❓ Hon Sally Talbot asks about the amount of asbestos-contaminated soil accepted by landfills and the levy collected. The answer provides data on 'contaminated soil' and 'special-other' waste categories, but not specifically asbestos-containing material, and details the levy collected for those categories.
AnsweredQoN 6413Legislative Council
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(1) How much soil contaminated with asbestos-containing materials was accepted by landfill sites charging the landfill levy in the last 12 months?
(2) How much did the Government collect in landfill levy from soil contaminated with asbestos-containing materials deposited at landfill sites in the last 12 months?
(2) How much did the Government collect in landfill levy from soil contaminated with asbestos-containing materials deposited at landfill sites in the last 12 months?
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Answered
27 November 2012
Responded by
Minister for Mental Health representing the Minister for Environment
Response time
13 days
(1) Specific data are not available on soil contaminated with asbestos-containing material disposed to landfill.
Under regulation 17 of the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Regulations 2008, landfill operators are required to make a record of the waste received at a licensed landfill and must include, among other things, the volume of waste disposed (in the case of a category 63 landfill); the weight of the waste (in the case of a category 64 or 65 landfill); a description of the type of waste; and the amount of levy payable in respect of the waste. Soil contaminated with asbestos-containing material is recorded as either "contaminated soil" or "special-other".
Regulation 18 requires the licensee to lodge a return setting out the details of waste received for each return period. During the 1 July 2011 to 30 June 2012 period, 94,600 tonnes of contaminated soil, and 6,600 tonnes of special-other waste, originating from the metropolitan area, were reported as disposed of to landfill.
(2) The levy collected for the categories "contaminated soil" and "special-other" disposed to landfill during the July 2011 to June 2012 period was $1.945 million.
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Under regulation 17 of the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Regulations 2008, landfill operators are required to make a record of the waste received at a licensed landfill and must include, among other things, the volume of waste disposed (in the case of a category 63 landfill); the weight of the waste (in the case of a category 64 or 65 landfill); a description of the type of waste; and the amount of levy payable in respect of the waste. Soil contaminated with asbestos-containing material is recorded as either "contaminated soil" or "special-other".
Regulation 18 requires the licensee to lodge a return setting out the details of waste received for each return period. During the 1 July 2011 to 30 June 2012 period, 94,600 tonnes of contaminated soil, and 6,600 tonnes of special-other waste, originating from the metropolitan area, were reported as disposed of to landfill.
(2) The levy collected for the categories "contaminated soil" and "special-other" disposed to landfill during the July 2011 to June 2012 period was $1.945 million.
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