Council to see what else is happening in your area.
Issue |
Sector |
Milestone # |
Program |
Preventing and Avoiding Waste |
Municipal |
1 |
Community Awareness and Education Campaign |
Increased Recovery and use of Secondary materials |
Municipal/ C&I |
2 |
Public place recycling project |
|
Municipal |
3 |
Regional Recycling Jackpot |
|
C&I |
4 |
Forest sink plan continued |
|
Municipal |
5 |
Biodiesel/ thermofuel plant plan – the next step |
|
C&I |
6 |
Aged Care facilities focus |
Reducing toxicity in products and materials |
C&I |
7 |
Develop and promote hospitals program over the region |
Reducing Litter and Illegal Dumping |
C&I |
8 |
Cigarette butt litter program |
Issue |
Sector |
Milestone # |
Program |
Preventing and Avoiding Waste |
|
1 |
Community Awareness & Education |
C&I |
2 |
Development of Sub Regional & remaining Local Waste Strategies |
Increased Recovery and use of Secondary materials |
Municipal/ C&I |
3 |
Biodiesel/ thermofuel: feasibility of a local storage & fuel depot and/or subregional plant. |
Municipal/ C&I |
4 |
Develop and implement model for recycling in caravan parks |
Reducing toxicity in products and materials |
Municipal/ C&I |
5 |
EOI for landfill gas extraction – sub regionally |
Reducing Litter and Illegal Dumping |
Municipal |
6 |
Tourist-focused Waste Education Program |
Sustainability |
C&I |
7 |
Development of Forest sink/ Biobanking plan |
Contribution to Renew PR |
- |
- |
RENEW promotion |
Costs related to RENEW meetings |
- |
- |
Includes travel and other costs for quarterly meetings and administration |
Issue |
Sector |
Milestone # |
Program |
Preventing and Avoiding Waste |
Municipal |
1 |
Community Awareness and Education Program |
Munipal/ C&I |
2 |
Midwaste website & Trader upgrade |
Municipal |
3 |
Community Survey II (Micromex) - Including Rural Waste Survey |
Municipal |
4 |
Waste to Art Competition and Exhibition in Kempsey |
Increased Recovery and use of Secondary materials |
C&D |
5 |
Develop waste disposal processing policy to promote the separation of builders waste |
Municipal/ C&I |
6 |
Cullet reuse, recycling (product development) |
Municipal |
7 |
Regional Waste Audits of Residual Waste |
Reducing toxicity in products and materials |
Commercial |
8 |
Bitumen coated oyster sticks (Great Lakes & Taree areas) |
|
9 |
CCA Timber: Policies & procedures |
Reducing Litter and Illegal Dumping |
C&I |
10 |
Develop Regional Litter & Illegal Dumping Strategy |
Contribution to Renew PR |
- |
- |
RENEW promotion |
Costs related to RENEW meetings |
- |
- |
Includes travel and other costs for quarterly meetings and administration |
Issue |
Sector |
Milestone # |
Program |
Preventing and Avoiding Waste |
Municipal |
1 |
Community Awareness & Education Campaign |
C&D |
4 |
Waste Exchange Directory on the Midwaste website |
Increased Recovery and use of Secondary materials |
Municipal |
5 |
Event Waste Management |
Municipal |
7 |
Resource Recovery from Multi Unit Dwellings |
C&I |
9 |
Shopping Centre Waste Management (Coffs Harbour Trial) – ‘wastewise’ businesses promotion |
C&D |
12 |
Regional contracting for concrete & masonry processing |
Reducing toxicity in products and materials |
C&I |
15 |
Collection and disposal of bitumen coated oyster sticks |
C&D |
16 |
Asbestos: Policies and procedures |
C&D |
17 |
CCA timber: Policies and procedures |
Reducing Litter & Illegal dumping |
|
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Programmed into 06/07 |
Overview of Midwaste programs: 2008-2009 
