Question regarding waste levy payments and waste sources for the Cleanaway Dardanup Landfill. The answer reveals significant waste levy payments and waste volumes, primarily from the metropolitan region.

AnsweredQoN 2213Legislative Council
Asked
25 June 2019
Portfolio
Environment

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I refer to the Cleanaway Landfill site on Banksia Road in the Shire of Dardanup, and I ask: (a) has the Cleanaway Dardanup Landfill site made any payments under the Waste Levy in the past five years; (b) if yes to (a), how much in each year; (c) has the site received waste from the metropolitan region in the last five years and, if so, how much in each year; (d) has the site received waste from Kalgoorlie in the last five years and, if so, how much in each year; and (e) has the site received waste from the Pilbara in the last five years and, if so, how much in each year?

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Answered
20 August 2019
Responded by
Minister for Environment
Response time
9 days
(a) Yes
(b) 2018-19: $12,509,067.32
2017-18: $8,470,214.42
2016-17: $6,700,139.57
2015-16: $5,177,617.17 (as Transpacific Waste)
2014-15: $6,220,296.96 (as Transpacific Waste)
(c) Yes, as follows:
2018-19: 197,928.46 tonnes
2017-18: 144,440.1 tonnes
2016-17: 123,690 tonnes
2015-16: 102,324.45 tonnes (as Transpacific Waste)
2014-15: 194,289.07 tonnes (as Transpacific Waste)
(d) Records of solid waste received by the site from Kalgoorlie are not required to be provided to the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation. No controlled waste was received from Kalgoorlie.
(e) Records of solid waste received by the site from the Pilbara are not required to be provided to the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation. Controlled waste has been received from the Pilbara as follows:
2018-19: 50.4 tonnes of controlled waste
2016-17: 98 tonnes of controlled waste
2015-16: 1,221.7 tonnes of controlled waste

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