❓ Dr. Thomas questions the allocation of increased landfill levy funds, specifically inquiring where the funds are directed and held, especially if not distributed to recycling entities. The answer details the transition from the RRRS, the holding of funds in a trust, and the Waste Management Board's role.
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(b) where is funding for projects being directed; and (c) where are the funds being kept which are generated by the levy, which increased at the start of this month, if they are not being distributed to the people actually doing the recycling?
(c) where are the funds being kept which are generated by the levy, which increased at the start of this month, if they are not being distributed to the people actually doing the recycling?
(a) A report Western Australia's Waste Management and Recycling Fund - Final Recommendations of the Statutory Review of the Fund dated September 2004 was tabled in Parliament on 27 October 2004. Recommendation 9 of the report stated that a new scheme should be developed in conjunction with key stakeholders to replace the Resource Recovery Rebate Scheme (RRRS). On 22 June 2005, the then, Minister for the Environment; approved a halving of the RRRS funding allocation from 1 January 2006 and the cessation of the scheme from 30 June 2006. This followed advice from the Waste Management Board that the scheme was no longer contributing to the achievement of the State's strategic waste management objectives. The Board proposed that the RRRS should be replaced with a more effective and targeted scheme. It should be noted that the distribution of payments under the RRRS has not yet ceased. The final round of the RRRS is currently being assessed by the Western Australian Local Government Association and it is expected that payments totalling $737,668 will be distributed to local Councils before the end of 2006. (b) The review report recommended that a new scheme should be developed to replace the RRRS, and industry involvement should be considered as part of this scheme. Under the RRRS, funding was only available to support recycling undertaken by local governments. The work to develop new schemes is currently being undertaken by the Waste Management Board. Consultation on the new schemes is continuing, following the release by the Board of a discussion paper Re-Investing Landfill Levy Funds in Zero Waste Schemes in December 2005. (c) The landfill levy funds are held in the Waste Management and Recycling Trust Fund. Under the legislation, the funds may only be used for waste management purposes. Responsibility for making recommendations on the use of the landfill levy moneys has been delegated to the Waste Management Board. The Board develops an annual business plan for approval by the Minister which outlines how the funds will be used. The business plan is available for public perusal and can be accessed from the Zero Waste website at www.zerowastewa.com.au .
It should be noted that the distribution of payments under the RRRS has not yet ceased. The final round of the RRRS is currently being assessed by the Western Australian Local Government Association and it is expected that payments totalling $737,668 will be distributed to local Councils before the end of 2006. (b) The review report recommended that a new scheme should be developed to replace the RRRS, and industry involvement should be considered as part of this scheme. Under the RRRS, funding was only available to support recycling undertaken by local governments. The work to develop new schemes is currently being undertaken by the Waste Management Board. Consultation on the new schemes is continuing, following the release by the Board of a discussion paper Re-Investing Landfill Levy Funds in Zero Waste Schemes in December 2005. (c) The landfill levy funds are held in the Waste Management and Recycling Trust Fund. Under the legislation, the funds may only be used for waste management purposes. Responsibility for making recommendations on the use of the landfill levy moneys has been delegated to the Waste Management Board. The Board develops an annual business plan for approval by the Minister which outlines how the funds will be used. The business plan is available for public perusal and can be accessed from the Zero Waste website at www.zerowastewa.com.au .
(b) The review report recommended that a new scheme should be developed to replace the RRRS, and industry involvement should be considered as part of this scheme. Under the RRRS, funding was only available to support recycling undertaken by local governments. The work to develop new schemes is currently being undertaken by the Waste Management Board. Consultation on the new schemes is continuing, following the release by the Board of a discussion paper Re-Investing Landfill Levy Funds in Zero Waste Schemes in December 2005. (c) The landfill levy funds are held in the Waste Management and Recycling Trust Fund. Under the legislation, the funds may only be used for waste management purposes. Responsibility for making recommendations on the use of the landfill levy moneys has been delegated to the Waste Management Board. The Board develops an annual business plan for approval by the Minister which outlines how the funds will be used. The business plan is available for public perusal and can be accessed from the Zero Waste website at www.zerowastewa.com.au .
Consultation on the new schemes is continuing, following the release by the Board of a discussion paper Re-Investing Landfill Levy Funds in Zero Waste Schemes in December 2005. (c) The landfill levy funds are held in the Waste Management and Recycling Trust Fund. Under the legislation, the funds may only be used for waste management purposes. Responsibility for making recommendations on the use of the landfill levy moneys has been delegated to the Waste Management Board. The Board develops an annual business plan for approval by the Minister which outlines how the funds will be used. The business plan is available for public perusal and can be accessed from the Zero Waste website at www.zerowastewa.com.au .
(c) The landfill levy funds are held in the Waste Management and Recycling Trust Fund. Under the legislation, the funds may only be used for waste management purposes. Responsibility for making recommendations on the use of the landfill levy moneys has been delegated to the Waste Management Board. The Board develops an annual business plan for approval by the Minister which outlines how the funds will be used. The business plan is available for public perusal and can be accessed from the Zero Waste website at www.zerowastewa.com.au .
(c) where are the funds being kept which are generated by the levy, which increased at the start of this month, if they are not being distributed to the people actually doing the recycling?
(a) A report Western Australia's Waste Management and Recycling Fund - Final Recommendations of the Statutory Review of the Fund dated September 2004 was tabled in Parliament on 27 October 2004. Recommendation 9 of the report stated that a new scheme should be developed in conjunction with key stakeholders to replace the Resource Recovery Rebate Scheme (RRRS). On 22 June 2005, the then, Minister for the Environment; approved a halving of the RRRS funding allocation from 1 January 2006 and the cessation of the scheme from 30 June 2006. This followed advice from the Waste Management Board that the scheme was no longer contributing to the achievement of the State's strategic waste management objectives. The Board proposed that the RRRS should be replaced with a more effective and targeted scheme. It should be noted that the distribution of payments under the RRRS has not yet ceased. The final round of the RRRS is currently being assessed by the Western Australian Local Government Association and it is expected that payments totalling $737,668 will be distributed to local Councils before the end of 2006. (b) The review report recommended that a new scheme should be developed to replace the RRRS, and industry involvement should be considered as part of this scheme. Under the RRRS, funding was only available to support recycling undertaken by local governments. The work to develop new schemes is currently being undertaken by the Waste Management Board. Consultation on the new schemes is continuing, following the release by the Board of a discussion paper Re-Investing Landfill Levy Funds in Zero Waste Schemes in December 2005. (c) The landfill levy funds are held in the Waste Management and Recycling Trust Fund. Under the legislation, the funds may only be used for waste management purposes. Responsibility for making recommendations on the use of the landfill levy moneys has been delegated to the Waste Management Board. The Board develops an annual business plan for approval by the Minister which outlines how the funds will be used. The business plan is available for public perusal and can be accessed from the Zero Waste website at www.zerowastewa.com.au .
It should be noted that the distribution of payments under the RRRS has not yet ceased. The final round of the RRRS is currently being assessed by the Western Australian Local Government Association and it is expected that payments totalling $737,668 will be distributed to local Councils before the end of 2006. (b) The review report recommended that a new scheme should be developed to replace the RRRS, and industry involvement should be considered as part of this scheme. Under the RRRS, funding was only available to support recycling undertaken by local governments. The work to develop new schemes is currently being undertaken by the Waste Management Board. Consultation on the new schemes is continuing, following the release by the Board of a discussion paper Re-Investing Landfill Levy Funds in Zero Waste Schemes in December 2005. (c) The landfill levy funds are held in the Waste Management and Recycling Trust Fund. Under the legislation, the funds may only be used for waste management purposes. Responsibility for making recommendations on the use of the landfill levy moneys has been delegated to the Waste Management Board. The Board develops an annual business plan for approval by the Minister which outlines how the funds will be used. The business plan is available for public perusal and can be accessed from the Zero Waste website at www.zerowastewa.com.au .
(b) The review report recommended that a new scheme should be developed to replace the RRRS, and industry involvement should be considered as part of this scheme. Under the RRRS, funding was only available to support recycling undertaken by local governments. The work to develop new schemes is currently being undertaken by the Waste Management Board. Consultation on the new schemes is continuing, following the release by the Board of a discussion paper Re-Investing Landfill Levy Funds in Zero Waste Schemes in December 2005. (c) The landfill levy funds are held in the Waste Management and Recycling Trust Fund. Under the legislation, the funds may only be used for waste management purposes. Responsibility for making recommendations on the use of the landfill levy moneys has been delegated to the Waste Management Board. The Board develops an annual business plan for approval by the Minister which outlines how the funds will be used. The business plan is available for public perusal and can be accessed from the Zero Waste website at www.zerowastewa.com.au .
Consultation on the new schemes is continuing, following the release by the Board of a discussion paper Re-Investing Landfill Levy Funds in Zero Waste Schemes in December 2005. (c) The landfill levy funds are held in the Waste Management and Recycling Trust Fund. Under the legislation, the funds may only be used for waste management purposes. Responsibility for making recommendations on the use of the landfill levy moneys has been delegated to the Waste Management Board. The Board develops an annual business plan for approval by the Minister which outlines how the funds will be used. The business plan is available for public perusal and can be accessed from the Zero Waste website at www.zerowastewa.com.au .
(c) The landfill levy funds are held in the Waste Management and Recycling Trust Fund. Under the legislation, the funds may only be used for waste management purposes. Responsibility for making recommendations on the use of the landfill levy moneys has been delegated to the Waste Management Board. The Board develops an annual business plan for approval by the Minister which outlines how the funds will be used. The business plan is available for public perusal and can be accessed from the Zero Waste website at www.zerowastewa.com.au .
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Answered
21 November 2006
Responded by
Minister for the Environment
Response time
27 days
The increase in the rate of the landfill levy did not commence until 1 October 2006. Revenue at the increased rate will not be received until the next payment period, which is due on 15 January 2007.
(a) A report
Western Australia's Waste Management and Recycling Fund - Final Recommendations of the Statutory Review of the Fund
dated September 2004 was tabled in Parliament on 27 October 2004. Recommendation 9 of the report stated that a new scheme should be developed in conjunction with key stakeholders to replace the Resource Recovery Rebate Scheme (RRRS). On 22 June 2005,
the then, Minister for the Environment; approved a halving of the RRRS funding allocation from 1 January 2006 and the cessation of the scheme from 30 June 2006. This followed advice from the Waste Management Board that the scheme was no longer contributing to the achievement of the State's strategic waste management objectives. The Board proposed that the RRRS should be replaced with a more effective and targeted scheme.
It should be noted that the distribution of payments under the RRRS has not yet ceased. The final round of the RRRS is currently being assessed by the Western Australian Local Government Association and it is expected that payments totalling $737,668 will be distributed to local Councils before the end of 2006.
(b) The review report recommended that a new scheme should be developed to replace the RRRS, and industry involvement should be considered as part of this scheme. Under the RRRS, funding was only available to support recycling undertaken by local governments. The work to develop new schemes is currently being undertaken by the Waste Management Board.
Consultation on the new schemes is continuing, following the release by the Board of a discussion paper
Re-Investing Landfill Levy Funds in Zero Waste Schemes
in December 2005.
(c) The landfill levy funds are held in the Waste Management and Recycling Trust Fund. Under the legislation, the funds may only be used for waste management purposes. Responsibility for making recommendations on the use of the landfill levy moneys has been delegated to the Waste Management Board. The Board develops an annual business plan for approval by the Minister which outlines how the funds will be used. The business plan is available for public perusal and can be accessed from the Zero Waste website at
www.zerowastewa.com.au
.
(a) A report
Western Australia's Waste Management and Recycling Fund - Final Recommendations of the Statutory Review of the Fund
dated September 2004 was tabled in Parliament on 27 October 2004. Recommendation 9 of the report stated that a new scheme should be developed in conjunction with key stakeholders to replace the Resource Recovery Rebate Scheme (RRRS). On 22 June 2005,
the then, Minister for the Environment; approved a halving of the RRRS funding allocation from 1 January 2006 and the cessation of the scheme from 30 June 2006. This followed advice from the Waste Management Board that the scheme was no longer contributing to the achievement of the State's strategic waste management objectives. The Board proposed that the RRRS should be replaced with a more effective and targeted scheme.
It should be noted that the distribution of payments under the RRRS has not yet ceased. The final round of the RRRS is currently being assessed by the Western Australian Local Government Association and it is expected that payments totalling $737,668 will be distributed to local Councils before the end of 2006.
(b) The review report recommended that a new scheme should be developed to replace the RRRS, and industry involvement should be considered as part of this scheme. Under the RRRS, funding was only available to support recycling undertaken by local governments. The work to develop new schemes is currently being undertaken by the Waste Management Board.
Consultation on the new schemes is continuing, following the release by the Board of a discussion paper
Re-Investing Landfill Levy Funds in Zero Waste Schemes
in December 2005.
(c) The landfill levy funds are held in the Waste Management and Recycling Trust Fund. Under the legislation, the funds may only be used for waste management purposes. Responsibility for making recommendations on the use of the landfill levy moneys has been delegated to the Waste Management Board. The Board develops an annual business plan for approval by the Minister which outlines how the funds will be used. The business plan is available for public perusal and can be accessed from the Zero Waste website at
www.zerowastewa.com.au
.
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