❓ A WA parliamentary question addresses the state of glass recycling in WA, the potential threat to the government's sustainability strategy, and seeks information on government action and funding. The Minister acknowledges existing recycling facilities and outlines current funding mechanisms.
AnsweredQoN 738Legislative Council
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I congratulate the minister on her appointment. With regard to glass recycling facilities in Western Australia - (1) Can the minister confirm that there are no glass recycling businesses or facilities in Western Australia? (2) When and why did the recycling of glass products cease in Western Australia? (3) In the light of the Western Australian Government’s state sustainability strategy, and given the amount of glass that is accruing at the Atlas Group’s landfill and recycling site at Calingiri, does the minister agree that the absence of glass recycling businesses and facilities poses a serious threat to the Government’s credibility on this issue? (4) What action does the Western Australian Government intend to take to rectify this issue? (5) Is any of the waste management and recycling fund earmarked for glass recycling facilities? (6) Will the Western Australian Government consider incentives for businesses similar to the incentive system that is in operation in South Australia? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(3) A number of facilities in Western Australia recycle glass; for example, the Regional Resource Recovery Centre operated by the Southern Metropolitan Regional Council, which accepts glass for recycling, and the glass processing plant operating in Canning Vale, operated by Visy, that prepares glass for the recycling market. (4)-(6) Currently the waste management and recycling fund provides significant funding for the resource recovery rebate scheme, which serves as an incentive to local government to facilitate the recycling of materials, including glass. The waste management and recycling fund includes a grants program for recycling and waste processing industry development. Future use of the waste management and recycling fund will be guided by the new strategic direction for waste management in Western Australia, which the minister will launch on 23 September 2004.
(1) Can the minister confirm that there are no glass recycling businesses or facilities in Western Australia? (2) When and why did the recycling of glass products cease in Western Australia? (3) In the light of the Western Australian Government’s state sustainability strategy, and given the amount of glass that is accruing at the Atlas Group’s landfill and recycling site at Calingiri, does the minister agree that the absence of glass recycling businesses and facilities poses a serious threat to the Government’s credibility on this issue? (4) What action does the Western Australian Government intend to take to rectify this issue? (5) Is any of the waste management and recycling fund earmarked for glass recycling facilities? (6) Will the Western Australian Government consider incentives for businesses similar to the incentive system that is in operation in South Australia? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(3) A number of facilities in Western Australia recycle glass; for example, the Regional Resource Recovery Centre operated by the Southern Metropolitan Regional Council, which accepts glass for recycling, and the glass processing plant operating in Canning Vale, operated by Visy, that prepares glass for the recycling market. (4)-(6) Currently the waste management and recycling fund provides significant funding for the resource recovery rebate scheme, which serves as an incentive to local government to facilitate the recycling of materials, including glass. The waste management and recycling fund includes a grants program for recycling and waste processing industry development. Future use of the waste management and recycling fund will be guided by the new strategic direction for waste management in Western Australia, which the minister will launch on 23 September 2004.
(2) When and why did the recycling of glass products cease in Western Australia? (3) In the light of the Western Australian Government’s state sustainability strategy, and given the amount of glass that is accruing at the Atlas Group’s landfill and recycling site at Calingiri, does the minister agree that the absence of glass recycling businesses and facilities poses a serious threat to the Government’s credibility on this issue? (4) What action does the Western Australian Government intend to take to rectify this issue? (5) Is any of the waste management and recycling fund earmarked for glass recycling facilities? (6) Will the Western Australian Government consider incentives for businesses similar to the incentive system that is in operation in South Australia? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(3) A number of facilities in Western Australia recycle glass; for example, the Regional Resource Recovery Centre operated by the Southern Metropolitan Regional Council, which accepts glass for recycling, and the glass processing plant operating in Canning Vale, operated by Visy, that prepares glass for the recycling market. (4)-(6) Currently the waste management and recycling fund provides significant funding for the resource recovery rebate scheme, which serves as an incentive to local government to facilitate the recycling of materials, including glass. The waste management and recycling fund includes a grants program for recycling and waste processing industry development. Future use of the waste management and recycling fund will be guided by the new strategic direction for waste management in Western Australia, which the minister will launch on 23 September 2004.
(3) In the light of the Western Australian Government’s state sustainability strategy, and given the amount of glass that is accruing at the Atlas Group’s landfill and recycling site at Calingiri, does the minister agree that the absence of glass recycling businesses and facilities poses a serious threat to the Government’s credibility on this issue? (4) What action does the Western Australian Government intend to take to rectify this issue? (5) Is any of the waste management and recycling fund earmarked for glass recycling facilities? (6) Will the Western Australian Government consider incentives for businesses similar to the incentive system that is in operation in South Australia? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(3) A number of facilities in Western Australia recycle glass; for example, the Regional Resource Recovery Centre operated by the Southern Metropolitan Regional Council, which accepts glass for recycling, and the glass processing plant operating in Canning Vale, operated by Visy, that prepares glass for the recycling market. (4)-(6) Currently the waste management and recycling fund provides significant funding for the resource recovery rebate scheme, which serves as an incentive to local government to facilitate the recycling of materials, including glass. The waste management and recycling fund includes a grants program for recycling and waste processing industry development. Future use of the waste management and recycling fund will be guided by the new strategic direction for waste management in Western Australia, which the minister will launch on 23 September 2004.
(4) What action does the Western Australian Government intend to take to rectify this issue? (5) Is any of the waste management and recycling fund earmarked for glass recycling facilities? (6) Will the Western Australian Government consider incentives for businesses similar to the incentive system that is in operation in South Australia? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(3) A number of facilities in Western Australia recycle glass; for example, the Regional Resource Recovery Centre operated by the Southern Metropolitan Regional Council, which accepts glass for recycling, and the glass processing plant operating in Canning Vale, operated by Visy, that prepares glass for the recycling market. (4)-(6) Currently the waste management and recycling fund provides significant funding for the resource recovery rebate scheme, which serves as an incentive to local government to facilitate the recycling of materials, including glass. The waste management and recycling fund includes a grants program for recycling and waste processing industry development. Future use of the waste management and recycling fund will be guided by the new strategic direction for waste management in Western Australia, which the minister will launch on 23 September 2004.
(5) Is any of the waste management and recycling fund earmarked for glass recycling facilities? (6) Will the Western Australian Government consider incentives for businesses similar to the incentive system that is in operation in South Australia? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(3) A number of facilities in Western Australia recycle glass; for example, the Regional Resource Recovery Centre operated by the Southern Metropolitan Regional Council, which accepts glass for recycling, and the glass processing plant operating in Canning Vale, operated by Visy, that prepares glass for the recycling market. (4)-(6) Currently the waste management and recycling fund provides significant funding for the resource recovery rebate scheme, which serves as an incentive to local government to facilitate the recycling of materials, including glass. The waste management and recycling fund includes a grants program for recycling and waste processing industry development. Future use of the waste management and recycling fund will be guided by the new strategic direction for waste management in Western Australia, which the minister will launch on 23 September 2004.
(6) Will the Western Australian Government consider incentives for businesses similar to the incentive system that is in operation in South Australia? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(3) A number of facilities in Western Australia recycle glass; for example, the Regional Resource Recovery Centre operated by the Southern Metropolitan Regional Council, which accepts glass for recycling, and the glass processing plant operating in Canning Vale, operated by Visy, that prepares glass for the recycling market. (4)-(6) Currently the waste management and recycling fund provides significant funding for the resource recovery rebate scheme, which serves as an incentive to local government to facilitate the recycling of materials, including glass. The waste management and recycling fund includes a grants program for recycling and waste processing industry development. Future use of the waste management and recycling fund will be guided by the new strategic direction for waste management in Western Australia, which the minister will launch on 23 September 2004.
Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(3) A number of facilities in Western Australia recycle glass; for example, the Regional Resource Recovery Centre operated by the Southern Metropolitan Regional Council, which accepts glass for recycling, and the glass processing plant operating in Canning Vale, operated by Visy, that prepares glass for the recycling market. (4)-(6) Currently the waste management and recycling fund provides significant funding for the resource recovery rebate scheme, which serves as an incentive to local government to facilitate the recycling of materials, including glass. The waste management and recycling fund includes a grants program for recycling and waste processing industry development. Future use of the waste management and recycling fund will be guided by the new strategic direction for waste management in Western Australia, which the minister will launch on 23 September 2004.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(3) A number of facilities in Western Australia recycle glass; for example, the Regional Resource Recovery Centre operated by the Southern Metropolitan Regional Council, which accepts glass for recycling, and the glass processing plant operating in Canning Vale, operated by Visy, that prepares glass for the recycling market. (4)-(6) Currently the waste management and recycling fund provides significant funding for the resource recovery rebate scheme, which serves as an incentive to local government to facilitate the recycling of materials, including glass. The waste management and recycling fund includes a grants program for recycling and waste processing industry development. Future use of the waste management and recycling fund will be guided by the new strategic direction for waste management in Western Australia, which the minister will launch on 23 September 2004.
(1)-(3) A number of facilities in Western Australia recycle glass; for example, the Regional Resource Recovery Centre operated by the Southern Metropolitan Regional Council, which accepts glass for recycling, and the glass processing plant operating in Canning Vale, operated by Visy, that prepares glass for the recycling market. (4)-(6) Currently the waste management and recycling fund provides significant funding for the resource recovery rebate scheme, which serves as an incentive to local government to facilitate the recycling of materials, including glass. The waste management and recycling fund includes a grants program for recycling and waste processing industry development. Future use of the waste management and recycling fund will be guided by the new strategic direction for waste management in Western Australia, which the minister will launch on 23 September 2004.
(4)-(6) Currently the waste management and recycling fund provides significant funding for the resource recovery rebate scheme, which serves as an incentive to local government to facilitate the recycling of materials, including glass. The waste management and recycling fund includes a grants program for recycling and waste processing industry development. Future use of the waste management and recycling fund will be guided by the new strategic direction for waste management in Western Australia, which the minister will launch on 23 September 2004.
(1) Can the minister confirm that there are no glass recycling businesses or facilities in Western Australia? (2) When and why did the recycling of glass products cease in Western Australia? (3) In the light of the Western Australian Government’s state sustainability strategy, and given the amount of glass that is accruing at the Atlas Group’s landfill and recycling site at Calingiri, does the minister agree that the absence of glass recycling businesses and facilities poses a serious threat to the Government’s credibility on this issue? (4) What action does the Western Australian Government intend to take to rectify this issue? (5) Is any of the waste management and recycling fund earmarked for glass recycling facilities? (6) Will the Western Australian Government consider incentives for businesses similar to the incentive system that is in operation in South Australia? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(3) A number of facilities in Western Australia recycle glass; for example, the Regional Resource Recovery Centre operated by the Southern Metropolitan Regional Council, which accepts glass for recycling, and the glass processing plant operating in Canning Vale, operated by Visy, that prepares glass for the recycling market. (4)-(6) Currently the waste management and recycling fund provides significant funding for the resource recovery rebate scheme, which serves as an incentive to local government to facilitate the recycling of materials, including glass. The waste management and recycling fund includes a grants program for recycling and waste processing industry development. Future use of the waste management and recycling fund will be guided by the new strategic direction for waste management in Western Australia, which the minister will launch on 23 September 2004.
(2) When and why did the recycling of glass products cease in Western Australia? (3) In the light of the Western Australian Government’s state sustainability strategy, and given the amount of glass that is accruing at the Atlas Group’s landfill and recycling site at Calingiri, does the minister agree that the absence of glass recycling businesses and facilities poses a serious threat to the Government’s credibility on this issue? (4) What action does the Western Australian Government intend to take to rectify this issue? (5) Is any of the waste management and recycling fund earmarked for glass recycling facilities? (6) Will the Western Australian Government consider incentives for businesses similar to the incentive system that is in operation in South Australia? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(3) A number of facilities in Western Australia recycle glass; for example, the Regional Resource Recovery Centre operated by the Southern Metropolitan Regional Council, which accepts glass for recycling, and the glass processing plant operating in Canning Vale, operated by Visy, that prepares glass for the recycling market. (4)-(6) Currently the waste management and recycling fund provides significant funding for the resource recovery rebate scheme, which serves as an incentive to local government to facilitate the recycling of materials, including glass. The waste management and recycling fund includes a grants program for recycling and waste processing industry development. Future use of the waste management and recycling fund will be guided by the new strategic direction for waste management in Western Australia, which the minister will launch on 23 September 2004.
(3) In the light of the Western Australian Government’s state sustainability strategy, and given the amount of glass that is accruing at the Atlas Group’s landfill and recycling site at Calingiri, does the minister agree that the absence of glass recycling businesses and facilities poses a serious threat to the Government’s credibility on this issue? (4) What action does the Western Australian Government intend to take to rectify this issue? (5) Is any of the waste management and recycling fund earmarked for glass recycling facilities? (6) Will the Western Australian Government consider incentives for businesses similar to the incentive system that is in operation in South Australia? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(3) A number of facilities in Western Australia recycle glass; for example, the Regional Resource Recovery Centre operated by the Southern Metropolitan Regional Council, which accepts glass for recycling, and the glass processing plant operating in Canning Vale, operated by Visy, that prepares glass for the recycling market. (4)-(6) Currently the waste management and recycling fund provides significant funding for the resource recovery rebate scheme, which serves as an incentive to local government to facilitate the recycling of materials, including glass. The waste management and recycling fund includes a grants program for recycling and waste processing industry development. Future use of the waste management and recycling fund will be guided by the new strategic direction for waste management in Western Australia, which the minister will launch on 23 September 2004.
(4) What action does the Western Australian Government intend to take to rectify this issue? (5) Is any of the waste management and recycling fund earmarked for glass recycling facilities? (6) Will the Western Australian Government consider incentives for businesses similar to the incentive system that is in operation in South Australia? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(3) A number of facilities in Western Australia recycle glass; for example, the Regional Resource Recovery Centre operated by the Southern Metropolitan Regional Council, which accepts glass for recycling, and the glass processing plant operating in Canning Vale, operated by Visy, that prepares glass for the recycling market. (4)-(6) Currently the waste management and recycling fund provides significant funding for the resource recovery rebate scheme, which serves as an incentive to local government to facilitate the recycling of materials, including glass. The waste management and recycling fund includes a grants program for recycling and waste processing industry development. Future use of the waste management and recycling fund will be guided by the new strategic direction for waste management in Western Australia, which the minister will launch on 23 September 2004.
(5) Is any of the waste management and recycling fund earmarked for glass recycling facilities? (6) Will the Western Australian Government consider incentives for businesses similar to the incentive system that is in operation in South Australia? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(3) A number of facilities in Western Australia recycle glass; for example, the Regional Resource Recovery Centre operated by the Southern Metropolitan Regional Council, which accepts glass for recycling, and the glass processing plant operating in Canning Vale, operated by Visy, that prepares glass for the recycling market. (4)-(6) Currently the waste management and recycling fund provides significant funding for the resource recovery rebate scheme, which serves as an incentive to local government to facilitate the recycling of materials, including glass. The waste management and recycling fund includes a grants program for recycling and waste processing industry development. Future use of the waste management and recycling fund will be guided by the new strategic direction for waste management in Western Australia, which the minister will launch on 23 September 2004.
(6) Will the Western Australian Government consider incentives for businesses similar to the incentive system that is in operation in South Australia? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(3) A number of facilities in Western Australia recycle glass; for example, the Regional Resource Recovery Centre operated by the Southern Metropolitan Regional Council, which accepts glass for recycling, and the glass processing plant operating in Canning Vale, operated by Visy, that prepares glass for the recycling market. (4)-(6) Currently the waste management and recycling fund provides significant funding for the resource recovery rebate scheme, which serves as an incentive to local government to facilitate the recycling of materials, including glass. The waste management and recycling fund includes a grants program for recycling and waste processing industry development. Future use of the waste management and recycling fund will be guided by the new strategic direction for waste management in Western Australia, which the minister will launch on 23 September 2004.
Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(3) A number of facilities in Western Australia recycle glass; for example, the Regional Resource Recovery Centre operated by the Southern Metropolitan Regional Council, which accepts glass for recycling, and the glass processing plant operating in Canning Vale, operated by Visy, that prepares glass for the recycling market. (4)-(6) Currently the waste management and recycling fund provides significant funding for the resource recovery rebate scheme, which serves as an incentive to local government to facilitate the recycling of materials, including glass. The waste management and recycling fund includes a grants program for recycling and waste processing industry development. Future use of the waste management and recycling fund will be guided by the new strategic direction for waste management in Western Australia, which the minister will launch on 23 September 2004.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(3) A number of facilities in Western Australia recycle glass; for example, the Regional Resource Recovery Centre operated by the Southern Metropolitan Regional Council, which accepts glass for recycling, and the glass processing plant operating in Canning Vale, operated by Visy, that prepares glass for the recycling market. (4)-(6) Currently the waste management and recycling fund provides significant funding for the resource recovery rebate scheme, which serves as an incentive to local government to facilitate the recycling of materials, including glass. The waste management and recycling fund includes a grants program for recycling and waste processing industry development. Future use of the waste management and recycling fund will be guided by the new strategic direction for waste management in Western Australia, which the minister will launch on 23 September 2004.
(1)-(3) A number of facilities in Western Australia recycle glass; for example, the Regional Resource Recovery Centre operated by the Southern Metropolitan Regional Council, which accepts glass for recycling, and the glass processing plant operating in Canning Vale, operated by Visy, that prepares glass for the recycling market. (4)-(6) Currently the waste management and recycling fund provides significant funding for the resource recovery rebate scheme, which serves as an incentive to local government to facilitate the recycling of materials, including glass. The waste management and recycling fund includes a grants program for recycling and waste processing industry development. Future use of the waste management and recycling fund will be guided by the new strategic direction for waste management in Western Australia, which the minister will launch on 23 September 2004.
(4)-(6) Currently the waste management and recycling fund provides significant funding for the resource recovery rebate scheme, which serves as an incentive to local government to facilitate the recycling of materials, including glass. The waste management and recycling fund includes a grants program for recycling and waste processing industry development. Future use of the waste management and recycling fund will be guided by the new strategic direction for waste management in Western Australia, which the minister will launch on 23 September 2004.
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