❓ Question regarding the Liberal-National government's efforts to reduce packaging waste, particularly containers. The Minister responds by outlining the government's focus on a national approach and highlighting existing waste reduction initiatives and their impact.
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CONTAINER DEPOSIT SCHEME
I briefly acknowledge the children from Excelsior Primary School from the member for Southern River’s electorate, as I ask my question to the Minister for Environment; Water. Can the minister please update the house on the work the Liberal–National government is doing to reduce packaging waste including that of containers? Mr W.R. MARMION
I briefly acknowledge the children from Excelsior Primary School from the member for Southern River’s electorate, as I ask my question to the Minister for Environment; Water. Can the minister please update the house on the work the Liberal–National government is doing to reduce packaging waste including that of containers? Mr W.R. MARMION
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I thank the member for Ocean Reef as I know he has a strong interest in waste management. The very good Tamala Park is very close to his electorate. In 2009–10, about 5.4 million tonnes of waste was sent to landfill in Western Australia, comprising about 140 000 tonnes of packaging waste. Over the weekend the opposition proposed bringing in a container deposit scheme. The normal scheme involves placing a small refund deposit of around 10c on certain types of beverage containers. The type of scheme is expected to reduce waste to landfill by 30 000 to 40 000 tonnes a year of beverage containers. That is the suggested impact. In 2006 a stakeholder advisory group on container deposit schemes was formed by the then Minister for the Environment, Hon Judy Edwards. I understand this group examined 20 schemes in operation around the world. In 2007 it presented its final report to the Minister for the Environment which included recommendations on a preferred scheme model. Following the report, the former government commissioned a full cost–benefit analysis of eight potential container deposit schemes in Western Australia. The analysis found that the 10c deposit scheme recommended by the stakeholder advisory group would result in an estimated net economic cost of $38.5 million. The analysis also found that across the systems analysed, the personal financial impacts ranged from about $8 to $16 per person per year for those who redeem containers, to about $30 to $120 for those who did not. The stakeholder advisory group also concluded, and I quote — … it would not be advantageous to have a situation where a number of different CDS were operating in different Australian States. This would increase the compliance burden and costs for the beverage and packaging industries. A better outcome … would be that a single national CDS is implemented. I am simply quoting from the stakeholder advisory group. The government is working through the COAG Standing Council on Environment and Water to investigate the potential for a national container deposit scheme and other measures to address packaging waste impacts. The ministerial council is currently preparing a consultation regulatory impact statement—a CRIS, for those involved in the industry—and other measures to address the packaging waste impacts. The government supports a national approach to reducing packaging waste and is waiting on the outcome of the national investigation. Noting that a container deposit scheme would only have reduced 30 000 to 40 000 tonnes of waste of the current 5.4 million tonnes of waste into landfill, the state government’s approach to waste reduction has been to focus on where we can have the largest impact. On 1 January 2010 the government increased the landfill levy to provide an incentive to reduce the amount of waste going to landfill. Since the increase in the landfill levy, there has been a reduction of about 12 per cent in household waste to landfill. Since 2008 the government has reinvested about $15.6 million from the landfill levy into the waste and recycling sector through a range of grants and programs, including the Waste Wise Schools, the community grants scheme and the household hazardous waste program. The recently released 2009–10 “Recycling activity in Western Australia” report indicates that in the last year alone, an additional 800 000 tonnes of waste was recycled compared with the previous year. In total, about 4.5 million tonnes of waste was recycled over the period 2008–09 through to 2009–10. The report also shows a significant increase in the recycling rate of construction and demolition waste to the total of 1.9 million tonnes recycled during the same period. The period saw a 186 per cent increase in the amount of concrete recycled, a 137 per cent increase in paper recycling and an 86 per cent increase in wood and timber recycling. The opposition is playing politics, pretending that a container deposit scheme is a panacea for waste management. After seven years of talking about a scheme, the former government did not take any action. The member for Perth actually chaired the stakeholder advisory group that reported to the previous government in 2007. When delivering his report in April 2007, the member for Perth stated that Western Australia should aim to have a 10c deposit on containers by 2008. This government’s focus is to target — Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : Mr Speaker, I draw your attention to the standing order that says that ministers in particular are not to read matter into the Parliament. This minister is directly reading his entire answer to that question. I ask that he be called to order. The SPEAKER : Please continue, minister. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr W.R. MARMION : This government’s approach is a national approach to the whole issue of waste deposits. I think it is the best way to go; a deliberate way to go. Indeed, in about 12 month’s time we will have a look at what comes out of the COAG process and make a decision.
Can the minister please update the house on the work the Liberal–National government is doing to reduce packaging waste including that of containers? Mr W.R. MARMION replied: I thank the member for Ocean Reef as I know he has a strong interest in waste management. The very good Tamala Park is very close to his electorate. In 2009–10, about 5.4 million tonnes of waste was sent to landfill in Western Australia, comprising about 140 000 tonnes of packaging waste. Over the weekend the opposition proposed bringing in a container deposit scheme. The normal scheme involves placing a small refund deposit of around 10c on certain types of beverage containers. The type of scheme is expected to reduce waste to landfill by 30 000 to 40 000 tonnes a year of beverage containers. That is the suggested impact. In 2006 a stakeholder advisory group on container deposit schemes was formed by the then Minister for the Environment, Hon Judy Edwards. I understand this group examined 20 schemes in operation around the world. In 2007 it presented its final report to the Minister for the Environment which included recommendations on a preferred scheme model. Following the report, the former government commissioned a full cost–benefit analysis of eight potential container deposit schemes in Western Australia. The analysis found that the 10c deposit scheme recommended by the stakeholder advisory group would result in an estimated net economic cost of $38.5 million. The analysis also found that across the systems analysed, the personal financial impacts ranged from about $8 to $16 per person per year for those who redeem containers, to about $30 to $120 for those who did not. The stakeholder advisory group also concluded, and I quote — … it would not be advantageous to have a situation where a number of different CDS were operating in different Australian States. This would increase the compliance burden and costs for the beverage and packaging industries. A better outcome … would be that a single national CDS is implemented. I am simply quoting from the stakeholder advisory group. The government is working through the COAG Standing Council on Environment and Water to investigate the potential for a national container deposit scheme and other measures to address packaging waste impacts. The ministerial council is currently preparing a consultation regulatory impact statement—a CRIS, for those involved in the industry—and other measures to address the packaging waste impacts. The government supports a national approach to reducing packaging waste and is waiting on the outcome of the national investigation. Noting that a container deposit scheme would only have reduced 30 000 to 40 000 tonnes of waste of the current 5.4 million tonnes of waste into landfill, the state government’s approach to waste reduction has been to focus on where we can have the largest impact. On 1 January 2010 the government increased the landfill levy to provide an incentive to reduce the amount of waste going to landfill. Since the increase in the landfill levy, there has been a reduction of about 12 per cent in household waste to landfill. Since 2008 the government has reinvested about $15.6 million from the landfill levy into the waste and recycling sector through a range of grants and programs, including the Waste Wise Schools, the community grants scheme and the household hazardous waste program. The recently released 2009–10 “Recycling activity in Western Australia” report indicates that in the last year alone, an additional 800 000 tonnes of waste was recycled compared with the previous year. In total, about 4.5 million tonnes of waste was recycled over the period 2008–09 through to 2009–10. The report also shows a significant increase in the recycling rate of construction and demolition waste to the total of 1.9 million tonnes recycled during the same period. The period saw a 186 per cent increase in the amount of concrete recycled, a 137 per cent increase in paper recycling and an 86 per cent increase in wood and timber recycling. The opposition is playing politics, pretending that a container deposit scheme is a panacea for waste management. After seven years of talking about a scheme, the former government did not take any action. The member for Perth actually chaired the stakeholder advisory group that reported to the previous government in 2007. When delivering his report in April 2007, the member for Perth stated that Western Australia should aim to have a 10c deposit on containers by 2008. This government’s focus is to target — Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : Mr Speaker, I draw your attention to the standing order that says that ministers in particular are not to read matter into the Parliament. This minister is directly reading his entire answer to that question. I ask that he be called to order. The SPEAKER : Please continue, minister. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr W.R. MARMION : This government’s approach is a national approach to the whole issue of waste deposits. I think it is the best way to go; a deliberate way to go. Indeed, in about 12 month’s time we will have a look at what comes out of the COAG process and make a decision.
Mr W.R. MARMION replied: I thank the member for Ocean Reef as I know he has a strong interest in waste management. The very good Tamala Park is very close to his electorate. In 2009–10, about 5.4 million tonnes of waste was sent to landfill in Western Australia, comprising about 140 000 tonnes of packaging waste. Over the weekend the opposition proposed bringing in a container deposit scheme. The normal scheme involves placing a small refund deposit of around 10c on certain types of beverage containers. The type of scheme is expected to reduce waste to landfill by 30 000 to 40 000 tonnes a year of beverage containers. That is the suggested impact. In 2006 a stakeholder advisory group on container deposit schemes was formed by the then Minister for the Environment, Hon Judy Edwards. I understand this group examined 20 schemes in operation around the world. In 2007 it presented its final report to the Minister for the Environment which included recommendations on a preferred scheme model. Following the report, the former government commissioned a full cost–benefit analysis of eight potential container deposit schemes in Western Australia. The analysis found that the 10c deposit scheme recommended by the stakeholder advisory group would result in an estimated net economic cost of $38.5 million. The analysis also found that across the systems analysed, the personal financial impacts ranged from about $8 to $16 per person per year for those who redeem containers, to about $30 to $120 for those who did not. The stakeholder advisory group also concluded, and I quote — … it would not be advantageous to have a situation where a number of different CDS were operating in different Australian States. This would increase the compliance burden and costs for the beverage and packaging industries. A better outcome … would be that a single national CDS is implemented. I am simply quoting from the stakeholder advisory group. The government is working through the COAG Standing Council on Environment and Water to investigate the potential for a national container deposit scheme and other measures to address packaging waste impacts. The ministerial council is currently preparing a consultation regulatory impact statement—a CRIS, for those involved in the industry—and other measures to address the packaging waste impacts. The government supports a national approach to reducing packaging waste and is waiting on the outcome of the national investigation. Noting that a container deposit scheme would only have reduced 30 000 to 40 000 tonnes of waste of the current 5.4 million tonnes of waste into landfill, the state government’s approach to waste reduction has been to focus on where we can have the largest impact. On 1 January 2010 the government increased the landfill levy to provide an incentive to reduce the amount of waste going to landfill. Since the increase in the landfill levy, there has been a reduction of about 12 per cent in household waste to landfill. Since 2008 the government has reinvested about $15.6 million from the landfill levy into the waste and recycling sector through a range of grants and programs, including the Waste Wise Schools, the community grants scheme and the household hazardous waste program. The recently released 2009–10 “Recycling activity in Western Australia” report indicates that in the last year alone, an additional 800 000 tonnes of waste was recycled compared with the previous year. In total, about 4.5 million tonnes of waste was recycled over the period 2008–09 through to 2009–10. The report also shows a significant increase in the recycling rate of construction and demolition waste to the total of 1.9 million tonnes recycled during the same period. The period saw a 186 per cent increase in the amount of concrete recycled, a 137 per cent increase in paper recycling and an 86 per cent increase in wood and timber recycling. The opposition is playing politics, pretending that a container deposit scheme is a panacea for waste management. After seven years of talking about a scheme, the former government did not take any action. The member for Perth actually chaired the stakeholder advisory group that reported to the previous government in 2007. When delivering his report in April 2007, the member for Perth stated that Western Australia should aim to have a 10c deposit on containers by 2008. This government’s focus is to target — Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : Mr Speaker, I draw your attention to the standing order that says that ministers in particular are not to read matter into the Parliament. This minister is directly reading his entire answer to that question. I ask that he be called to order. The SPEAKER : Please continue, minister. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr W.R. MARMION : This government’s approach is a national approach to the whole issue of waste deposits. I think it is the best way to go; a deliberate way to go. Indeed, in about 12 month’s time we will have a look at what comes out of the COAG process and make a decision.
I thank the member for Ocean Reef as I know he has a strong interest in waste management. The very good Tamala Park is very close to his electorate. In 2009–10, about 5.4 million tonnes of waste was sent to landfill in Western Australia, comprising about 140 000 tonnes of packaging waste. Over the weekend the opposition proposed bringing in a container deposit scheme. The normal scheme involves placing a small refund deposit of around 10c on certain types of beverage containers. The type of scheme is expected to reduce waste to landfill by 30 000 to 40 000 tonnes a year of beverage containers. That is the suggested impact. In 2006 a stakeholder advisory group on container deposit schemes was formed by the then Minister for the Environment, Hon Judy Edwards. I understand this group examined 20 schemes in operation around the world. In 2007 it presented its final report to the Minister for the Environment which included recommendations on a preferred scheme model. Following the report, the former government commissioned a full cost–benefit analysis of eight potential container deposit schemes in Western Australia. The analysis found that the 10c deposit scheme recommended by the stakeholder advisory group would result in an estimated net economic cost of $38.5 million. The analysis also found that across the systems analysed, the personal financial impacts ranged from about $8 to $16 per person per year for those who redeem containers, to about $30 to $120 for those who did not. The stakeholder advisory group also concluded, and I quote — … it would not be advantageous to have a situation where a number of different CDS were operating in different Australian States. This would increase the compliance burden and costs for the beverage and packaging industries. A better outcome … would be that a single national CDS is implemented. I am simply quoting from the stakeholder advisory group. The government is working through the COAG Standing Council on Environment and Water to investigate the potential for a national container deposit scheme and other measures to address packaging waste impacts. The ministerial council is currently preparing a consultation regulatory impact statement—a CRIS, for those involved in the industry—and other measures to address the packaging waste impacts. The government supports a national approach to reducing packaging waste and is waiting on the outcome of the national investigation. Noting that a container deposit scheme would only have reduced 30 000 to 40 000 tonnes of waste of the current 5.4 million tonnes of waste into landfill, the state government’s approach to waste reduction has been to focus on where we can have the largest impact. On 1 January 2010 the government increased the landfill levy to provide an incentive to reduce the amount of waste going to landfill. Since the increase in the landfill levy, there has been a reduction of about 12 per cent in household waste to landfill. Since 2008 the government has reinvested about $15.6 million from the landfill levy into the waste and recycling sector through a range of grants and programs, including the Waste Wise Schools, the community grants scheme and the household hazardous waste program. The recently released 2009–10 “Recycling activity in Western Australia” report indicates that in the last year alone, an additional 800 000 tonnes of waste was recycled compared with the previous year. In total, about 4.5 million tonnes of waste was recycled over the period 2008–09 through to 2009–10. The report also shows a significant increase in the recycling rate of construction and demolition waste to the total of 1.9 million tonnes recycled during the same period. The period saw a 186 per cent increase in the amount of concrete recycled, a 137 per cent increase in paper recycling and an 86 per cent increase in wood and timber recycling. The opposition is playing politics, pretending that a container deposit scheme is a panacea for waste management. After seven years of talking about a scheme, the former government did not take any action. The member for Perth actually chaired the stakeholder advisory group that reported to the previous government in 2007. When delivering his report in April 2007, the member for Perth stated that Western Australia should aim to have a 10c deposit on containers by 2008. This government’s focus is to target — Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : Mr Speaker, I draw your attention to the standing order that says that ministers in particular are not to read matter into the Parliament. This minister is directly reading his entire answer to that question. I ask that he be called to order. The SPEAKER : Please continue, minister. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr W.R. MARMION : This government’s approach is a national approach to the whole issue of waste deposits. I think it is the best way to go; a deliberate way to go. Indeed, in about 12 month’s time we will have a look at what comes out of the COAG process and make a decision.
In 2009–10, about 5.4 million tonnes of waste was sent to landfill in Western Australia, comprising about 140 000 tonnes of packaging waste. Over the weekend the opposition proposed bringing in a container deposit scheme. The normal scheme involves placing a small refund deposit of around 10c on certain types of beverage containers. The type of scheme is expected to reduce waste to landfill by 30 000 to 40 000 tonnes a year of beverage containers. That is the suggested impact. In 2006 a stakeholder advisory group on container deposit schemes was formed by the then Minister for the Environment, Hon Judy Edwards. I understand this group examined 20 schemes in operation around the world. In 2007 it presented its final report to the Minister for the Environment which included recommendations on a preferred scheme model. Following the report, the former government commissioned a full cost–benefit analysis of eight potential container deposit schemes in Western Australia. The analysis found that the 10c deposit scheme recommended by the stakeholder advisory group would result in an estimated net economic cost of $38.5 million. The analysis also found that across the systems analysed, the personal financial impacts ranged from about $8 to $16 per person per year for those who redeem containers, to about $30 to $120 for those who did not. The stakeholder advisory group also concluded, and I quote — … it would not be advantageous to have a situation where a number of different CDS were operating in different Australian States. This would increase the compliance burden and costs for the beverage and packaging industries. A better outcome … would be that a single national CDS is implemented. I am simply quoting from the stakeholder advisory group. The government is working through the COAG Standing Council on Environment and Water to investigate the potential for a national container deposit scheme and other measures to address packaging waste impacts. The ministerial council is currently preparing a consultation regulatory impact statement—a CRIS, for those involved in the industry—and other measures to address the packaging waste impacts. The government supports a national approach to reducing packaging waste and is waiting on the outcome of the national investigation. Noting that a container deposit scheme would only have reduced 30 000 to 40 000 tonnes of waste of the current 5.4 million tonnes of waste into landfill, the state government’s approach to waste reduction has been to focus on where we can have the largest impact. On 1 January 2010 the government increased the landfill levy to provide an incentive to reduce the amount of waste going to landfill. Since the increase in the landfill levy, there has been a reduction of about 12 per cent in household waste to landfill. Since 2008 the government has reinvested about $15.6 million from the landfill levy into the waste and recycling sector through a range of grants and programs, including the Waste Wise Schools, the community grants scheme and the household hazardous waste program. The recently released 2009–10 “Recycling activity in Western Australia” report indicates that in the last year alone, an additional 800 000 tonnes of waste was recycled compared with the previous year. In total, about 4.5 million tonnes of waste was recycled over the period 2008–09 through to 2009–10. The report also shows a significant increase in the recycling rate of construction and demolition waste to the total of 1.9 million tonnes recycled during the same period. The period saw a 186 per cent increase in the amount of concrete recycled, a 137 per cent increase in paper recycling and an 86 per cent increase in wood and timber recycling. The opposition is playing politics, pretending that a container deposit scheme is a panacea for waste management. After seven years of talking about a scheme, the former government did not take any action. The member for Perth actually chaired the stakeholder advisory group that reported to the previous government in 2007. When delivering his report in April 2007, the member for Perth stated that Western Australia should aim to have a 10c deposit on containers by 2008. This government’s focus is to target — Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : Mr Speaker, I draw your attention to the standing order that says that ministers in particular are not to read matter into the Parliament. This minister is directly reading his entire answer to that question. I ask that he be called to order. The SPEAKER : Please continue, minister. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr W.R. MARMION : This government’s approach is a national approach to the whole issue of waste deposits. I think it is the best way to go; a deliberate way to go. Indeed, in about 12 month’s time we will have a look at what comes out of the COAG process and make a decision.
The stakeholder advisory group also concluded, and I quote — … it would not be advantageous to have a situation where a number of different CDS were operating in different Australian States. This would increase the compliance burden and costs for the beverage and packaging industries. A better outcome … would be that a single national CDS is implemented. I am simply quoting from the stakeholder advisory group. The government is working through the COAG Standing Council on Environment and Water to investigate the potential for a national container deposit scheme and other measures to address packaging waste impacts. The ministerial council is currently preparing a consultation regulatory impact statement—a CRIS, for those involved in the industry—and other measures to address the packaging waste impacts. The government supports a national approach to reducing packaging waste and is waiting on the outcome of the national investigation. Noting that a container deposit scheme would only have reduced 30 000 to 40 000 tonnes of waste of the current 5.4 million tonnes of waste into landfill, the state government’s approach to waste reduction has been to focus on where we can have the largest impact. On 1 January 2010 the government increased the landfill levy to provide an incentive to reduce the amount of waste going to landfill. Since the increase in the landfill levy, there has been a reduction of about 12 per cent in household waste to landfill. Since 2008 the government has reinvested about $15.6 million from the landfill levy into the waste and recycling sector through a range of grants and programs, including the Waste Wise Schools, the community grants scheme and the household hazardous waste program. The recently released 2009–10 “Recycling activity in Western Australia” report indicates that in the last year alone, an additional 800 000 tonnes of waste was recycled compared with the previous year. In total, about 4.5 million tonnes of waste was recycled over the period 2008–09 through to 2009–10. The report also shows a significant increase in the recycling rate of construction and demolition waste to the total of 1.9 million tonnes recycled during the same period. The period saw a 186 per cent increase in the amount of concrete recycled, a 137 per cent increase in paper recycling and an 86 per cent increase in wood and timber recycling. The opposition is playing politics, pretending that a container deposit scheme is a panacea for waste management. After seven years of talking about a scheme, the former government did not take any action. The member for Perth actually chaired the stakeholder advisory group that reported to the previous government in 2007. When delivering his report in April 2007, the member for Perth stated that Western Australia should aim to have a 10c deposit on containers by 2008. This government’s focus is to target — Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : Mr Speaker, I draw your attention to the standing order that says that ministers in particular are not to read matter into the Parliament. This minister is directly reading his entire answer to that question. I ask that he be called to order. The SPEAKER : Please continue, minister. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr W.R. MARMION : This government’s approach is a national approach to the whole issue of waste deposits. I think it is the best way to go; a deliberate way to go. Indeed, in about 12 month’s time we will have a look at what comes out of the COAG process and make a decision.
A better outcome … would be that a single national CDS is implemented.
The government is working through the COAG Standing Council on Environment and Water to investigate the potential for a national container deposit scheme and other measures to address packaging waste impacts. The ministerial council is currently preparing a consultation regulatory impact statement—a CRIS, for those involved in the industry—and other measures to address the packaging waste impacts. The government supports a national approach to reducing packaging waste and is waiting on the outcome of the national investigation. Noting that a container deposit scheme would only have reduced 30 000 to 40 000 tonnes of waste of the current 5.4 million tonnes of waste into landfill, the state government’s approach to waste reduction has been to focus on where we can have the largest impact. On 1 January 2010 the government increased the landfill levy to provide an incentive to reduce the amount of waste going to landfill. Since the increase in the landfill levy, there has been a reduction of about 12 per cent in household waste to landfill. Since 2008 the government has reinvested about $15.6 million from the landfill levy into the waste and recycling sector through a range of grants and programs, including the Waste Wise Schools, the community grants scheme and the household hazardous waste program. The recently released 2009–10 “Recycling activity in Western Australia” report indicates that in the last year alone, an additional 800 000 tonnes of waste was recycled compared with the previous year. In total, about 4.5 million tonnes of waste was recycled over the period 2008–09 through to 2009–10. The report also shows a significant increase in the recycling rate of construction and demolition waste to the total of 1.9 million tonnes recycled during the same period. The period saw a 186 per cent increase in the amount of concrete recycled, a 137 per cent increase in paper recycling and an 86 per cent increase in wood and timber recycling. The opposition is playing politics, pretending that a container deposit scheme is a panacea for waste management. After seven years of talking about a scheme, the former government did not take any action. The member for Perth actually chaired the stakeholder advisory group that reported to the previous government in 2007. When delivering his report in April 2007, the member for Perth stated that Western Australia should aim to have a 10c deposit on containers by 2008. This government’s focus is to target — Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : Mr Speaker, I draw your attention to the standing order that says that ministers in particular are not to read matter into the Parliament. This minister is directly reading his entire answer to that question. I ask that he be called to order. The SPEAKER : Please continue, minister. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr W.R. MARMION : This government’s approach is a national approach to the whole issue of waste deposits. I think it is the best way to go; a deliberate way to go. Indeed, in about 12 month’s time we will have a look at what comes out of the COAG process and make a decision.
Noting that a container deposit scheme would only have reduced 30 000 to 40 000 tonnes of waste of the current 5.4 million tonnes of waste into landfill, the state government’s approach to waste reduction has been to focus on where we can have the largest impact. On 1 January 2010 the government increased the landfill levy to provide an incentive to reduce the amount of waste going to landfill. Since the increase in the landfill levy, there has been a reduction of about 12 per cent in household waste to landfill. Since 2008 the government has reinvested about $15.6 million from the landfill levy into the waste and recycling sector through a range of grants and programs, including the Waste Wise Schools, the community grants scheme and the household hazardous waste program. The recently released 2009–10 “Recycling activity in Western Australia” report indicates that in the last year alone, an additional 800 000 tonnes of waste was recycled compared with the previous year. In total, about 4.5 million tonnes of waste was recycled over the period 2008–09 through to 2009–10. The report also shows a significant increase in the recycling rate of construction and demolition waste to the total of 1.9 million tonnes recycled during the same period. The period saw a 186 per cent increase in the amount of concrete recycled, a 137 per cent increase in paper recycling and an 86 per cent increase in wood and timber recycling. The opposition is playing politics, pretending that a container deposit scheme is a panacea for waste management. After seven years of talking about a scheme, the former government did not take any action. The member for Perth actually chaired the stakeholder advisory group that reported to the previous government in 2007. When delivering his report in April 2007, the member for Perth stated that Western Australia should aim to have a 10c deposit on containers by 2008. This government’s focus is to target — Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : Mr Speaker, I draw your attention to the standing order that says that ministers in particular are not to read matter into the Parliament. This minister is directly reading his entire answer to that question. I ask that he be called to order. The SPEAKER : Please continue, minister. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr W.R. MARMION : This government’s approach is a national approach to the whole issue of waste deposits. I think it is the best way to go; a deliberate way to go. Indeed, in about 12 month’s time we will have a look at what comes out of the COAG process and make a decision.
The recently released 2009–10 “Recycling activity in Western Australia” report indicates that in the last year alone, an additional 800 000 tonnes of waste was recycled compared with the previous year. In total, about 4.5 million tonnes of waste was recycled over the period 2008–09 through to 2009–10. The report also shows a significant increase in the recycling rate of construction and demolition waste to the total of 1.9 million tonnes recycled during the same period. The period saw a 186 per cent increase in the amount of concrete recycled, a 137 per cent increase in paper recycling and an 86 per cent increase in wood and timber recycling. The opposition is playing politics, pretending that a container deposit scheme is a panacea for waste management. After seven years of talking about a scheme, the former government did not take any action. The member for Perth actually chaired the stakeholder advisory group that reported to the previous government in 2007. When delivering his report in April 2007, the member for Perth stated that Western Australia should aim to have a 10c deposit on containers by 2008. This government’s focus is to target — Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : Mr Speaker, I draw your attention to the standing order that says that ministers in particular are not to read matter into the Parliament. This minister is directly reading his entire answer to that question. I ask that he be called to order. The SPEAKER : Please continue, minister. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr W.R. MARMION : This government’s approach is a national approach to the whole issue of waste deposits. I think it is the best way to go; a deliberate way to go. Indeed, in about 12 month’s time we will have a look at what comes out of the COAG process and make a decision.
The opposition is playing politics, pretending that a container deposit scheme is a panacea for waste management. After seven years of talking about a scheme, the former government did not take any action. The member for Perth actually chaired the stakeholder advisory group that reported to the previous government in 2007. When delivering his report in April 2007, the member for Perth stated that Western Australia should aim to have a 10c deposit on containers by 2008. This government’s focus is to target — Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : Mr Speaker, I draw your attention to the standing order that says that ministers in particular are not to read matter into the Parliament. This minister is directly reading his entire answer to that question. I ask that he be called to order. The SPEAKER : Please continue, minister. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr W.R. MARMION : This government’s approach is a national approach to the whole issue of waste deposits. I think it is the best way to go; a deliberate way to go. Indeed, in about 12 month’s time we will have a look at what comes out of the COAG process and make a decision.
The SPEAKER : Please continue, minister. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr W.R. MARMION : This government’s approach is a national approach to the whole issue of waste deposits. I think it is the best way to go; a deliberate way to go. Indeed, in about 12 month’s time we will have a look at what comes out of the COAG process and make a decision.
Can the minister please update the house on the work the Liberal–National government is doing to reduce packaging waste including that of containers? Mr W.R. MARMION replied: I thank the member for Ocean Reef as I know he has a strong interest in waste management. The very good Tamala Park is very close to his electorate. In 2009–10, about 5.4 million tonnes of waste was sent to landfill in Western Australia, comprising about 140 000 tonnes of packaging waste. Over the weekend the opposition proposed bringing in a container deposit scheme. The normal scheme involves placing a small refund deposit of around 10c on certain types of beverage containers. The type of scheme is expected to reduce waste to landfill by 30 000 to 40 000 tonnes a year of beverage containers. That is the suggested impact. In 2006 a stakeholder advisory group on container deposit schemes was formed by the then Minister for the Environment, Hon Judy Edwards. I understand this group examined 20 schemes in operation around the world. In 2007 it presented its final report to the Minister for the Environment which included recommendations on a preferred scheme model. Following the report, the former government commissioned a full cost–benefit analysis of eight potential container deposit schemes in Western Australia. The analysis found that the 10c deposit scheme recommended by the stakeholder advisory group would result in an estimated net economic cost of $38.5 million. The analysis also found that across the systems analysed, the personal financial impacts ranged from about $8 to $16 per person per year for those who redeem containers, to about $30 to $120 for those who did not. The stakeholder advisory group also concluded, and I quote — … it would not be advantageous to have a situation where a number of different CDS were operating in different Australian States. This would increase the compliance burden and costs for the beverage and packaging industries. A better outcome … would be that a single national CDS is implemented. I am simply quoting from the stakeholder advisory group. The government is working through the COAG Standing Council on Environment and Water to investigate the potential for a national container deposit scheme and other measures to address packaging waste impacts. The ministerial council is currently preparing a consultation regulatory impact statement—a CRIS, for those involved in the industry—and other measures to address the packaging waste impacts. The government supports a national approach to reducing packaging waste and is waiting on the outcome of the national investigation. Noting that a container deposit scheme would only have reduced 30 000 to 40 000 tonnes of waste of the current 5.4 million tonnes of waste into landfill, the state government’s approach to waste reduction has been to focus on where we can have the largest impact. On 1 January 2010 the government increased the landfill levy to provide an incentive to reduce the amount of waste going to landfill. Since the increase in the landfill levy, there has been a reduction of about 12 per cent in household waste to landfill. Since 2008 the government has reinvested about $15.6 million from the landfill levy into the waste and recycling sector through a range of grants and programs, including the Waste Wise Schools, the community grants scheme and the household hazardous waste program. The recently released 2009–10 “Recycling activity in Western Australia” report indicates that in the last year alone, an additional 800 000 tonnes of waste was recycled compared with the previous year. In total, about 4.5 million tonnes of waste was recycled over the period 2008–09 through to 2009–10. The report also shows a significant increase in the recycling rate of construction and demolition waste to the total of 1.9 million tonnes recycled during the same period. The period saw a 186 per cent increase in the amount of concrete recycled, a 137 per cent increase in paper recycling and an 86 per cent increase in wood and timber recycling. The opposition is playing politics, pretending that a container deposit scheme is a panacea for waste management. After seven years of talking about a scheme, the former government did not take any action. The member for Perth actually chaired the stakeholder advisory group that reported to the previous government in 2007. When delivering his report in April 2007, the member for Perth stated that Western Australia should aim to have a 10c deposit on containers by 2008. This government’s focus is to target — Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : Mr Speaker, I draw your attention to the standing order that says that ministers in particular are not to read matter into the Parliament. This minister is directly reading his entire answer to that question. I ask that he be called to order. The SPEAKER : Please continue, minister. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr W.R. MARMION : This government’s approach is a national approach to the whole issue of waste deposits. I think it is the best way to go; a deliberate way to go. Indeed, in about 12 month’s time we will have a look at what comes out of the COAG process and make a decision.
Mr W.R. MARMION replied: I thank the member for Ocean Reef as I know he has a strong interest in waste management. The very good Tamala Park is very close to his electorate. In 2009–10, about 5.4 million tonnes of waste was sent to landfill in Western Australia, comprising about 140 000 tonnes of packaging waste. Over the weekend the opposition proposed bringing in a container deposit scheme. The normal scheme involves placing a small refund deposit of around 10c on certain types of beverage containers. The type of scheme is expected to reduce waste to landfill by 30 000 to 40 000 tonnes a year of beverage containers. That is the suggested impact. In 2006 a stakeholder advisory group on container deposit schemes was formed by the then Minister for the Environment, Hon Judy Edwards. I understand this group examined 20 schemes in operation around the world. In 2007 it presented its final report to the Minister for the Environment which included recommendations on a preferred scheme model. Following the report, the former government commissioned a full cost–benefit analysis of eight potential container deposit schemes in Western Australia. The analysis found that the 10c deposit scheme recommended by the stakeholder advisory group would result in an estimated net economic cost of $38.5 million. The analysis also found that across the systems analysed, the personal financial impacts ranged from about $8 to $16 per person per year for those who redeem containers, to about $30 to $120 for those who did not. The stakeholder advisory group also concluded, and I quote — … it would not be advantageous to have a situation where a number of different CDS were operating in different Australian States. This would increase the compliance burden and costs for the beverage and packaging industries. A better outcome … would be that a single national CDS is implemented. I am simply quoting from the stakeholder advisory group. The government is working through the COAG Standing Council on Environment and Water to investigate the potential for a national container deposit scheme and other measures to address packaging waste impacts. The ministerial council is currently preparing a consultation regulatory impact statement—a CRIS, for those involved in the industry—and other measures to address the packaging waste impacts. The government supports a national approach to reducing packaging waste and is waiting on the outcome of the national investigation. Noting that a container deposit scheme would only have reduced 30 000 to 40 000 tonnes of waste of the current 5.4 million tonnes of waste into landfill, the state government’s approach to waste reduction has been to focus on where we can have the largest impact. On 1 January 2010 the government increased the landfill levy to provide an incentive to reduce the amount of waste going to landfill. Since the increase in the landfill levy, there has been a reduction of about 12 per cent in household waste to landfill. Since 2008 the government has reinvested about $15.6 million from the landfill levy into the waste and recycling sector through a range of grants and programs, including the Waste Wise Schools, the community grants scheme and the household hazardous waste program. The recently released 2009–10 “Recycling activity in Western Australia” report indicates that in the last year alone, an additional 800 000 tonnes of waste was recycled compared with the previous year. In total, about 4.5 million tonnes of waste was recycled over the period 2008–09 through to 2009–10. The report also shows a significant increase in the recycling rate of construction and demolition waste to the total of 1.9 million tonnes recycled during the same period. The period saw a 186 per cent increase in the amount of concrete recycled, a 137 per cent increase in paper recycling and an 86 per cent increase in wood and timber recycling. The opposition is playing politics, pretending that a container deposit scheme is a panacea for waste management. After seven years of talking about a scheme, the former government did not take any action. The member for Perth actually chaired the stakeholder advisory group that reported to the previous government in 2007. When delivering his report in April 2007, the member for Perth stated that Western Australia should aim to have a 10c deposit on containers by 2008. This government’s focus is to target — Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : Mr Speaker, I draw your attention to the standing order that says that ministers in particular are not to read matter into the Parliament. This minister is directly reading his entire answer to that question. I ask that he be called to order. The SPEAKER : Please continue, minister. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr W.R. MARMION : This government’s approach is a national approach to the whole issue of waste deposits. I think it is the best way to go; a deliberate way to go. Indeed, in about 12 month’s time we will have a look at what comes out of the COAG process and make a decision.
I thank the member for Ocean Reef as I know he has a strong interest in waste management. The very good Tamala Park is very close to his electorate. In 2009–10, about 5.4 million tonnes of waste was sent to landfill in Western Australia, comprising about 140 000 tonnes of packaging waste. Over the weekend the opposition proposed bringing in a container deposit scheme. The normal scheme involves placing a small refund deposit of around 10c on certain types of beverage containers. The type of scheme is expected to reduce waste to landfill by 30 000 to 40 000 tonnes a year of beverage containers. That is the suggested impact. In 2006 a stakeholder advisory group on container deposit schemes was formed by the then Minister for the Environment, Hon Judy Edwards. I understand this group examined 20 schemes in operation around the world. In 2007 it presented its final report to the Minister for the Environment which included recommendations on a preferred scheme model. Following the report, the former government commissioned a full cost–benefit analysis of eight potential container deposit schemes in Western Australia. The analysis found that the 10c deposit scheme recommended by the stakeholder advisory group would result in an estimated net economic cost of $38.5 million. The analysis also found that across the systems analysed, the personal financial impacts ranged from about $8 to $16 per person per year for those who redeem containers, to about $30 to $120 for those who did not. The stakeholder advisory group also concluded, and I quote — … it would not be advantageous to have a situation where a number of different CDS were operating in different Australian States. This would increase the compliance burden and costs for the beverage and packaging industries. A better outcome … would be that a single national CDS is implemented. I am simply quoting from the stakeholder advisory group. The government is working through the COAG Standing Council on Environment and Water to investigate the potential for a national container deposit scheme and other measures to address packaging waste impacts. The ministerial council is currently preparing a consultation regulatory impact statement—a CRIS, for those involved in the industry—and other measures to address the packaging waste impacts. The government supports a national approach to reducing packaging waste and is waiting on the outcome of the national investigation. Noting that a container deposit scheme would only have reduced 30 000 to 40 000 tonnes of waste of the current 5.4 million tonnes of waste into landfill, the state government’s approach to waste reduction has been to focus on where we can have the largest impact. On 1 January 2010 the government increased the landfill levy to provide an incentive to reduce the amount of waste going to landfill. Since the increase in the landfill levy, there has been a reduction of about 12 per cent in household waste to landfill. Since 2008 the government has reinvested about $15.6 million from the landfill levy into the waste and recycling sector through a range of grants and programs, including the Waste Wise Schools, the community grants scheme and the household hazardous waste program. The recently released 2009–10 “Recycling activity in Western Australia” report indicates that in the last year alone, an additional 800 000 tonnes of waste was recycled compared with the previous year. In total, about 4.5 million tonnes of waste was recycled over the period 2008–09 through to 2009–10. The report also shows a significant increase in the recycling rate of construction and demolition waste to the total of 1.9 million tonnes recycled during the same period. The period saw a 186 per cent increase in the amount of concrete recycled, a 137 per cent increase in paper recycling and an 86 per cent increase in wood and timber recycling. The opposition is playing politics, pretending that a container deposit scheme is a panacea for waste management. After seven years of talking about a scheme, the former government did not take any action. The member for Perth actually chaired the stakeholder advisory group that reported to the previous government in 2007. When delivering his report in April 2007, the member for Perth stated that Western Australia should aim to have a 10c deposit on containers by 2008. This government’s focus is to target — Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : Mr Speaker, I draw your attention to the standing order that says that ministers in particular are not to read matter into the Parliament. This minister is directly reading his entire answer to that question. I ask that he be called to order. The SPEAKER : Please continue, minister. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr W.R. MARMION : This government’s approach is a national approach to the whole issue of waste deposits. I think it is the best way to go; a deliberate way to go. Indeed, in about 12 month’s time we will have a look at what comes out of the COAG process and make a decision.
In 2009–10, about 5.4 million tonnes of waste was sent to landfill in Western Australia, comprising about 140 000 tonnes of packaging waste. Over the weekend the opposition proposed bringing in a container deposit scheme. The normal scheme involves placing a small refund deposit of around 10c on certain types of beverage containers. The type of scheme is expected to reduce waste to landfill by 30 000 to 40 000 tonnes a year of beverage containers. That is the suggested impact. In 2006 a stakeholder advisory group on container deposit schemes was formed by the then Minister for the Environment, Hon Judy Edwards. I understand this group examined 20 schemes in operation around the world. In 2007 it presented its final report to the Minister for the Environment which included recommendations on a preferred scheme model. Following the report, the former government commissioned a full cost–benefit analysis of eight potential container deposit schemes in Western Australia. The analysis found that the 10c deposit scheme recommended by the stakeholder advisory group would result in an estimated net economic cost of $38.5 million. The analysis also found that across the systems analysed, the personal financial impacts ranged from about $8 to $16 per person per year for those who redeem containers, to about $30 to $120 for those who did not. The stakeholder advisory group also concluded, and I quote — … it would not be advantageous to have a situation where a number of different CDS were operating in different Australian States. This would increase the compliance burden and costs for the beverage and packaging industries. A better outcome … would be that a single national CDS is implemented. I am simply quoting from the stakeholder advisory group. The government is working through the COAG Standing Council on Environment and Water to investigate the potential for a national container deposit scheme and other measures to address packaging waste impacts. The ministerial council is currently preparing a consultation regulatory impact statement—a CRIS, for those involved in the industry—and other measures to address the packaging waste impacts. The government supports a national approach to reducing packaging waste and is waiting on the outcome of the national investigation. Noting that a container deposit scheme would only have reduced 30 000 to 40 000 tonnes of waste of the current 5.4 million tonnes of waste into landfill, the state government’s approach to waste reduction has been to focus on where we can have the largest impact. On 1 January 2010 the government increased the landfill levy to provide an incentive to reduce the amount of waste going to landfill. Since the increase in the landfill levy, there has been a reduction of about 12 per cent in household waste to landfill. Since 2008 the government has reinvested about $15.6 million from the landfill levy into the waste and recycling sector through a range of grants and programs, including the Waste Wise Schools, the community grants scheme and the household hazardous waste program. The recently released 2009–10 “Recycling activity in Western Australia” report indicates that in the last year alone, an additional 800 000 tonnes of waste was recycled compared with the previous year. In total, about 4.5 million tonnes of waste was recycled over the period 2008–09 through to 2009–10. The report also shows a significant increase in the recycling rate of construction and demolition waste to the total of 1.9 million tonnes recycled during the same period. The period saw a 186 per cent increase in the amount of concrete recycled, a 137 per cent increase in paper recycling and an 86 per cent increase in wood and timber recycling. The opposition is playing politics, pretending that a container deposit scheme is a panacea for waste management. After seven years of talking about a scheme, the former government did not take any action. The member for Perth actually chaired the stakeholder advisory group that reported to the previous government in 2007. When delivering his report in April 2007, the member for Perth stated that Western Australia should aim to have a 10c deposit on containers by 2008. This government’s focus is to target — Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : Mr Speaker, I draw your attention to the standing order that says that ministers in particular are not to read matter into the Parliament. This minister is directly reading his entire answer to that question. I ask that he be called to order. The SPEAKER : Please continue, minister. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr W.R. MARMION : This government’s approach is a national approach to the whole issue of waste deposits. I think it is the best way to go; a deliberate way to go. Indeed, in about 12 month’s time we will have a look at what comes out of the COAG process and make a decision.
The stakeholder advisory group also concluded, and I quote — … it would not be advantageous to have a situation where a number of different CDS were operating in different Australian States. This would increase the compliance burden and costs for the beverage and packaging industries. A better outcome … would be that a single national CDS is implemented. I am simply quoting from the stakeholder advisory group. The government is working through the COAG Standing Council on Environment and Water to investigate the potential for a national container deposit scheme and other measures to address packaging waste impacts. The ministerial council is currently preparing a consultation regulatory impact statement—a CRIS, for those involved in the industry—and other measures to address the packaging waste impacts. The government supports a national approach to reducing packaging waste and is waiting on the outcome of the national investigation. Noting that a container deposit scheme would only have reduced 30 000 to 40 000 tonnes of waste of the current 5.4 million tonnes of waste into landfill, the state government’s approach to waste reduction has been to focus on where we can have the largest impact. On 1 January 2010 the government increased the landfill levy to provide an incentive to reduce the amount of waste going to landfill. Since the increase in the landfill levy, there has been a reduction of about 12 per cent in household waste to landfill. Since 2008 the government has reinvested about $15.6 million from the landfill levy into the waste and recycling sector through a range of grants and programs, including the Waste Wise Schools, the community grants scheme and the household hazardous waste program. The recently released 2009–10 “Recycling activity in Western Australia” report indicates that in the last year alone, an additional 800 000 tonnes of waste was recycled compared with the previous year. In total, about 4.5 million tonnes of waste was recycled over the period 2008–09 through to 2009–10. The report also shows a significant increase in the recycling rate of construction and demolition waste to the total of 1.9 million tonnes recycled during the same period. The period saw a 186 per cent increase in the amount of concrete recycled, a 137 per cent increase in paper recycling and an 86 per cent increase in wood and timber recycling. The opposition is playing politics, pretending that a container deposit scheme is a panacea for waste management. After seven years of talking about a scheme, the former government did not take any action. The member for Perth actually chaired the stakeholder advisory group that reported to the previous government in 2007. When delivering his report in April 2007, the member for Perth stated that Western Australia should aim to have a 10c deposit on containers by 2008. This government’s focus is to target — Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : Mr Speaker, I draw your attention to the standing order that says that ministers in particular are not to read matter into the Parliament. This minister is directly reading his entire answer to that question. I ask that he be called to order. The SPEAKER : Please continue, minister. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr W.R. MARMION : This government’s approach is a national approach to the whole issue of waste deposits. I think it is the best way to go; a deliberate way to go. Indeed, in about 12 month’s time we will have a look at what comes out of the COAG process and make a decision.
A better outcome … would be that a single national CDS is implemented.
The government is working through the COAG Standing Council on Environment and Water to investigate the potential for a national container deposit scheme and other measures to address packaging waste impacts. The ministerial council is currently preparing a consultation regulatory impact statement—a CRIS, for those involved in the industry—and other measures to address the packaging waste impacts. The government supports a national approach to reducing packaging waste and is waiting on the outcome of the national investigation. Noting that a container deposit scheme would only have reduced 30 000 to 40 000 tonnes of waste of the current 5.4 million tonnes of waste into landfill, the state government’s approach to waste reduction has been to focus on where we can have the largest impact. On 1 January 2010 the government increased the landfill levy to provide an incentive to reduce the amount of waste going to landfill. Since the increase in the landfill levy, there has been a reduction of about 12 per cent in household waste to landfill. Since 2008 the government has reinvested about $15.6 million from the landfill levy into the waste and recycling sector through a range of grants and programs, including the Waste Wise Schools, the community grants scheme and the household hazardous waste program. The recently released 2009–10 “Recycling activity in Western Australia” report indicates that in the last year alone, an additional 800 000 tonnes of waste was recycled compared with the previous year. In total, about 4.5 million tonnes of waste was recycled over the period 2008–09 through to 2009–10. The report also shows a significant increase in the recycling rate of construction and demolition waste to the total of 1.9 million tonnes recycled during the same period. The period saw a 186 per cent increase in the amount of concrete recycled, a 137 per cent increase in paper recycling and an 86 per cent increase in wood and timber recycling. The opposition is playing politics, pretending that a container deposit scheme is a panacea for waste management. After seven years of talking about a scheme, the former government did not take any action. The member for Perth actually chaired the stakeholder advisory group that reported to the previous government in 2007. When delivering his report in April 2007, the member for Perth stated that Western Australia should aim to have a 10c deposit on containers by 2008. This government’s focus is to target — Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : Mr Speaker, I draw your attention to the standing order that says that ministers in particular are not to read matter into the Parliament. This minister is directly reading his entire answer to that question. I ask that he be called to order. The SPEAKER : Please continue, minister. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr W.R. MARMION : This government’s approach is a national approach to the whole issue of waste deposits. I think it is the best way to go; a deliberate way to go. Indeed, in about 12 month’s time we will have a look at what comes out of the COAG process and make a decision.
Noting that a container deposit scheme would only have reduced 30 000 to 40 000 tonnes of waste of the current 5.4 million tonnes of waste into landfill, the state government’s approach to waste reduction has been to focus on where we can have the largest impact. On 1 January 2010 the government increased the landfill levy to provide an incentive to reduce the amount of waste going to landfill. Since the increase in the landfill levy, there has been a reduction of about 12 per cent in household waste to landfill. Since 2008 the government has reinvested about $15.6 million from the landfill levy into the waste and recycling sector through a range of grants and programs, including the Waste Wise Schools, the community grants scheme and the household hazardous waste program. The recently released 2009–10 “Recycling activity in Western Australia” report indicates that in the last year alone, an additional 800 000 tonnes of waste was recycled compared with the previous year. In total, about 4.5 million tonnes of waste was recycled over the period 2008–09 through to 2009–10. The report also shows a significant increase in the recycling rate of construction and demolition waste to the total of 1.9 million tonnes recycled during the same period. The period saw a 186 per cent increase in the amount of concrete recycled, a 137 per cent increase in paper recycling and an 86 per cent increase in wood and timber recycling. The opposition is playing politics, pretending that a container deposit scheme is a panacea for waste management. After seven years of talking about a scheme, the former government did not take any action. The member for Perth actually chaired the stakeholder advisory group that reported to the previous government in 2007. When delivering his report in April 2007, the member for Perth stated that Western Australia should aim to have a 10c deposit on containers by 2008. This government’s focus is to target — Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : Mr Speaker, I draw your attention to the standing order that says that ministers in particular are not to read matter into the Parliament. This minister is directly reading his entire answer to that question. I ask that he be called to order. The SPEAKER : Please continue, minister. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr W.R. MARMION : This government’s approach is a national approach to the whole issue of waste deposits. I think it is the best way to go; a deliberate way to go. Indeed, in about 12 month’s time we will have a look at what comes out of the COAG process and make a decision.
The recently released 2009–10 “Recycling activity in Western Australia” report indicates that in the last year alone, an additional 800 000 tonnes of waste was recycled compared with the previous year. In total, about 4.5 million tonnes of waste was recycled over the period 2008–09 through to 2009–10. The report also shows a significant increase in the recycling rate of construction and demolition waste to the total of 1.9 million tonnes recycled during the same period. The period saw a 186 per cent increase in the amount of concrete recycled, a 137 per cent increase in paper recycling and an 86 per cent increase in wood and timber recycling. The opposition is playing politics, pretending that a container deposit scheme is a panacea for waste management. After seven years of talking about a scheme, the former government did not take any action. The member for Perth actually chaired the stakeholder advisory group that reported to the previous government in 2007. When delivering his report in April 2007, the member for Perth stated that Western Australia should aim to have a 10c deposit on containers by 2008. This government’s focus is to target — Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : Mr Speaker, I draw your attention to the standing order that says that ministers in particular are not to read matter into the Parliament. This minister is directly reading his entire answer to that question. I ask that he be called to order. The SPEAKER : Please continue, minister. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr W.R. MARMION : This government’s approach is a national approach to the whole issue of waste deposits. I think it is the best way to go; a deliberate way to go. Indeed, in about 12 month’s time we will have a look at what comes out of the COAG process and make a decision.
The opposition is playing politics, pretending that a container deposit scheme is a panacea for waste management. After seven years of talking about a scheme, the former government did not take any action. The member for Perth actually chaired the stakeholder advisory group that reported to the previous government in 2007. When delivering his report in April 2007, the member for Perth stated that Western Australia should aim to have a 10c deposit on containers by 2008. This government’s focus is to target — Point of Order Mr M. McGOWAN : Mr Speaker, I draw your attention to the standing order that says that ministers in particular are not to read matter into the Parliament. This minister is directly reading his entire answer to that question. I ask that he be called to order. The SPEAKER : Please continue, minister. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr W.R. MARMION : This government’s approach is a national approach to the whole issue of waste deposits. I think it is the best way to go; a deliberate way to go. Indeed, in about 12 month’s time we will have a look at what comes out of the COAG process and make a decision.
The SPEAKER : Please continue, minister. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr W.R. MARMION : This government’s approach is a national approach to the whole issue of waste deposits. I think it is the best way to go; a deliberate way to go. Indeed, in about 12 month’s time we will have a look at what comes out of the COAG process and make a decision.
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