Conferences & Field Trips
LAWMAC Waste Management Conferences are held bi-annually with a different member-council hosting each conference providing the opportunity of supporting individual shires and showcasing the diverse and beautiful regions of North Queensland.
Conferences have been hosted by Townsville City Council (1999); the pre-amalgamation Johnstone Shire Council (2001); Cairns Regional Council (2003); Whitsunday Regional Council (2005); Mount Isa City Council (2007) and Mackay Regional Council (2009).
LAWMAC's 2011 Waste Management Conference has been held over until October 2012 when it will be a joint initiative event with WMAA and CQLGA and once again hosted by Mackay Regional Council due to the central location in accordance with the partnerships.
Whitsunday Waste Management Conference - 2005 Mackay Waste Management Conference - 2009
Mount Isa Waste Management Conference - 2007 Mount Isa Conference Workshop - 2007
LAWMAC members, presenters and guests have also attended a number of Field Trips and Excursions to Waste Management Facilities and Sites to view waste management processes undertaken successfully by local governments and corporations of North Queensland.
Members have attended tours of the Mackay Hogans Pocket Landfill Site and Paget Waste Transfer Facility; the Visy Recycling Material Recovery Facility (MRF) in Townsville; a Glass Crushing Demonstration in Mackay; the Bedminster Waste Processing System in Cairns; Landfill Sites & Waste Transfer Stations in Whitsundays, Cook, Townsville, Hinchinbrook, Cassowary Coast and Cairns Shire Regions.
Hogans Pocket Landfill Site
Paget Waste Transfer Station
What is LAWMAC?
The Local Authority Waste Management Advisory Committee (LAWMAC) is an organisation of nineteen North Queensland Local Government Councils dedicated to best practice waste management aiming to provide sustainable solutions through its regional forum and interactive participation across the LAWMAC region on current and future Waste Management Practices and Technologies.
LAWMAC is a 'not for profit' group comprising members from the North Queensland Local Government area from Cook Shire in the north to Mackay in the south and extending inland to Mount Isa, Burke and Cloncurry shires.
LAWMAC General Meetings are held quarterly with the Annual General Meeting scheduled asap after the end of each financial year plus a Waste Management Conference also held Bi- Annually.
Officers of the North Queensland Local Government Association, Local Government Association of Queensland, Department of Environment & Resource Management Qld, Queensland Health, Waste Industry Groups and Waste Management related representatives are encouraged to attend meetings and provide input and information, but are not entitled to vote.
Association membership is available to members of Industry, Commerce, State Agencies and other non-government organisations, but will also be without entitlement to vote at meetings.