❓ Hon Peter Collier, on behalf of Hon Tjorn Sibma, asks the Minister for Environment about waste diversion from landfill in WA, seeking data on volumes, levies, and addressing discrepancies reported in The West Australian. The Minister requests the question be placed on notice due to the complexity of the data required.
AnsweredQoN 1141Legislative Council
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WASTE — DIVERSION FROM LANDFILL
1141. Hon PETER COLLIER to
the Minister for Environment:
This question is asked on behalf of Hon Tjorn Sibma, who is
on urgent parliamentary business.
I refer to the Department of Water and Environmental
Regulation's responsibility for managing the oversight and
implementation of the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Regulations 2008.
(1) In reporting by category of waste, please advise
on a yearly and cumulative basis from 2016–17 to 2019–20 what volume of waste has been diverted from landfill in Western Australia.
(2) Please advise the levies collected for the above years.
(3) Noting the
3 October 2020 article titled ''Rubbish rules may be a total waste''
by Ben Harvey in The West Australian , how does DWER account for the
reported discrepancy between claims of landfill volume diverted and levies
collected?
(4) Has the
minister directed an evaluation of those discrepancies and, furthermore, has he
sought a review of DWER's compliance and reporting protocol; and, if
not, why not?
1141. Hon PETER COLLIER to
the Minister for Environment:
This question is asked on behalf of Hon Tjorn Sibma, who is
on urgent parliamentary business.
I refer to the Department of Water and Environmental
Regulation's responsibility for managing the oversight and
implementation of the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Regulations 2008.
(1) In reporting by category of waste, please advise
on a yearly and cumulative basis from 2016–17 to 2019–20 what volume of waste has been diverted from landfill in Western Australia.
(2) Please advise the levies collected for the above years.
(3) Noting the
3 October 2020 article titled ''Rubbish rules may be a total waste''
by Ben Harvey in The West Australian , how does DWER account for the
reported discrepancy between claims of landfill volume diverted and levies
collected?
(4) Has the
minister directed an evaluation of those discrepancies and, furthermore, has he
sought a review of DWER's compliance and reporting protocol; and, if
not, why not?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the honourable member for some notice of the
question.
Due to the level of information requested, it is not possible
to provide an answer in the time available. I request that the honourable
member place the question on notice.
question.
Due to the level of information requested, it is not possible
to provide an answer in the time available. I request that the honourable
member place the question on notice.
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