❓ A WA parliamentary question addresses waste diversion from landfill, inquiring about percentage requirements for bounties, waste stream measurement methods, and record-keeping practices at landfill sites. The response clarifies that no fixed percentage is required and outlines documentation and record-keeping procedures.
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WASTE, DIVERSION FROM LANDFILL INTO RECYCLING SCHEMES
(1) What percentage of waste must be diverted from landfill into recycling schemes before councils or waste management companies qualify for waste diversion bounties? (2) How does the Department of Environmental Protection ensure that the correct quantities are being diverted - (a) are the waste streams estimated; or (b) are they weighed at an accredited weighbridge? (3) If the waste entering a landfill site is weighed, are dockets made out to provide a record of waste entering landfill facilities? (4) Are the dockets made available to the DEP waste management section, and is this done before waste reduction bounties or levies are paid? Hon TOM STEPHENS
(1) What percentage of waste must be diverted from landfill into recycling schemes before councils or waste management companies qualify for waste diversion bounties? (2) How does the Department of Environmental Protection ensure that the correct quantities are being diverted - (a) are the waste streams estimated; or (b) are they weighed at an accredited weighbridge? (3) If the waste entering a landfill site is weighed, are dockets made out to provide a record of waste entering landfill facilities? (4) Are the dockets made available to the DEP waste management section, and is this done before waste reduction bounties or levies are paid? Hon TOM STEPHENS
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(1) The Minister for the Environment and Heritage has been advised by the Department of Environmental Protection that no fixed percentage rate of diversion must be achieved. (2) There are no specified correct quantities for diversion of recyclables. (a) The ways in which the waste stream is calculated are set out in a memorandum of understanding between the Western Australian Local Government Association and the DEP. (b) Not necessarily. However, rebates are calculated on the basis of eligible tonnes, which are supported by appropriate documentation. (3) Metropolitan landfills are required by the landfill levy regulations to keep detailed records of waste disposed. These records include time and date, weight, a description of the waste and the amount of levy payable. (4) Detailed records must be maintained by the landfill licensee for a period of not less than five years and must be made available for inspection within 24 hours of being requested by an authorised person.
(2) How does the Department of Environmental Protection ensure that the correct quantities are being diverted - (a) are the waste streams estimated; or (b) are they weighed at an accredited weighbridge? (3) If the waste entering a landfill site is weighed, are dockets made out to provide a record of waste entering landfill facilities? (4) Are the dockets made available to the DEP waste management section, and is this done before waste reduction bounties or levies are paid? Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: (1) The Minister for the Environment and Heritage has been advised by the Department of Environmental Protection that no fixed percentage rate of diversion must be achieved. (2) There are no specified correct quantities for diversion of recyclables. (a) The ways in which the waste stream is calculated are set out in a memorandum of understanding between the Western Australian Local Government Association and the DEP. (b) Not necessarily. However, rebates are calculated on the basis of eligible tonnes, which are supported by appropriate documentation. (3) Metropolitan landfills are required by the landfill levy regulations to keep detailed records of waste disposed. These records include time and date, weight, a description of the waste and the amount of levy payable. (4) Detailed records must be maintained by the landfill licensee for a period of not less than five years and must be made available for inspection within 24 hours of being requested by an authorised person.
(b) are they weighed at an accredited weighbridge?
(4) Are the dockets made available to the DEP waste management section, and is this done before waste reduction bounties or levies are paid? Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: (1) The Minister for the Environment and Heritage has been advised by the Department of Environmental Protection that no fixed percentage rate of diversion must be achieved. (2) There are no specified correct quantities for diversion of recyclables. (a) The ways in which the waste stream is calculated are set out in a memorandum of understanding between the Western Australian Local Government Association and the DEP. (b) Not necessarily. However, rebates are calculated on the basis of eligible tonnes, which are supported by appropriate documentation. (3) Metropolitan landfills are required by the landfill levy regulations to keep detailed records of waste disposed. These records include time and date, weight, a description of the waste and the amount of levy payable. (4) Detailed records must be maintained by the landfill licensee for a period of not less than five years and must be made available for inspection within 24 hours of being requested by an authorised person.
Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: (1) The Minister for the Environment and Heritage has been advised by the Department of Environmental Protection that no fixed percentage rate of diversion must be achieved. (2) There are no specified correct quantities for diversion of recyclables. (a) The ways in which the waste stream is calculated are set out in a memorandum of understanding between the Western Australian Local Government Association and the DEP. (b) Not necessarily. However, rebates are calculated on the basis of eligible tonnes, which are supported by appropriate documentation. (3) Metropolitan landfills are required by the landfill levy regulations to keep detailed records of waste disposed. These records include time and date, weight, a description of the waste and the amount of levy payable. (4) Detailed records must be maintained by the landfill licensee for a period of not less than five years and must be made available for inspection within 24 hours of being requested by an authorised person.
(1) The Minister for the Environment and Heritage has been advised by the Department of Environmental Protection that no fixed percentage rate of diversion must be achieved. (2) There are no specified correct quantities for diversion of recyclables. (a) The ways in which the waste stream is calculated are set out in a memorandum of understanding between the Western Australian Local Government Association and the DEP. (b) Not necessarily. However, rebates are calculated on the basis of eligible tonnes, which are supported by appropriate documentation. (3) Metropolitan landfills are required by the landfill levy regulations to keep detailed records of waste disposed. These records include time and date, weight, a description of the waste and the amount of levy payable. (4) Detailed records must be maintained by the landfill licensee for a period of not less than five years and must be made available for inspection within 24 hours of being requested by an authorised person.
(2) There are no specified correct quantities for diversion of recyclables. (a) The ways in which the waste stream is calculated are set out in a memorandum of understanding between the Western Australian Local Government Association and the DEP. (b) Not necessarily. However, rebates are calculated on the basis of eligible tonnes, which are supported by appropriate documentation. (3) Metropolitan landfills are required by the landfill levy regulations to keep detailed records of waste disposed. These records include time and date, weight, a description of the waste and the amount of levy payable. (4) Detailed records must be maintained by the landfill licensee for a period of not less than five years and must be made available for inspection within 24 hours of being requested by an authorised person.
(b) Not necessarily. However, rebates are calculated on the basis of eligible tonnes, which are supported by appropriate documentation.
(4) Detailed records must be maintained by the landfill licensee for a period of not less than five years and must be made available for inspection within 24 hours of being requested by an authorised person.
(2) How does the Department of Environmental Protection ensure that the correct quantities are being diverted - (a) are the waste streams estimated; or (b) are they weighed at an accredited weighbridge? (3) If the waste entering a landfill site is weighed, are dockets made out to provide a record of waste entering landfill facilities? (4) Are the dockets made available to the DEP waste management section, and is this done before waste reduction bounties or levies are paid? Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: (1) The Minister for the Environment and Heritage has been advised by the Department of Environmental Protection that no fixed percentage rate of diversion must be achieved. (2) There are no specified correct quantities for diversion of recyclables. (a) The ways in which the waste stream is calculated are set out in a memorandum of understanding between the Western Australian Local Government Association and the DEP. (b) Not necessarily. However, rebates are calculated on the basis of eligible tonnes, which are supported by appropriate documentation. (3) Metropolitan landfills are required by the landfill levy regulations to keep detailed records of waste disposed. These records include time and date, weight, a description of the waste and the amount of levy payable. (4) Detailed records must be maintained by the landfill licensee for a period of not less than five years and must be made available for inspection within 24 hours of being requested by an authorised person.
(b) are they weighed at an accredited weighbridge?
(4) Are the dockets made available to the DEP waste management section, and is this done before waste reduction bounties or levies are paid? Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: (1) The Minister for the Environment and Heritage has been advised by the Department of Environmental Protection that no fixed percentage rate of diversion must be achieved. (2) There are no specified correct quantities for diversion of recyclables. (a) The ways in which the waste stream is calculated are set out in a memorandum of understanding between the Western Australian Local Government Association and the DEP. (b) Not necessarily. However, rebates are calculated on the basis of eligible tonnes, which are supported by appropriate documentation. (3) Metropolitan landfills are required by the landfill levy regulations to keep detailed records of waste disposed. These records include time and date, weight, a description of the waste and the amount of levy payable. (4) Detailed records must be maintained by the landfill licensee for a period of not less than five years and must be made available for inspection within 24 hours of being requested by an authorised person.
Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: (1) The Minister for the Environment and Heritage has been advised by the Department of Environmental Protection that no fixed percentage rate of diversion must be achieved. (2) There are no specified correct quantities for diversion of recyclables. (a) The ways in which the waste stream is calculated are set out in a memorandum of understanding between the Western Australian Local Government Association and the DEP. (b) Not necessarily. However, rebates are calculated on the basis of eligible tonnes, which are supported by appropriate documentation. (3) Metropolitan landfills are required by the landfill levy regulations to keep detailed records of waste disposed. These records include time and date, weight, a description of the waste and the amount of levy payable. (4) Detailed records must be maintained by the landfill licensee for a period of not less than five years and must be made available for inspection within 24 hours of being requested by an authorised person.
(1) The Minister for the Environment and Heritage has been advised by the Department of Environmental Protection that no fixed percentage rate of diversion must be achieved. (2) There are no specified correct quantities for diversion of recyclables. (a) The ways in which the waste stream is calculated are set out in a memorandum of understanding between the Western Australian Local Government Association and the DEP. (b) Not necessarily. However, rebates are calculated on the basis of eligible tonnes, which are supported by appropriate documentation. (3) Metropolitan landfills are required by the landfill levy regulations to keep detailed records of waste disposed. These records include time and date, weight, a description of the waste and the amount of levy payable. (4) Detailed records must be maintained by the landfill licensee for a period of not less than five years and must be made available for inspection within 24 hours of being requested by an authorised person.
(2) There are no specified correct quantities for diversion of recyclables. (a) The ways in which the waste stream is calculated are set out in a memorandum of understanding between the Western Australian Local Government Association and the DEP. (b) Not necessarily. However, rebates are calculated on the basis of eligible tonnes, which are supported by appropriate documentation. (3) Metropolitan landfills are required by the landfill levy regulations to keep detailed records of waste disposed. These records include time and date, weight, a description of the waste and the amount of levy payable. (4) Detailed records must be maintained by the landfill licensee for a period of not less than five years and must be made available for inspection within 24 hours of being requested by an authorised person.
(b) Not necessarily. However, rebates are calculated on the basis of eligible tonnes, which are supported by appropriate documentation.
(4) Detailed records must be maintained by the landfill licensee for a period of not less than five years and must be made available for inspection within 24 hours of being requested by an authorised person.
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