1. Effective Behaviour Change and Collective approaches to Waste Management

2. Presentation outline Bin Tagging – effective behaviour change
Collective Approaches to Waste Management
Governance Structures
Procurement
Advocacy

3. Bin Tagging – what’s the problem?
Local Government provides a great range of services to households which aren’t necessarily used correctly.
The focus of this Program is what households are putting in their waste and recycling bins.

4. Bin Tagging – what’s the problem?

6. What is the problem?
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7. 400 nappies per day at one Material Recovery Facility
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10. Types of contamination
Affects Processing
Strapping
Clothing
Rope / cable / hose
Needles / syringes
Hazardous wastes and Aerosols
Nappies Batteries
Affects Safety
Affects Quality

11. Bin Tagging – what’s the problem?
Bin Tagging is a direct, household by household, intervention that helps to increase recycling and reduce contamination in the recycling bin.
The Program uses a combination of tools – information, incentives and enforcement.
It does this by providing direct feedback to people on their bin content.
WALGA undertook a pilot Bin Tagging Program with the Cities of Joondalup and Kwinana and Town of Cambridge in 2014/15 and in 2015/16 rolled out Bin Tagging with the Shires of Capel and Pingelly, City of Cockburn an Joondalup and the Towns of Mosman Park and Bassendean.
The year we are implementing bin Tagging with Kwinana, Collie, Armadale, Canning, Karratha, SMRC, Albany, Denmark and Plantagenet.

12. Bin Tags in action

13. General Waste Bin Tags

14. Recycling Bin Tags

15. Cannot Collect Bin Tags

16. Cannot Collect

19. Complaints You will get complaints
Most complaints happen the first time the bin is tagged
Very few, if any, complaints when the bin is taped
The Program is intended to provide feedback to residents and help them to recycle more, the auditors are just having a quick look in the bin
Sharing data and communication is vital – it will allow you to respond to the specific complaints
This intervention aimed at changing people’s behavior - for some this won’t be possible, so other options need to be available.

20. Bin Tagging – Opportunity
Offer – WALGA (working with LGANT) can potentially assist your Local Governments to implement the Bin Tagging Program, by providing:
Artwork for the Bin Tags
Training for staff
Data capture templates
Templates for communications
Costs for Bin Tagging
Staffing costs to undertake the bin tagging and data entry
Printing of bin tags

21. Governance Structures
Benefits of Collaboration for waste
Economies of scale for procurement, developing facilities and undertaking community engagement
Reduce duplication of effort and enhanced coordination
Reduce resident confusion
Different operating environment and increased focus
Challenges of collaboration
Collaboration – working together and agreeing to common goals
Power balance with different sized Local Governments
How the Governance works

22. Governance Structures
Options:
Voluntary/Regional Organisations of Councils (V/ROCs)
Regional Councils
Regional Subsidiaries
Beneficial Enterprises

23. Governance Structures
Example: Bunbury Harvey Regional Council
City of Bunbury and Shire of Harvey
Run a landfill, transfer station, household hazardous waste facility food organics and garden organics processing facility (with organic certification), successful waste education Program
Provide FOGO processing and waste education assistance to 6 Local Governments in the region

24. Governance Structures

25. Governance Structures

26. WALGA Preferred Supplier Arrangements
Tender exempt (for Local Government)
Waste Specific contract terms
Streamlined procurement
Reduces procurement costs
Centralised contract management
eQuotes based audit trail

27. Current Waste Collection Goods & Services C002/11

28. PSA C002/11 Waste Collection Goods & Services
Scope includes but is not limited to:
Domestic Kerbside Waste, Recycling and Green Waste Collection Service
Commercial Kerbside Waste and Recycling Collection Service
Waste Collections from Public Place Bins and Reserves
Verge Collection Services
Community Public Events Waste and Recycling Collection

29. PSA C002/11 Waste Collection Goods & Services
Scope includes but is not limited to:
Disposal of Waste
Transfer Station and Landfill Management Services
Waste Related Communication - Customer Service Centre Provision and Waste Education Services
Littering and Illegal Dumping Collection and Recycling/Disposal
Reuse Shop Operation and Management
Supply and Installation of Weighbridge Equipment and Software.

30. Mobile Garbage Bins, Industrial Containers & Bins, Static Compactors, Associated Products and Services NPN1.11-3

31. Environmental Consulting Services C015_15
Category: Waste Management Consulting and Audit Services

32. Engineering Consulting Services C037_16
Category: Waste Management Engineering

33. Hazardous and Emergency Event Services (HEES)

34. Hazardous and Emergency Event Services (HEES)
A broad scope covering but not limited to:
Confinement and containment to prevent spread
Clean up including impacted soils, water, buildings and equipment
Temporary storage, including construction of temp facilities if required
Removal of hazardous waste from the incident site
Transport of waste to a storage, treatment or disposal facility in accordance with regulatory requirements

35. Hazardous and Emergency Event Services (HEES)
A broad scope covering but not limited to:
Analysis of materials to identify chemicals present, and concentrations
Treatment and disposal of removed materials
Decontamination of site, buildings, infrastructure and equipment
Sampling and testing to determine levels of residual contamination after clean up and decontamination
Traffic control and security personnel and equipment to prevent vehicles and members of the public accessing contaminated areas.

36. Advocacy
Opportunity – work together on common advocacy issues, though LGANT, WALGA and ALGA
Some of the issues
National Waste Policy
Markets for Recycled Products
Marine Debris

37. Advocacy

38. Indian Ocean Territories – Marine Debris Project

39. Indian Ocean Territories – Marine Debris Project

40. Indian Ocean Territories – Marine Debris Project

41. Indian Ocean Territories – Marine Debris Project
In just 4 ½ days – at 5 locations
74,605 items
2,172.7 kg
1,063 lighters
361 toothbrushes
11,694 straws
2,307 drink bottles
1,243 personal cared items
6,272 lids
19,717 hard plastic fragments
2,143 cotton bud sticks
4,962 rubber fragments
4,122 flip flops

42. Questions?