❓ Hon. Linda Savage asks about the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Account, specifically regarding its balance and a perceived budget cut. Hon. Donna Faragher responds, providing figures and disputing the claim of a budget cut.
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WASTE AVOIDANCE AND RESOURCE RECOVERY ACCOUNT
(1) How much was credited to the waste avoidance and resource recovery account in 2009-10? (2) What is the current balance of the account? (3) Why has the 2010–11 budget target for the development and implementation of policies and strategies that promote environmentally sustainable practices been cut by $6.3 million? Hon DONNA FARAGHER
(1) How much was credited to the waste avoidance and resource recovery account in 2009-10? (2) What is the current balance of the account? (3) Why has the 2010–11 budget target for the development and implementation of policies and strategies that promote environmentally sustainable practices been cut by $6.3 million? Hon DONNA FARAGHER
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The amount of $15 182 748 was credited to the waste avoidance and resource recovery account in 2009-10. (2) The current balance of the account is $15 581 063. (3) The 2010–11 budget for the development and implementation of policies and strategies that promote environmentally sustainable practices has not been slashed. The 2009-10 estimated actual expenditure was $18.055 million, and the budgeted expenditure in 2010-11 is $17.143 million. Furthermore, the Waste Authority will have access to the unspent balance in the waste avoidance and resource recovery account.
(2) What is the current balance of the account? (3) Why has the 2010–11 budget target for the development and implementation of policies and strategies that promote environmentally sustainable practices been cut by $6.3 million? Hon DONNA FARAGHER replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The amount of $15 182 748 was credited to the waste avoidance and resource recovery account in 2009-10. (2) The current balance of the account is $15 581 063. (3) The 2010–11 budget for the development and implementation of policies and strategies that promote environmentally sustainable practices has not been slashed. The 2009-10 estimated actual expenditure was $18.055 million, and the budgeted expenditure in 2010-11 is $17.143 million. Furthermore, the Waste Authority will have access to the unspent balance in the waste avoidance and resource recovery account.
(3) Why has the 2010–11 budget target for the development and implementation of policies and strategies that promote environmentally sustainable practices been cut by $6.3 million? Hon DONNA FARAGHER replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The amount of $15 182 748 was credited to the waste avoidance and resource recovery account in 2009-10. (2) The current balance of the account is $15 581 063. (3) The 2010–11 budget for the development and implementation of policies and strategies that promote environmentally sustainable practices has not been slashed. The 2009-10 estimated actual expenditure was $18.055 million, and the budgeted expenditure in 2010-11 is $17.143 million. Furthermore, the Waste Authority will have access to the unspent balance in the waste avoidance and resource recovery account.
Hon DONNA FARAGHER replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The amount of $15 182 748 was credited to the waste avoidance and resource recovery account in 2009-10. (2) The current balance of the account is $15 581 063. (3) The 2010–11 budget for the development and implementation of policies and strategies that promote environmentally sustainable practices has not been slashed. The 2009-10 estimated actual expenditure was $18.055 million, and the budgeted expenditure in 2010-11 is $17.143 million. Furthermore, the Waste Authority will have access to the unspent balance in the waste avoidance and resource recovery account.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The amount of $15 182 748 was credited to the waste avoidance and resource recovery account in 2009-10. (2) The current balance of the account is $15 581 063. (3) The 2010–11 budget for the development and implementation of policies and strategies that promote environmentally sustainable practices has not been slashed. The 2009-10 estimated actual expenditure was $18.055 million, and the budgeted expenditure in 2010-11 is $17.143 million. Furthermore, the Waste Authority will have access to the unspent balance in the waste avoidance and resource recovery account.
(1) The amount of $15 182 748 was credited to the waste avoidance and resource recovery account in 2009-10. (2) The current balance of the account is $15 581 063. (3) The 2010–11 budget for the development and implementation of policies and strategies that promote environmentally sustainable practices has not been slashed. The 2009-10 estimated actual expenditure was $18.055 million, and the budgeted expenditure in 2010-11 is $17.143 million. Furthermore, the Waste Authority will have access to the unspent balance in the waste avoidance and resource recovery account.
(2) The current balance of the account is $15 581 063. (3) The 2010–11 budget for the development and implementation of policies and strategies that promote environmentally sustainable practices has not been slashed. The 2009-10 estimated actual expenditure was $18.055 million, and the budgeted expenditure in 2010-11 is $17.143 million. Furthermore, the Waste Authority will have access to the unspent balance in the waste avoidance and resource recovery account.
(3) The 2010–11 budget for the development and implementation of policies and strategies that promote environmentally sustainable practices has not been slashed. The 2009-10 estimated actual expenditure was $18.055 million, and the budgeted expenditure in 2010-11 is $17.143 million. Furthermore, the Waste Authority will have access to the unspent balance in the waste avoidance and resource recovery account.
(2) What is the current balance of the account? (3) Why has the 2010–11 budget target for the development and implementation of policies and strategies that promote environmentally sustainable practices been cut by $6.3 million? Hon DONNA FARAGHER replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The amount of $15 182 748 was credited to the waste avoidance and resource recovery account in 2009-10. (2) The current balance of the account is $15 581 063. (3) The 2010–11 budget for the development and implementation of policies and strategies that promote environmentally sustainable practices has not been slashed. The 2009-10 estimated actual expenditure was $18.055 million, and the budgeted expenditure in 2010-11 is $17.143 million. Furthermore, the Waste Authority will have access to the unspent balance in the waste avoidance and resource recovery account.
(3) Why has the 2010–11 budget target for the development and implementation of policies and strategies that promote environmentally sustainable practices been cut by $6.3 million? Hon DONNA FARAGHER replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The amount of $15 182 748 was credited to the waste avoidance and resource recovery account in 2009-10. (2) The current balance of the account is $15 581 063. (3) The 2010–11 budget for the development and implementation of policies and strategies that promote environmentally sustainable practices has not been slashed. The 2009-10 estimated actual expenditure was $18.055 million, and the budgeted expenditure in 2010-11 is $17.143 million. Furthermore, the Waste Authority will have access to the unspent balance in the waste avoidance and resource recovery account.
Hon DONNA FARAGHER replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The amount of $15 182 748 was credited to the waste avoidance and resource recovery account in 2009-10. (2) The current balance of the account is $15 581 063. (3) The 2010–11 budget for the development and implementation of policies and strategies that promote environmentally sustainable practices has not been slashed. The 2009-10 estimated actual expenditure was $18.055 million, and the budgeted expenditure in 2010-11 is $17.143 million. Furthermore, the Waste Authority will have access to the unspent balance in the waste avoidance and resource recovery account.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The amount of $15 182 748 was credited to the waste avoidance and resource recovery account in 2009-10. (2) The current balance of the account is $15 581 063. (3) The 2010–11 budget for the development and implementation of policies and strategies that promote environmentally sustainable practices has not been slashed. The 2009-10 estimated actual expenditure was $18.055 million, and the budgeted expenditure in 2010-11 is $17.143 million. Furthermore, the Waste Authority will have access to the unspent balance in the waste avoidance and resource recovery account.
(1) The amount of $15 182 748 was credited to the waste avoidance and resource recovery account in 2009-10. (2) The current balance of the account is $15 581 063. (3) The 2010–11 budget for the development and implementation of policies and strategies that promote environmentally sustainable practices has not been slashed. The 2009-10 estimated actual expenditure was $18.055 million, and the budgeted expenditure in 2010-11 is $17.143 million. Furthermore, the Waste Authority will have access to the unspent balance in the waste avoidance and resource recovery account.
(2) The current balance of the account is $15 581 063. (3) The 2010–11 budget for the development and implementation of policies and strategies that promote environmentally sustainable practices has not been slashed. The 2009-10 estimated actual expenditure was $18.055 million, and the budgeted expenditure in 2010-11 is $17.143 million. Furthermore, the Waste Authority will have access to the unspent balance in the waste avoidance and resource recovery account.
(3) The 2010–11 budget for the development and implementation of policies and strategies that promote environmentally sustainable practices has not been slashed. The 2009-10 estimated actual expenditure was $18.055 million, and the budgeted expenditure in 2010-11 is $17.143 million. Furthermore, the Waste Authority will have access to the unspent balance in the waste avoidance and resource recovery account.
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