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<strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>2010</strong>-<strong>11</strong>
II<br />
Published by <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong><br />
South Australia<br />
Head Office<br />
8th Floor<br />
Statewide House<br />
99 Gawler Place<br />
ADELAIDE <strong>SA</strong> 5000<br />
Telephone (08) 8204 2051<br />
Facsimile (08) 8204 19<strong>11</strong><br />
Email: zerowaste@zerowaste.sa.gov.<strong>au</strong><br />
Internet: www.zerowaste.sa.gov.<strong>au</strong><br />
ISBN: 978-1-92<strong>11</strong>14-15-1<br />
ABN: 76 149 388 126<br />
<strong>Report</strong> prepared by:<br />
<strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong><br />
Copies of the report can be obtained from:<br />
www.zerowaste.sa.gov.<strong>au</strong>
AVOID • REDUCE • REUSE • RECYCLE<br />
Letter of Transmittal<br />
III<br />
The Hon P<strong>au</strong>l Caica MP<br />
Minister for Environment and Conservation<br />
Parliament House<br />
North Terrace<br />
ADELAIDE <strong>SA</strong> 5000<br />
Dear Minister<br />
In accordance with the requirements of the <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> Act 2004, the Public Sector Act<br />
2009 and the Public Finance and Audit Act 1987, I am pleased to submit the annual report<br />
on the activities of <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> and the Office of <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> for the financial year<br />
ended 30 June 20<strong>11</strong>.<br />
<strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> has reporting obligations under the <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> Act 2004 and the Public<br />
Finance and Audit Act 1987. The Office of <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> was established on 1 July 2003<br />
to support the Board of <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong>. The office has reporting obligations under the<br />
Public Sector Act 2009 and the Public Finance and Audit Act 1987. This single document is<br />
intended to discharge all of those reporting obligations for the <strong>2010</strong>–<strong>11</strong> reporting year.<br />
The Board appreciates the work of the dedicated staff in the Office of <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong>. It<br />
also acknowledges the support of strategic partners and the people who have worked<br />
with <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> during the year.<br />
Allan Holmes<br />
PRESIDING MEMBER<br />
BOARD OF ZERO WASTE <strong>SA</strong><br />
Date: 30/09/20<strong>11</strong>
IV<br />
Preface<br />
<strong>2010</strong>–<strong>11</strong> presented new challenges to <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> in continuing its work to maximise<br />
waste reduction and promote recycling and ecological sustainability.<br />
In early <strong>2010</strong>, <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> made significant commitments totalling $18 million over<br />
four years to extend its work and build on the State’s first <strong>Waste</strong> Strategy,<br />
South Australia’s <strong>Waste</strong> Strategy 2005–<strong>2010</strong>.<br />
Achievements under the first Strategy included the roll-out of high-performing kerbside<br />
recycling systems, investment in important waste infrastructure, improvements in the<br />
recovery of materials from regional areas, industry resource efficiency, and commercial<br />
recycling incentives.<br />
While our State’s recycling rate – at more than 70% – is among the world’s best, there is<br />
much more we can do. <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong>’s commitments will progressively extend our State’s<br />
achievements in waste management through investing in more waste infrastructure,<br />
supporting business and industry in achieving better resource efficiency, and assisting<br />
local government and householders to recycle a range of products including food waste,<br />
televisions, computers and hazardous waste. <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> has made considerable<br />
progress over the past year to meet these commitments.<br />
To increase our State’s waste and recycling infrastructure, $3 million dollars was awarded<br />
under two key <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> grant programs – the Regional Implementation Program<br />
and the Metropolitan Infrastructure Program. This funding has stimulated further<br />
investment from grant recipients of $6.86 million which will help achieve viable recycling<br />
outcomes in regional and metropolitan areas of our State.<br />
This year, <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> engaged with more South Australian businesses and <strong>Gov</strong>ernment<br />
worksites under its Resource Efficiency Assistance Program. With collaboration at its base,<br />
and with strong potential to save waste, energy, water and money in a difficult financial<br />
climate, the program continued to bring excellent outcomes for participating organisations.<br />
<strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong>, in partnership with local councils, has also rolled out a further food waste<br />
incentive program across the State, committing $6.1 million over four years. In <strong>2010</strong>–<strong>11</strong>,<br />
five councils were awarded funding to implement food waste recycling systems, which<br />
will help approximately 89,000 households to recycle food waste materials.<br />
A partnership between <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong>, Local <strong>Gov</strong>ernment Association and Australian<br />
<strong>Gov</strong>ernment, enabled South Australians to dispose of unwanted televisions following<br />
the television signal switchover from analogue to digital on 15 December <strong>2010</strong>. The<br />
switchover affected approximately <strong>11</strong>5,000 households in 29 council areas in regional<br />
South Australia. Just over 19,000 televisions were diverted from landfill.
V<br />
<strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong>’s Household Hazardous <strong>Waste</strong> and Farm Chemical Collection program<br />
continued to make it easier for the public to safely dispose of unwanted hazardous<br />
chemicals. During <strong>2010</strong>–<strong>11</strong>, approximately 170,000 kilograms of hazardous waste was<br />
collected from more than 3,000 people.<br />
The <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> Centre for Sustainable Design and Behaviour – a partnership between<br />
the University of South Australia and <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> – also continued to build knowledge<br />
to help us understand better ways to achieve our objectives in areas such as sustainability<br />
and behaviour change. In <strong>2010</strong>–<strong>11</strong>, the centre won three Australian Research Council<br />
Linkage grants for projects that will benefit our long-term objective to move our habits<br />
up the waste hierarchy from disposal and recycling to reduction and avoidance.<br />
Perhaps the most important project for <strong>2010</strong>–<strong>11</strong> was the development of the State’s<br />
second <strong>Waste</strong> Strategy, South Australia’s <strong>Waste</strong> Strategy 20<strong>11</strong>–2015. <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong><br />
consulted with stakeholders, communities and interested parties to inform the new<br />
strategy, which will be released in 20<strong>11</strong>–12. It will be an essential tool for the State to<br />
seek new and improved ways of realising waste management reform with the help of all<br />
South Australians.<br />
Along with these outstanding achievements, <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong>’s work continued to attract<br />
interest nationally and internationally from other like-minded organisations. <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong><br />
<strong>SA</strong> welcomed visits from overseas delegates from Chile, Wales, Scotland and China, and<br />
interstate representatives from the Northern Territory, the Australian Capital Territory,<br />
Queensland, Victoria and New South Wales.<br />
To conclude, I acknowledge the support and collaboration of all people and organisations<br />
in building on the success of <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong>. Central to <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong>’s work during the<br />
year has been its continued successful partnerships with local government, the waste<br />
industry, KE<strong>SA</strong>B environmental solutions, and the University of South Australia. I also<br />
wish to thank the Board of <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> and <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> staff for their work and<br />
continued enthusiasm to meet the goals of the agency.<br />
V<strong>au</strong>ghan Levitzke<br />
Chief Executive
VI<br />
Highlights of <strong>2010</strong> –<strong>11</strong><br />
Boost for South Australia’s <strong>Waste</strong><br />
Infrastructure<br />
Resource Efficiency Assistance Program<br />
.<br />
<strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> allocated $3.2 million for 27 projects to<br />
improve our State’s waste infrastructure and capacity<br />
to reprocess recyclable material under the Regional<br />
Implementation Program and Metropolitan Infrastructure<br />
Program. Regional projects were awarded funding of $1.7<br />
million for new or improved transfer stations, recycling<br />
facilities in rural areas, improved facilities for handling<br />
electronic waste, baling equipment and a new oil waste<br />
recycling facility. Projects funded in the metropolitan area<br />
include assistance for masonite reprocessing, a polystyrenereplacement<br />
product and technologies to improve kerbside<br />
organics collection. This funding will help in meeting the<br />
State <strong>Gov</strong>ernment commitment to provide $7.3 million<br />
over four years for investment in key waste infrastructure<br />
across South Australia.<br />
The Resource Efficiency Assistance Program (REAP),<br />
a flagship program for <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong>, continued to<br />
accelerate the uptake of more efficient environment<br />
practices in businesses and industry, and in state and<br />
local government. REAP acts as an enabler and mentor<br />
to a diverse range of iconic businesses and government<br />
agencies to improve resource efficiency practices. During<br />
<strong>2010</strong>–<strong>11</strong>, these included Adelaide Airport, Adelaide<br />
City Council, Adelaide Convention Centre, Adelaide<br />
Shores, Department of Health, Jurlique International,<br />
Orlando Wines, South Australian Cricket Association,<br />
South Australian Tourism Commission and Treasury Wine<br />
Estates. Importantly, REAP continues to tackle upper levels<br />
of the waste hierarchy – avoiding and reducing waste.<br />
This support is vital to enable industry and government<br />
organisations to respond assertively to climate change,<br />
resource efficiency and other sustainability issues.
VII<br />
Food <strong>Waste</strong> Incentives<br />
<strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> will commit $6.1 million over four years to<br />
further assist councils to implement food waste recycling<br />
as part of existing green organics collections. This<br />
funding followed a successful 12 month trial in 10 South<br />
Australian councils that encouraged residents to dispose<br />
of their food scraps in a ‘bio basket’ that was then<br />
put in green organics bins for eventual composting. In<br />
December <strong>2010</strong>, total funding of $695,000 was awarded<br />
to: City of Norwood, Payneham and St Peters ($157,782);<br />
City of Port Adelaide Enfield ($4<strong>11</strong>,140); City of Prospect<br />
($80,285); Naracoorte Lucindale Council ($29,250); and<br />
The City of Whyalla ($16,653).<br />
Electronic <strong>Waste</strong> Recycling<br />
In <strong>2010</strong>–<strong>11</strong>, <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> assisted councils to collect<br />
electronic waste from householders. Free metropolitan<br />
e-waste community collection events collected 515 tonnes<br />
of electrical and electronic material for recycling from<br />
9,878 participants on <strong>11</strong> and 12 September <strong>2010</strong>. Television<br />
collection arrangements to coincide with the switchover<br />
from analogue to digital signal, collected 19,086 televisions<br />
for recycling, equating to the diversion of 428 tonnes of<br />
televisions from landfill.<br />
Wipe Out <strong>Waste</strong><br />
The Wipe Out <strong>Waste</strong> (WOW) program, funded by <strong>Zero</strong><br />
<strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> and delivered by KE<strong>SA</strong>B environmental solutions,<br />
is continuing to help change the community’s knowledge,<br />
attitudes and behaviour towards waste through educating<br />
children in a hands-on way. WOW is the first school waste<br />
reduction program in Australia which spans kindergartens<br />
through to primary and secondary schools. High demand<br />
for WOW continued in <strong>2010</strong>–<strong>11</strong> with more than 175<br />
schools participating in seven WOW workshops, four<br />
conferences and one World Environment Day event. <strong>Waste</strong><br />
<strong>au</strong>dits conducted in 29 schools show that involvement in<br />
WOW is having a long-term benefit for the environment<br />
in the reduction of waste sent to landfill. Some schools<br />
showed reductions of up to 70% in waste to landfill.
Contents<br />
1<br />
Letter of Transmittal<br />
iii<br />
Preface<br />
iv<br />
Highlights of <strong>2010</strong> –<strong>11</strong><br />
v<br />
Boost for South Australia’s <strong>Waste</strong> Infrastructure vi<br />
Resource Efficiency Assistance Program<br />
vi<br />
Food <strong>Waste</strong> Incentives<br />
vii<br />
Electronic <strong>Waste</strong> Recycling<br />
vii<br />
Wipe Out <strong>Waste</strong><br />
vii<br />
WHO WE ARE 2<br />
What we do 3<br />
The <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> Board 4<br />
<strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> Board – <strong>Gov</strong>ernance Committee 6<br />
PROGRAMS RELEVANT TO ALL WASTE STREAMS 7<br />
Communications and education 7<br />
Recycle Right household recycling program 8<br />
Wipe Out <strong>Waste</strong> schools program 9<br />
Website 9<br />
Intranet 10<br />
Social media 10<br />
Sponsorship grants 10<br />
Financial and legislative instruments 13<br />
MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE 25<br />
Kerbside food waste incentives 25<br />
COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL WASTES 27<br />
Recycling at Work 27<br />
LITTER AND ILLEGAL DUMPING 28<br />
HAZARDOUS WASTE 29<br />
Household Hazardous <strong>Waste</strong> and Farm Chemical<br />
Collection 28<br />
Light globe recycling program 29<br />
WASTE AVOIDANCE 31<br />
Consumption and waste avoidance incentives 31<br />
Resource Efficiency Assistance Program 32<br />
STATUTORY REPORTING OBLIGATIONS 36<br />
Coordination of activities with the Environment<br />
Protection Authority 36<br />
GREENING ZERO WASTE <strong>SA</strong> 37<br />
APPENDIX 1: HUMAN RESOURCES, OHSW AND<br />
OTHER INFORMATION<br />
INCENTIVES 14<br />
Sustainable markets and innovation 14<br />
Metropolitan Infrastructure program 15<br />
Regional Implementation Program 16<br />
E-waste 17<br />
<strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> Environmental User System 19<br />
STAKEHOLDERS, PARTNERING AND LINKAGES 20<br />
KE<strong>SA</strong>B environmental solutions 20<br />
Local <strong>Gov</strong>ernment Association 20<br />
<strong>Waste</strong> Management Association of Australia 21<br />
Out of councils and remote areas 22<br />
<strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> Centre for Sustainable Design and<br />
Behaviour 23<br />
APPENDIX 2: FINANCIAL STATEMENTS<br />
APPENDIX 3: FREEDOM OF INFORMATION STATEMENT<br />
Agency structure and functions<br />
Effect of agency functions on members of the public<br />
Public participation in agency policy<br />
Description of kinds of documents held by <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong><br />
Access to agency documents
2 Who we are<br />
<strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong>’s primary objective is to promote waste management practices that, as far<br />
as possible, eliminate waste or its consignment to landfill, and advance the development<br />
of resource recovery and recycling.<br />
<strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> provides strategic policy advice, guidance and leadership to government<br />
and stakeholders to bring about change. <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> establishes programs and projects<br />
that maximise waste reduction, and promote recycling and ecological sustainability.<br />
At the time of preparing this annual report, the State’s second <strong>Waste</strong> Strategy, South<br />
Australia’s <strong>Waste</strong> Strategy 20<strong>11</strong>–2015 was being finalised for release by the State<br />
<strong>Gov</strong>ernment.<br />
The <strong>Waste</strong> Strategy 20<strong>11</strong>–2015 highlights two key objectives:<br />
• maximising the useful life of materials through reuse and recycling<br />
• avoiding and reducing waste.<br />
The <strong>Waste</strong> Strategy 20<strong>11</strong>–2015 will provide a mechanism for State <strong>Gov</strong>ernment to<br />
engage with all South Australians to achieve waste management reform. It is guided by<br />
the concept of zero waste which challenges ‘end of pipe’ solutions and shifts a focus to<br />
encouraging the cyclical use of materials in our economy.<br />
South Australia’s Strategic Plan 20<strong>11</strong> includes a target to ‘reduce waste to landfill by 35%<br />
by 2020’. <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> is the key to achieving that goal and has outlined how we as a<br />
community can continue driving waste reduction and other targets in the <strong>Waste</strong> Strategy<br />
20<strong>11</strong>–2015.<br />
<strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> is established by the <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> Act 2004 as a body corporate and<br />
instrumentality of the Crown.<br />
The <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> Act also establishes a dedicated fund, the <strong>Waste</strong> to Resources Fund,<br />
which <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> applies to achieve its objectives. The fund is made up, primarily, of<br />
50% of the levy paid by waste depot licence holders under section <strong>11</strong>3 of the Environment<br />
Protection Act 1993. The levy is collected by the Environment Protection Authority and the<br />
appropriate proportion is transferred to the <strong>Waste</strong> to Resources Fund.
What we do<br />
3<br />
<strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> is the primary agency responsible for the target ‘reduce waste to landfill<br />
by 35% by 2020’ in South Australia’s Strategic Plan 20<strong>11</strong>.<br />
The functions of <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> are prescribed in Section 6 of the <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> Act and<br />
include:<br />
> developing and implementing government policies on waste management<br />
> monitoring and assessing the adequacy of South Australia’s <strong>Waste</strong> Strategy and its<br />
implementation<br />
> helping local councils with arrangements for regional waste management<br />
> contributing to the development of waste management infrastructure, technologies<br />
and systems<br />
> commissioning, supporting and collaborating on research into waste management<br />
practices and issues<br />
> raising public and industry awareness about waste management<br />
> developing and supporting programs for preventing litter and illegal dumping<br />
> developing markets for recovered resources and recycled materials.<br />
In all its functions, <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> is guided by the waste hierarchy for prioritising the<br />
management of waste.<br />
Most Preferable<br />
Avoid<br />
SUSTAINABILITY<br />
Reduce<br />
Reuse<br />
Recycle<br />
Recover<br />
Treat<br />
Dispose<br />
Least Preferable<br />
The waste hierarchy
4<br />
The <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> Board<br />
The <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> Board is established as the governing body of <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> by the <strong>Zero</strong><br />
<strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> Act, which specifies the range of expertise to be included in Board membership as:<br />
> environmental sustainability, conservation and protection<br />
> local government<br />
> waste management industry or waste-related infrastructure development<br />
> regional affairs<br />
> economic, financial and risk management<br />
> advocacy on environmental matters on behalf of the community.<br />
The Board, appointed by His Excellency the <strong>Gov</strong>ernor in Executive Council, comprises these<br />
members:<br />
Member<br />
Mr Allan Holmes (Chair)<br />
Reason for appointment<br />
Mr Holmes is the Chief Executive, Department of<br />
Environment and Natural Resources. He has leadership<br />
experience and practical knowledge of and experience in<br />
environmental sustainability, conservation and protection.<br />
Mr Frank Brennan Mr Brennan has worked in local government for over 30<br />
years and is currently Chief Executive Officer, Wattle Range<br />
Council. He is focused on waste management issues relating<br />
to regional areas.<br />
Ms Megan Dyson<br />
Ms Dyson is a member of the Environment Protection<br />
Authority Board and has skills in environmental<br />
sustainability, conservation and protection through her work<br />
as a legal practitioner and policy consultant.<br />
Ms Anne Harvey Ms Harvey is currently Managing Director of Pathways 16,<br />
a consulting firm specialising in governance, planning and<br />
risk management, and has previously held senior executive<br />
positions in the South Australian <strong>Gov</strong>ernment. She has<br />
strong knowledge of, and experience in economic, financial<br />
and risk management.<br />
Ms Cheryl Hill<br />
Mr Lachlan Jeffries<br />
Ms Hill is Executive Director of the Foundation for Australia’s<br />
Most Endangered Species and former President of the<br />
Conservation Council of South Australia. She fulfils the role<br />
of an environmental advocate on behalf of the community.<br />
As Managing Director of The Jeffries Group which receives<br />
and processes over 100,000 tonnes a year of recyclable<br />
organics, Mr Jeffries has practical knowledge of and<br />
experience in both the waste management industry and<br />
waste-related infrastructure development.
5<br />
Mr V<strong>au</strong>ghan Levitzke<br />
Ms Anne Prince<br />
Mr Mark Withers<br />
Ms Michelle Morton<br />
Mr Levitzke is Chief Executive, <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> and has held<br />
this position since <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> was established in 2003.<br />
He had more than 10 years experience with the South<br />
Australian Environment Protection Authority, focusing<br />
on regulation in the waste sector, litter, container deposit<br />
legislation, eco-efficiency and industry sustainability. Mr<br />
Levitzke is an ex officio Board member.<br />
Ms Prince is Managing Director, Anne Prince Consulting Pty<br />
Ltd and has been involved in developing waste strategies at<br />
a regional level in South Australia, in particular, the Fleurieu<br />
region and Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands.<br />
She has knowledge of the waste management industry and<br />
waste-related infrastructure development.<br />
Mr Withers is Chief Executive Officer, City of Charles Sturt<br />
and has 27 years experience in a number of metropolitan<br />
South Australian councils. He is a member of <strong>Waste</strong> Care<br />
<strong>SA</strong> and Immediate Past President of Local <strong>Gov</strong>ernment<br />
Managers Australia <strong>SA</strong>. Mr Withers fulfils the role of having<br />
knowledge of and experience in local government and<br />
waste-related infrastructure development.<br />
Ms Morton is Managing Director of CRT Recycling Australia<br />
(specialising in the recycling of cathode ray tube glass found<br />
in televisions and computer monitors) and E-Cycle Recovery<br />
(which recycles a range of electronic waste products). She<br />
has knowledge of and experience in the waste management<br />
industry and waste-related infrastructure development.<br />
Chief Executive of <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong>, Mr V<strong>au</strong>ghan Levitzke, is a member of the Board ex officio.
6<br />
<strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> Board – <strong>Gov</strong>ernance Committee<br />
The <strong>Gov</strong>ernance Committee’s objectives are to consider corporate governance issues and<br />
provide appropriate advice to <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> and its governing Board on managing risks<br />
for the agency and the Board.<br />
The membership of the <strong>Gov</strong>ernance Committee is:<br />
> Ms Anne Harvey, member, <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> Board<br />
> Ms Cheryl Hill, member, <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> Board<br />
> Mr V<strong>au</strong>ghan Levitzke, Chief Executive, <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong><br />
> Ms Mia Toscano, Manager, Corporate <strong>Gov</strong>ernance and Policy, Department of<br />
Environment and Natural Resources.<br />
In <strong>2010</strong>–<strong>11</strong>, the <strong>Gov</strong>ernance Committee met to advise on:<br />
> a delegations policy and related procedures for <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong><br />
> preparing a risk management framework for the Board and agency<br />
> statements of the income and expenditure of the <strong>Waste</strong> to Resources Fund.<br />
<strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> is committed to embedding risk management into its culture, practices and<br />
decision-making processes. During <strong>2010</strong>–<strong>11</strong>, the <strong>Gov</strong>ernance Committee endorsed a draft<br />
<strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> Risk Management Plan to manage the risks of the Board and agency in<br />
accordance with AS/NZS ISO 31000:2009 Risk management – principles and guidelines.<br />
The plan incorporates a risk register, which documents existing controls to mitigate and<br />
manage identified risks and planned actions to further reduce the impact of these risks. The<br />
plan will ensure that risk management is explicitly linked to the management of change and<br />
to decision making so that <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> is successful in achieving its objectives.<br />
A risk assessment of <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong>, focusing on the higher risk areas, will be regularly<br />
undertaken and will be central to maintaining a strong awareness of the importance of<br />
monitoring and managing Board and operational risks of <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong>.
Programs relevant to all waste streams<br />
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Data gathered during <strong>2010</strong>–<strong>11</strong> shows that more than 2.76 million tonnes of materials were<br />
diverted from landfill and into recycling in 2009–10, an increase of 8% from the previous<br />
year and 35% since 2003–04. During 2009–10, the South Australian per capita recycling rate,<br />
at more than 1,578 kilograms per person per year, was still one of the best in the country,<br />
exceeded only by the Australian Capital Territory (1,638 kilograms). These recycling efforts<br />
prevented the equivalent of about 0.97 million tonnes of carbon dioxide entering the<br />
atmosphere. This equates to taking approximately 223,100 passenger cars off the road.<br />
While it is important to recognise the achievements of 2009–10, landfill data shows that<br />
waste to landfill increased by approximately 48,900 tonnes in <strong>2010</strong>–<strong>11</strong> bringing the State’s<br />
total reduction of waste to landfill since 2003 to approximately 13.5% (compared with<br />
17.32% in 2009–10 and 14.4% in 2008–09). The increase is attributed to approximately<br />
84,600 tonnes of contaminated soil disposed to landfill from infrastructure developments<br />
and sites across metropolitan Adelaide.<br />
Contaminated soil is frequently a legacy issue arising from past land use, and industrial<br />
or commercial business practices, and is often detected only when changes in land use<br />
are proposed.<br />
Increased disposal of contaminated soil to landfill has the potential to skew South<br />
Australia’s waste diversion achievements and may need to be accounted for separately<br />
from other solid waste streams disposed to landfill.<br />
<strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> will work collaboratively with relevant organisations to reduce the<br />
quantity of contaminated soil being disposed to landfill from major infrastructure projects<br />
where this is technically and economically feasible.<br />
Communications and education<br />
Activities during <strong>2010</strong>–<strong>11</strong> encompassed corporate and business program projects which<br />
supported the delivery of key initiatives in <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong>’s Business Plan.<br />
The depth and breadth of the Communications Unit’s work program continued to expand<br />
with an increasing number of requests for engagement and collaboration from an<br />
ever-widening circle of individuals and organisations across the public, private and NGO<br />
sectors. In addition, an increasing number of media representatives turned to <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong><br />
<strong>SA</strong> for expert comment on zero waste issues. The impact of social media also stimulated<br />
the development of new approaches to content creation in order for <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> to<br />
establish a presence in the social media community.
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A major focus during the year was delivery of the Recycle<br />
Right household educational campaign and other activities<br />
to encourage and facilitate behavioural change in recycling<br />
A major focus during the year was delivery of the Recycle<br />
Right household educational campaign and other activities<br />
to encourage and facilitate behavioural change in recycling:<br />
> An advertising and direct mail campaign, delivered in<br />
partnership with the Local <strong>Gov</strong>ernment Association of<br />
South Australia, promoted a free community event on<br />
<strong>11</strong> and 12 September <strong>2010</strong> for thousands of Adelaide<br />
householders to clear their homes of unwanted<br />
computers, televisions and mobile phones. This project<br />
was short-listed in the 20<strong>11</strong> Premier’s Award for<br />
Showcasing Excellence in the Public Sector.<br />
> A comprehensive advertising campaign targeting<br />
29 regional councils supported the Australian<br />
<strong>Gov</strong>ernment’s digital switchover with a free television<br />
take-back collection for regional South Australia<br />
and Broken Hill (NSW). The Australian <strong>Gov</strong>ernment<br />
regarded the communications strategy a worthy<br />
model for replication and the advertising material has<br />
since been adapted by the Victorian and NSW State<br />
<strong>Gov</strong>ernments for use in similar campaigns.<br />
> The BackLight Household Light Globe Recycling<br />
Program marketing campaign informed householders<br />
about the benefits of recycling light globes and<br />
promoted the drop-off of end-of-life household light<br />
globes at Mitre 10 stores throughout South Australia<br />
for free.<br />
> A press advertising campaign sponsored by the<br />
Publishers’ National Environment Bure<strong>au</strong> praised<br />
South Australians for their world-class recycling,<br />
especially newspaper recycling, and educated them on<br />
correct preparation of some items for recycling.<br />
Planning for a refreshed corporate communications<br />
strategy to support the <strong>Waste</strong> Strategy 20<strong>11</strong> 2015 began<br />
with a review of existing communications activity and<br />
development of an on-line stakeholder survey. This work<br />
will be completed in 20<strong>11</strong>–12 with action plans developed<br />
to support new strategic goals for waste avoidance<br />
advocacy and engagement, as well as building synergies<br />
within and between portfolios.<br />
Recycle Right household<br />
recycling program<br />
In <strong>2010</strong>–<strong>11</strong> the Recycle Right householder educational<br />
initiative was developed in response to long standing<br />
issues of ‘contamination’ (householders placing incorrect<br />
materials in recycling bins) raised by the recycling industry.<br />
Benchmark research by <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> in 2005 and 2008<br />
indicated that attitudes, behaviour and knowledge of<br />
recycling had remained almost static during this period,<br />
reinforcing a need to provide information to improve<br />
understanding about recycling.<br />
This campaign was designed to be run in two phases: direct<br />
mail (bin lid stickers and educational ‘disc’ in a Recycle<br />
Right branded envelope); and press, radio and outdoor<br />
advertising. Due to the <strong>Gov</strong>ernment’s ban on advertising,<br />
this part of the campaign was postponed until 20<strong>11</strong>–12.<br />
The direct mail campaign was piloted in five councils<br />
(95,000 households) and supported by new educational<br />
resources including an online-delivered DVD and recycling<br />
search engine, 1300 information line and recycling<br />
workshops for council staff.<br />
Free council recycling workshops were delivered by KE<strong>SA</strong>B<br />
environmental solutions through the Local <strong>Gov</strong>ernment<br />
Association of South Australia. The workshops have been<br />
particularly successful in educating council staff about<br />
the ‘ins and outs’ of recycling a wide range of materials.<br />
Eight tours were held with 190 staff participating. Almost<br />
all metropolitan councils and 23 of 49 regional councils<br />
participated in the workshops.<br />
Concurrently, an extensive online library of Recycle Right<br />
branded imagery and icons was developed in response to<br />
demand from council waste educators. An outcome of the<br />
pilot was the increased engagement with council waste<br />
educators outside of the five pilot councils.
Audits also indicate that involvement in WOW is having<br />
long-term benefit in reducing the amount of waste sent<br />
to landfill from schools.<br />
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In addition, educational materials developed by different<br />
councils now have some commonality as the Recycle Right<br />
brand has gained acceptance as the ‘go to’ resource for<br />
household recycling education.<br />
The Ehrenberg-Bass Institute of Marketing Science,<br />
University of South Australia, evaluated the direct mail<br />
phase of the campaign and concluded that “overall the<br />
campaign can be said to have achieved good recall in the<br />
council areas. There has also been an improvement in<br />
objective knowledge about correct use of the three-bin<br />
system. However, behavioural compliance in applying the<br />
stickers to the bins and improvements in contamination<br />
behaviours are modest.”<br />
In 20<strong>11</strong>–12, the Recycle Right campaign will be expanded<br />
with the inclusion of advertising and release of a teaching<br />
resource for newly arrived members of the community<br />
from non English speaking backgrounds.<br />
Wipe Out <strong>Waste</strong> schools<br />
program<br />
Wipe Out <strong>Waste</strong> (WOW) is a state-wide educational program<br />
delivered by KE<strong>SA</strong>B environmental solutions. It aims to<br />
encourage schools to reduce waste and increase learning<br />
about waste and resource recovery. The program is open to<br />
schools, pre-schools and kindergartens in all sectors.<br />
Funded by <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong>, WOW continued in <strong>2010</strong>–<strong>11</strong><br />
with a focus on regional and metropolitan areas. A total<br />
of 175 schools participated in seven WOW workshops, four<br />
conferences and one World Environment Day event.<br />
<strong>Waste</strong> <strong>au</strong>dits were also conducted in 29 schools. These<br />
<strong>au</strong>dits show that food and drink packaging still represent<br />
the highest volume of waste brought to school by<br />
students. The WOW program helped to encourage<br />
sustainable family purchasing to influence long term<br />
behaviours of waste generation.<br />
Audits also indicate that involvement in WOW is having<br />
long-term benefit in reducing the amount of waste sent<br />
to landfill from schools. The 10 schools and preschools<br />
now <strong>au</strong>dited twice have shown reductions in waste sent to<br />
landfill; eight of the 10 sites show reductions of 40–70%<br />
of waste to landfill and two show reductions of 20–30%.<br />
Website<br />
The <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> website (www.zerowaste.sa.gov.<strong>au</strong>)<br />
had 57,806 visits in the 12 month reporting period for<br />
<strong>2010</strong>–<strong>11</strong>, with an average of 158 visits per day and nearly<br />
180,000 pages viewed by those visitors.<br />
The website took six times the average number of<br />
visits over the days of the free e-waste collections, run<br />
across metropolitan Adelaide on <strong>11</strong> and 12 September<br />
<strong>2010</strong>. The web address featured prominently in all<br />
communications material and formed a key tool in the<br />
communications strategy to promote the locations of<br />
collection depots across Adelaide, and clarify what would<br />
and would not be accepted.<br />
The most popular pages on the site are: detailed<br />
information on where people can take unwanted materials<br />
for recycling (the Recycling Locations search tool); and<br />
the Recycle Right search engine which gives residents<br />
detailed information on which materials can be recycled<br />
through the kerbside collection process. These two sections<br />
account for more than 10% of all traffic on the <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong><br />
<strong>SA</strong> site. Development to improve and revise these two<br />
sections continues: a merged version tool will provide map<br />
integration highlighting the nearest recycling options for<br />
residents wanting to recycle recyclable items that are not<br />
accepted at kerbside collection (such as mobile phones,<br />
printer cartridges and mattresses).
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The Facebook page gives updates on relevant community<br />
and agency events and ‘micro’ detail that does not have a<br />
place on the corporate website<br />
Intranet<br />
Further development of the intranet structure included<br />
a reassessment of staff needs. The intranet will provide a<br />
point of contact for colleagues in the Environment and<br />
Conservation portfolio as well offering <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> staff<br />
and contractors a repository of essential OH&S and human<br />
resources documents, and tighter integration with publicly<br />
available documents on the agency’s external website.<br />
Social media<br />
Sponsorship grants<br />
<strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong>’s sponsorship grants offer diverse<br />
opportunities for the agency to further its behavioural<br />
change and policy advocacy objectives. Sponsorship grants<br />
awarded in <strong>2010</strong>–<strong>11</strong> supported organisations to host high<br />
profile industry events including awards to recognise<br />
achievements in sustainability and waste management.<br />
Smaller not-for-profit organisations were able to increase<br />
community awareness about recycling and resource<br />
efficiency at a grass-roots level.<br />
Facebook<br />
The <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> Facebook page (www.facebook.com/<br />
zerowastesa) was l<strong>au</strong>nched in November <strong>2010</strong> with a<br />
strategy of delivering real time answers to users on the<br />
practicalities of recycling. The page gives updates on<br />
relevant community and agency events (such as hazardous<br />
waste collections and council e-waste collections) and<br />
‘micro’ detail that does not have a place on the corporate<br />
website. Followers are alerted to media coverage and<br />
links to other relevant social media content including<br />
new videos on the agency YouTube Channel. In just seven<br />
months, the Facebook page has built a solid base of ‘fans’<br />
with our posts being viewed 30,353 times.<br />
YouTube<br />
<strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong>’s YouTube Channel (www.youtube.com/<br />
zerowastesa) now houses all videos produced in house by<br />
<strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong>, such as the Recycle Right videos, as well<br />
as external media appearances by staff, including Totally<br />
Wild, Building Ideas and The 7PM Project.<br />
Twitter<br />
The agency Twitter (www.twitter.com/zerowastesa) feed<br />
allows for micro updates (a maximum of 140 characters).<br />
Globally, the waste and recycling community is highly<br />
active on Twitter and the <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> has established<br />
reciprocal relationships with <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> Singapore and<br />
<strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> Scotland, exchanging content and furthering<br />
our international reputation for collaboration.
<strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong>’s sponsorship grants offer diverse<br />
opportunities for the agency to further its behavioural<br />
change and policy advocacy objectives.<br />
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Industry sponsorships<br />
The following <strong>2010</strong>–<strong>11</strong> sponsorships supported clients engaged in <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong>’s Resource Efficiency Assistance (REAP)<br />
program.<br />
Organisation Project Value*<br />
Organic Force<br />
International symposium on organic matter management and compost<br />
use in horticulture Symposium 20<strong>11</strong><br />
$13,000<br />
<strong>Waste</strong> Management<br />
Association of Australia<br />
(<strong>SA</strong> Branch)<br />
WMAA ‘Watch your <strong>Waste</strong>-line’ Conference $20,000<br />
Rest<strong>au</strong>rant & Catering<br />
Association<br />
South Australian Wine<br />
Industry Association<br />
Incorporated<br />
Adelaide Convention<br />
Centre<br />
At the Rest<strong>au</strong>rant and Catering Awards night, <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> funded<br />
the award for ‘Best Site Contract Caterer’ and donated a sustainability<br />
diagnostic for the category winner to improve their resource efficiency<br />
The annual Wine Industry Environment Conference in October 20<strong>11</strong><br />
will present the latest thinking on sustainability and resource efficiency.<br />
<strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> will present a REAP case study on the achievements of a<br />
company participating in the 5-Star accreditation process.<br />
The 20<strong>11</strong> Cellar Door Wine Festival showcased wine producers from across<br />
South Australia in a ‘zero waste’ event<br />
$10,000<br />
$3,000<br />
$5,000<br />
Total $51,000<br />
* Amounts exclude GST
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The <strong>2010</strong>–<strong>11</strong> communications sponsorships supported<br />
various promotional activities that helped build the profile<br />
of recycling and waste management in the community<br />
Communications sponsorships<br />
The <strong>2010</strong>–<strong>11</strong> communications sponsorships supported various promotional activities that helped build the profile of<br />
recycling and waste management in the community.<br />
Organisation Project Value*<br />
<strong>SA</strong> Retail Property Group <strong>Annual</strong> Retail Environmental Award for Excellence in Sustainability $5,000<br />
Wakakiri Wakakiri Schools Festival $4,000<br />
Urban Ecology<br />
Jon Lamb Communications<br />
Local <strong>Gov</strong>ernment<br />
Managers Australia (South<br />
Australian Division Inc)<br />
Planet Ark<br />
WME publishing<br />
Production of a DVD by Christie Walk in the Adelaide CBD, highlighting<br />
sustainable living, housing and waste management<br />
<strong>SA</strong> Garden and Outdoor Living Magazine – series of educational feature<br />
articles on household recycling (two issues)<br />
Award for Excellence in Environmental Leadership and Sustainability – to<br />
recognise local government achievements in the sustainability field<br />
Production of the national ‘Business Recycling Near You’ website, a<br />
resource specifically for businesses looking for recycling services<br />
Focus insert for WMAA <strong>Waste</strong> conference attendees about <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong><br />
<strong>SA</strong>’s achievements and programs – October <strong>2010</strong> issue<br />
$1,500<br />
$8,000<br />
$3,500<br />
$10,000<br />
$20,415<br />
Total $52,415<br />
* Amounts exclude GST
ZW<strong>SA</strong> worked with the Environment Protection<br />
Authority and local government on a number of<br />
initiatives for implementing the <strong>Waste</strong> EPP<br />
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Financial and legislative<br />
instruments<br />
Review of the solid waste levy<br />
The State <strong>Gov</strong>ernment <strong>2010</strong>–<strong>11</strong> budget indicated an<br />
increase in revenue collected through the solid waste levy<br />
under the Fees and Levies regulations of the Environment<br />
Protection Act 1983.<br />
On 27 October <strong>2010</strong>, the Minister for Environment and<br />
Conservation directed <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> under the <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong><br />
<strong>SA</strong> Act 2004, to review the structure and impacts of the<br />
solid waste levy in consultation with key stakeholders. The<br />
levy review began in early 20<strong>11</strong> and its findings will be<br />
used to advise the Minister in 20<strong>11</strong>–12.<br />
A committee of the Board of <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> has been<br />
established by way of section 12(1) of the <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong><br />
Act 2004 to oversee the review. The committee includes<br />
representatives from:<br />
> <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> Board and <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong><br />
> Environment Protection Authority Board and<br />
Environment Protection Authority<br />
> Local <strong>Gov</strong>ernment Association<br />
> South Australian Branch of the <strong>Waste</strong> Management<br />
Association of Australia.<br />
<strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> has identified these items as high priority<br />
problematic wastes. In <strong>2010</strong>–<strong>11</strong>, it worked with the<br />
Environment Protection Authority and local government<br />
on a number of initiatives for implementing the <strong>Waste</strong> EPP,<br />
for example:<br />
> electronic waste collections with a focus on areas of<br />
regional South Australia affected by the television<br />
signal switchover from analogue to digital<br />
> collection of hazardous waste, oil and lead acid<br />
batteries through the <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> Household and<br />
Farm Hazardous <strong>Waste</strong> Collection Program across<br />
South Australia<br />
> supporting plastics recycling in the Commercial and<br />
Industrial sector through <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong>’s Recycling<br />
at Work and REAP, and including plastics recycling<br />
as a priority project in <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong>’s <strong>2010</strong>–<strong>11</strong><br />
Metropolitan Infrastructure program<br />
> l<strong>au</strong>nch of the BackLight Household Light Globe<br />
Recycling Program to enable householders to drop off<br />
a range of fluorescent globes for recycling at 50 Mitre<br />
10 stores across the State.<br />
Environment Protection (<strong>Waste</strong> to Resources) Policy <strong>2010</strong><br />
The Environment Protection (<strong>Waste</strong> to Resources) Policy<br />
<strong>2010</strong> (<strong>Waste</strong> EPP) came into operation on 1 September<br />
<strong>2010</strong> and will progressively ban certain wastes from<br />
going to landfill. The <strong>Waste</strong> EPP provides the regulatory<br />
underpinning for the <strong>Waste</strong> Strategy 20<strong>11</strong>–2015.<br />
The banned items, listed at schedule 4 of the <strong>Waste</strong> EPP,<br />
include electronic waste, plastics (LDPE and PVC), compact<br />
fluorescent lights and mercury containing lights.
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Incentives<br />
Sustainable markets and innovation<br />
The <strong>Waste</strong> Strategy recognises the need to promote markets for recycled materials,<br />
improve the viability of the recycling sector and develop value-added recycled products.<br />
<strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong>’s Sustainable Markets and Innovation Incentive program targets key waste<br />
streams and their associated recycling industries as identified by <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong>’s multicriteria<br />
analysis tool. The program provides financial incentives to assist with marketing<br />
to increase and support markets for recycled materials. Projects are coordinated through<br />
each material industry sector (for example, composting, aggregate and plastics).<br />
In <strong>2010</strong>–<strong>11</strong>, $75,000 was provided to South Australia’s composting industry market<br />
development initiative ‘Compost for Soils’ program.<br />
Compost for Soils ($75,000)<br />
Compost for Soils is a collaborative project between three South Australian compost<br />
industry members: The Jeffries Group, Peats Soil and Garden Supplies, and Van Shaik’s<br />
Biogro. This project is managed through <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong>’s service level agreement with the<br />
<strong>Waste</strong> Management Association of Australia.<br />
In <strong>2010</strong>–<strong>11</strong>, Compost for Soils was supported by <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> to:<br />
> raise awareness of Compost for Soils by: undertaking 10 case studies that focus on<br />
economic benefits and positive experiences of using compost and mulch; publishing<br />
articles in targeted media; and expanding electronic communications to key market<br />
segments<br />
> participate in events and communication opportunities such as the International<br />
Symposium 20<strong>11</strong> Conference trade display, Promoting Farm Ready program, and<br />
various field days; and produce and maintain marketing literature stock<br />
> prepare a desktop industry report that summarises key agriculture sector profiles<br />
as a snapshot of land area under crop type and the number of potential compost<br />
customers<br />
> research new markets and technologies nationally and overseas to gain insight and<br />
suggest priority areas for South Australian producers.
The program aims to increase the ability of local<br />
processors to turn recycled material into high-value<br />
end-use products<br />
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Metropolitan Infrastructure<br />
program<br />
The Metropolitan Infrastructure program aims to: increase<br />
the ability of local processors to turn recycled material into<br />
high-value end-use products; and invest in infrastructure<br />
that enables greater reuse of waste materials.<br />
In <strong>2010</strong>–<strong>11</strong>, $1.5 million was awarded to seven waste<br />
infrastructure projects in metropolitan Adelaide.<br />
Lucas <strong>Waste</strong> Management ($250,000) – Resource recovery<br />
facility at Southern <strong>Waste</strong> Depot<br />
Lucas <strong>Waste</strong> Management will construct and equip a<br />
dedicated undercover resource recovery facility for the<br />
receipt, sorting and further processing of waste materials.<br />
The facility will enable more effective and efficient<br />
separation of materials from a comingled waste stream for<br />
various reuse and recycling markets. Lucas aims to divert an<br />
additional 22,000 tonnes per annum from this facility, and<br />
is contributing an additional $724,000 to the project.<br />
Adelaide Woodfibre ($230,000) – Briquette manufacture<br />
from waste masonite and MDF<br />
This project will recycle masonite sheets into briquette<br />
logs suitable for use in combustion heaters and open<br />
fireplaces. Masonite is not suitable for recycling into<br />
mulch materials bec<strong>au</strong>se once milled, it returns to its<br />
fibre consistency. The project will grind the masonite<br />
and extrude the material under pressure into medium<br />
and high density combustible briquette logs. 12,000<br />
tonnes of masonite is currently stockpiled for processing<br />
and 3,000 tonnes is expected to be processed each year.<br />
Up to 10 new jobs are expected to be created from this<br />
project. Adelaide Woodfibre is contributing an additional<br />
$528,105 to the project.<br />
Propak Industries ($199,000) – Bio-Fill capability and<br />
capacity upscale<br />
This innovative project will expand a biodegradable<br />
polystyrene replacement product range ‘Bio-Fill’ to<br />
include profile packaging. Its production requires Propak<br />
to upscale its current capabilities and capacity, through<br />
commissioning new plant and equipment. With this<br />
upgrade, Propak will extend into other product lines such<br />
as flat sheets and large specialised shapes for packaging<br />
bigger items. Propak produced more than 5,000 kg each<br />
month over the year and aims to increase this 60 tonnes<br />
to 144 tonnes a year with the introduction of profile<br />
packaging solutions to replace polystyrene. Propak is<br />
contributing an additional $199,022 to this project.<br />
Foodbank <strong>SA</strong> ($50,000) – Warehouse expansion project<br />
The not-for-profit organisation Foodbank <strong>SA</strong> collects<br />
surplus edible food and groceries from manufacturers<br />
and retailers, and distributes it to welfare agencies<br />
and community groups. It acts as a central agency for<br />
collection of the surplus food, much of which would<br />
otherwise end up in landfill. The $50,000 towards<br />
expansion of the Foodbank <strong>SA</strong> Edwardstown warehouse,<br />
will gain extra storage for around 400 pallets of groceries<br />
or additional capacity for about 350 tonnes storage at<br />
any given time. In <strong>2010</strong>–<strong>11</strong>, Foodbank captured and<br />
redistributed approximately 1.3 million kilograms of food.<br />
Peats Soils and Composting ($300,000) – Green waste<br />
grinding project<br />
Peats Soils and Composting will implement high efficiency<br />
grinding equipment to process increasing volumes of<br />
organic kerbside collections to an acceptable commercial<br />
standard. The purchase and implementation of this<br />
equipment will enable the removal of contamination (such<br />
as metals) from organic waste and double the processing<br />
capacity of organics at Peats’ Willunga site over the next<br />
three years. This project will also link to Solo Resource<br />
Recovery’s project which includes a covered organics<br />
area at the Adelaide <strong>Waste</strong> and Recycling Centre. Peats is<br />
contributing an additional $310,000 to this project.
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The new recycling facility is fully undercover, utilises<br />
state-of-the-art sorting and recovery equipment, and<br />
will significantly increase resource recovery capacity<br />
Peats Soils and Composting ($175,000) – Kerbside<br />
screening project<br />
Peats Soils and Composting will purchase screening<br />
equipment to sort and remove contaminants from<br />
kerbside-collected organic waste, such as metals and<br />
plastics, which is processed into compost. Current methods<br />
of contaminant removal based on manual picking and<br />
mechanical screening are not adequately keeping pace<br />
with operational requirements. The processing and<br />
production of consistent and reliable product from organic<br />
material is essential for continuing to support and grow<br />
consumer confidence in the recycled product. Peats is<br />
contributing an additional $175,000 to this project.<br />
Solo Resource Recovery ($300,000) – Adelaide <strong>Waste</strong><br />
and Recycling Centre redevelopment<br />
This project will significantly expand and upgrade the<br />
facilities and waste receiving capability at Solo Resource<br />
Recovery’s Adelaide <strong>Waste</strong> and Recycling Centre in North<br />
Plympton. This upgrade includes improving public access to<br />
the site for a range of resource recovery streams including<br />
e-waste, hazardous waste, mixed dry recyclables and<br />
organics, and construction of a large permanently covered<br />
area for organics (including food). The project aims to<br />
increase diversion from landfill by 40%, or 2,000 tonnes<br />
per week. Solo Resource Recovery is contributing an<br />
additional $1,700,000 to this project.<br />
Progress on previously awarded projects<br />
Integrated <strong>Waste</strong> Services – commercial and industrial<br />
materials recovery and sorting equipment ($300,000)<br />
Integrated <strong>Waste</strong> Services l<strong>au</strong>nched a new $4 million<br />
purpose built recycling centre in Wingfield in early<br />
September <strong>2010</strong>. <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> and the Australian<br />
Packaging Covenant contributed to the facility through<br />
a grant of $300,000 ($150,000 from each agency) for the<br />
installation of high-quality commercial and industrial<br />
materials recovery and sorting equipment expected to<br />
divert an additional 100,000 tonnes from landfill. The new<br />
recycling facility is fully undercover, utilises state-of-theart<br />
sorting and recovery equipment, and will significantly<br />
increase resource recovery capacity, therefore preventing<br />
huge tonnages of resources being sent to landfill.<br />
Integrated <strong>Waste</strong> Services spent $3.7 million on the new<br />
recycling facility.<br />
<strong>SA</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> Management – mixed waste resource recovery<br />
facility ($175,000)<br />
<strong>SA</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> Management has invested in resource<br />
recovery infrastructure to dramatically improve sorting<br />
and processing efficiency at <strong>SA</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> Management’s<br />
transfer station. The station became operational in<br />
November <strong>2010</strong> and was expected to divert 3,000 tonnes<br />
of mixed waste materials from landfill each year. Early<br />
performance reports indicate that diversion of materials<br />
from this facility has exceeded this expectation. <strong>SA</strong> <strong>Waste</strong><br />
Management’s contribution to the project is expected to<br />
be around $440,000.<br />
Regional Implementation<br />
Program<br />
The <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> Regional Implementation Program<br />
supports regional government to reform processes and<br />
improve recovery of materials.<br />
Regional areas, where population densities are low,<br />
generate 20% of South Australia’s waste. It is often<br />
difficult and complex to deliver waste and recycling<br />
services in these locations. <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> has supported<br />
regional waste management strategies. As these are<br />
completed, <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> offers grants to support up to<br />
50% of the implementation costs.<br />
The Regional Implementation Program was reviewed in<br />
2009 10, to gather feedback from stakeholders on barriers<br />
experienced, identify opportunities for improvement<br />
and g<strong>au</strong>ge future demand. Key recommendations were<br />
incorporated into the <strong>2010</strong>–<strong>11</strong> funding round of the<br />
Regional Implementation Program.
Electrical and electronic products at end-of-life are<br />
increasing in number and volume. Some of their component<br />
parts are hazardous and disposal is a major concern.<br />
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In December <strong>2010</strong>, $1.7 million was awarded to 19<br />
regional projects:<br />
> Central Local <strong>Gov</strong>ernment Region – a transfer station<br />
at Quorn, improvements to the District Council of<br />
Peterborough’s recycling shed, and extension of the<br />
Yorketown Progress Association’s Sort & Save shed<br />
(total $162,590)<br />
> Eyre Peninsula LGA – transfer stations and baling<br />
facilities for recyclables at Tumby Bay to service<br />
communities on the Lower Eyre Peninsula and<br />
a sorting facility in Ceduna to complement the<br />
introduction of a kerbside collection service in 20<strong>11</strong><br />
(total $209,991)<br />
> South East LGA – a waste oil facility at Naracoorte<br />
Transfer Station, electronic waste containers at<br />
Mt Gambier, a hard waste processing facility at<br />
Sandy Ridge landfill, a sorting and baling facility<br />
at Bordertown, a waste transfer station at Port<br />
McDonnell, extension of an existing solid waste<br />
recycling and reuse facility at Mt Gambier, and a<br />
cardboard baler and trailer at Penola (total $525,616)<br />
> Murray and Mallee LGA – a resource recovery facility<br />
at Monash, transfer station at Waikerie, and a<br />
sorting facility for kerbside recyclables in Loxton in<br />
anticipation of the District Council of Loxton Waikerie<br />
implementing kerbside recycling in 20<strong>11</strong> (total<br />
$494,700)<br />
> Southern and Hills LGA – a resource recovery<br />
facility at Victor Harbor, an <strong>au</strong>tobaler for Kangaroo<br />
Island Resource Recovery Centre to improve freight<br />
efficiencies, extension to a composting pad at Goolwa,<br />
and a salvage shed at Strathalbyn ($317,100).<br />
<strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> also provided funding of $80,000 through<br />
the Local <strong>Gov</strong>ernment Association to enable regions to<br />
engage regional waste coordinators to provide planning<br />
expertise and assist in progressing regional plans.<br />
Regional projects in progress from the previous funding<br />
round are:<br />
> Central Local <strong>Gov</strong>ernment Region – transfer stations<br />
at Clare, Kadina and Port Pirie, and an upgrade to a<br />
cardboard baling facility at Brinkworth (total $287,175)<br />
> Eyre Peninsula LGA – transfer stations and baling<br />
facilities for recyclables at Cleve, Coffin Bay and<br />
Cummins, and improvements to a composting facility<br />
at Whyalla (total $<strong>11</strong>4,973)<br />
> South East LGA – transfer stations at Lucindale<br />
and Nene Valley, and construction and demolition<br />
recycling infrastructure at Naracoorte (total $238,526)<br />
> Murray and Mallee LGA – resource recovery facilities<br />
at Coonalpyn and Tintinara (total $21,100)<br />
> Southern and Hills LGA – a construction and<br />
demolition recycling facility at Strathalbyn, and<br />
improvements to a waste and recycling facility at<br />
Woodside ($36,372).<br />
E-waste<br />
Electrical and electronic products at end-of-life are increasing<br />
in number and volume. Some of their component parts are<br />
hazardous and disposal is a major concern.<br />
The Environment Protection (<strong>Waste</strong> to Resources) Policy<br />
2009, which came into effect 1 September <strong>2010</strong>, contains<br />
a number of bans on materials being disposed to landfill.<br />
Computer monitors and televisions including components,<br />
subassemblies and consumables, and other electrical/<br />
electronic equipment may not be disposed to landfill in<br />
metropolitan Adelaide from September 2012, and may not<br />
be disposed of to landfill in other areas of South Australia<br />
from September 2013.<br />
State and Territory Ministers, through the former<br />
Environment Protection and Heritage Council in November<br />
2009, agreed on a national product stewardship scheme<br />
for televisions and computers. The scheme is being<br />
developed following the passage of the Commonwealth<br />
Product Stewardship Act 20<strong>11</strong> on 22 June 20<strong>11</strong>, with<br />
anticipated introduction in late 20<strong>11</strong> or 2012.
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Product stewardship is an approach that recognises the<br />
responsibility of all parties in the consumption of goods<br />
to share in managing their environmental impacts.<br />
Product stewardship is an approach that recognises the<br />
responsibility of all parties in the consumption of goods<br />
to share in managing their environmental impacts.<br />
Parties may include consumers, retailers, distributors and<br />
manufacturers. South Australia’s beverage container<br />
deposit system was the first Australian example of a<br />
product stewardship scheme.<br />
The State <strong>Gov</strong>ernment has committed to provide support<br />
to councils for recycling computers, TVs and other<br />
electronic waste until the national product stewardship<br />
scheme is in place.<br />
Regional television recycling<br />
Parts of regional South Australia and Broken Hill<br />
switched from analogy television signal to digital signal<br />
on 15 December <strong>2010</strong>. This affected 29 councils and<br />
approximately <strong>11</strong>5,000 households in four of the five<br />
South Australian Local <strong>Gov</strong>ernment regions.<br />
The switchover will be progressively implemented across<br />
Australia with regional South Australia and Broken Hill<br />
scheduled first. Other States will switchover from July 20<strong>11</strong><br />
and metropolitan Adelaide will switchover between 1 July<br />
and 31 December 2013.<br />
During <strong>2010</strong>–<strong>11</strong>, <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> undertook the following<br />
activities to continue its support for electronic waste<br />
collections.<br />
Metropolitan e-waste collection event<br />
<strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong>, in conjunction with the Local <strong>Gov</strong>ernment<br />
Association and major brand owner, Apple Pty Ltd,<br />
facilitated a metropolitan wide e-waste collection event on<br />
<strong>11</strong> and 12 September <strong>2010</strong>.<br />
The event was funded by Apple and <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong><br />
financially supported the communication arrangements<br />
leading up to the event. Participating councils were<br />
responsible for providing a collection facility and<br />
promoting their event to the community.<br />
At seven collection points – Adelaide; Davoren Park;<br />
Largs North; Lynton; Salisbury South; Seaford Meadows;<br />
Somerton Park – 9,878 members of the public dropped<br />
off unwanted items free of charge. The 515 tonnes of<br />
electrical and electronic material collected for recycling<br />
included computer equipment, televisions, mobiles,<br />
electronic computer games, televisions, video recorders<br />
digital and video cameras.<br />
Householders are able to continue using analog televisions<br />
through a digital set top box but it was anticipated that<br />
a number of householders would divest themselves of old<br />
televisions in order to purchase new digitally ready sets.<br />
Without adequate recycling opportunities, it was likely<br />
that most unwanted televisions would end up in landfill or<br />
be illegally dumped.<br />
Recognising this potential issue, <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong>, with<br />
support from the Local <strong>Gov</strong>ernment Association (LGA),<br />
partnered with the Australian <strong>Gov</strong>ernment to fund a<br />
television collection and recycling program to coincide<br />
with the December <strong>2010</strong> digital switchover.<br />
<strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> and the LGA established a network of<br />
drop-off locations within the affected regional areas<br />
where householders could leave unwanted televisions<br />
for recycling for free between 20 December <strong>2010</strong> and<br />
Sunday 20 February 20<strong>11</strong>. During this period, 40 shipping<br />
containers were deployed to 19 major regional locations to<br />
collect unwanted televisions from householders.<br />
While the program officially closed on 20 February 20<strong>11</strong>,<br />
<strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> successfully negotiated with the Australian<br />
<strong>Gov</strong>ernment and LGA to allow a further six shipping<br />
containers to be deployed to the regional areas to collect<br />
any additional televisions from regional centres until the<br />
31 March 20<strong>11</strong>.
<strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> will continue supporting e waste<br />
collections until a national recycling scheme for<br />
computers and televisions is in place.<br />
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At the end of the program, a total of 19,086 unwanted<br />
televisions were collected from the 19 collection points,<br />
equating to 428 tonnes of material diverted from landfill.<br />
<strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> will continue supporting e waste<br />
collections until a national recycling scheme for computers<br />
and televisions is in place. The <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> Business<br />
Plan <strong>2010</strong>–20<strong>11</strong> provides a budget of $500,000 to continue<br />
support in the collection and reprocessing of e-waste.<br />
<strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> Environmental<br />
User System<br />
Implementation of the <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> Environmental User<br />
System (ZEUS) began in 2007–08 and was completed in<br />
June 2009. Collection of illegal dumping and municipal<br />
solid waste data from metropolitan and non metropolitan<br />
councils across the state followed. ZEUS allows the<br />
electronic capture, storage and reporting of waste and<br />
recycling data across metropolitan and non metropolitan<br />
areas and at a state level for South Australia.<br />
Another key focus of <strong>2010</strong>–<strong>11</strong> was integration of GIS<br />
data , which enables quick and easily understood<br />
interpretations of the data collected by ZEUS. Using this<br />
tool, visual representations of useful information can be<br />
created such as the locations of recycling facilities and<br />
landfill sites across the State, as well as funding allocations<br />
under each <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> program according to industry<br />
type, location and date awarded.<br />
The expansion of the array of data collected by ZEUS will<br />
continue to be a key focus of <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> to assist in<br />
reporting on targets in the <strong>Waste</strong> Strategy 20<strong>11</strong>–2015 and<br />
South Australia’s Strategic Plan 20<strong>11</strong>.<br />
ZEUS collects data from:<br />
> annual surveys of recycling activities<br />
> <strong>au</strong>dits of landfills, transfer stations, material recovery<br />
facilities<br />
> public and industry sector specific surveys in waste,<br />
recycling and wasteful consumption<br />
> council returns on kerbside collections of waste, dry<br />
recyclables, organic material and incidences of illegal<br />
dumping<br />
> container deposit returns, and litter incidence data<br />
from KE<strong>SA</strong>B environmental solutions<br />
> hazardous waste including household hazardous<br />
waste and farm chemicals collections and electronic<br />
waste).<br />
During <strong>2010</strong>–<strong>11</strong>, <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> began collecting data<br />
from major composters in South Australia that will ensure<br />
accurate reporting of organic material diversion to<br />
composting in the State.
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Stakeholders, partnering and linkages<br />
KE<strong>SA</strong>B environmental solutions<br />
KE<strong>SA</strong>B environmental solutions has a valued role as a partner delivering <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong><br />
programs to schools and households on litter measurement, reduction, education and<br />
awareness; and on illegal dumping and compliance awareness. The three-year service<br />
level agreement between the two parties, covering 1 July 2008 to 30 June 20<strong>11</strong>, defined<br />
outcomes that placed a high expectation on KE<strong>SA</strong>B.<br />
Individual KE<strong>SA</strong>B programs funded by <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> in <strong>2010</strong>–<strong>11</strong> were:<br />
> <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> and KE<strong>SA</strong>B Wipe Out <strong>Waste</strong> school program ($200,000)<br />
> litter counts, trends, analysis and monitoring ($64,000)<br />
> Clean Site building industry litter reduction, recycling and resource recovery ($30,000)<br />
> <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> and KE<strong>SA</strong>B litter reduction program ($30,000)<br />
> Sustainable Communities, incorporating Tidy Towns ($34,000)<br />
> community litter, education and resources campaign ($100,000).<br />
In <strong>2010</strong>–<strong>11</strong>, <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> and KE<strong>SA</strong>B developed a new three-year service level agreement<br />
starting July 20<strong>11</strong> to continue its work in community education and engagement in<br />
reducing waste and underpin the objectives of the <strong>Waste</strong> Strategy 20<strong>11</strong>–2015.<br />
Local <strong>Gov</strong>ernment Association<br />
The LGA, supported by $30,000 in funding from <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong>, employs a person to give<br />
waste management support to local councils, in particular in developing regional waste<br />
management arrangements.<br />
The current three-year agreement to <strong>2010</strong>–<strong>11</strong> specifies key deliverables which are<br />
negotiated at the beginning of each financial year.<br />
The objectives of <strong>2010</strong>–<strong>11</strong> focused on:<br />
> supporting implementation of food collection with kerbside organics in councils<br />
> coordinating electronic waste collection initiatives such as: the metropolitan<br />
electronic waste collection event in September <strong>2010</strong> in collaboration with Apple Pty<br />
Ltd; and television collection arrangements to coincide with the television signal<br />
switchover in December <strong>2010</strong> in parts of regional South Australia<br />
> supporting the continued process of waste management reform by country councils<br />
> facilitating local government discussion of key issues of relevance to <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong>.<br />
During <strong>2010</strong>–<strong>11</strong>, <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> and the LGA negotiated a new three-year agreement<br />
to extend to 2014 which will assist in implementing the objectives of the <strong>Waste</strong> Strategy<br />
20<strong>11</strong>–2015.
The <strong>Waste</strong> Management Association of Australia,<br />
<strong>SA</strong> division (WMAA) provides an essential link<br />
between the industry and <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong>.<br />
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<strong>Waste</strong> Management Association of Australia<br />
The <strong>Waste</strong> Management Association of Australia, <strong>SA</strong> division (WMAA), coordinates and articulates its members’ concerns<br />
and suggestions, and provides an essential link between the industry and <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong>. WMAA has several working groups<br />
including Compost <strong>SA</strong>, Landfill <strong>SA</strong>, Carbon Committee and AWARE (waste education). <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> supports WMAA to:<br />
> run events to improve industry knowledge and expertise and provide networking opportunities<br />
> administer working groups and distribute <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> information to members.<br />
<strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> sponsored the following WMAA seminars from August <strong>2010</strong> to May 20<strong>11</strong>:<br />
Theme Keynote speaker(s) Date No.<br />
attending<br />
<strong>SA</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> Educators Working Group Breakfast<br />
Seminar. Key topics: Recycle Right program,<br />
Environment Protection (<strong>Waste</strong> to Resources)<br />
Policy, SULO Innovation in Sustainability Award<br />
> Dr Marcia Hewitt and Ms Isis Kowaliaskous,<br />
<strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong><br />
> Mr Tony Circelli, Environment Protection<br />
Authority<br />
> Mr Don Richardson, <strong>SA</strong> President, WMAA<br />
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Draft <strong>SA</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> Strategy 20<strong>11</strong> 2015<br />
Presentation<br />
> Mr Ian Harvey, Manager, Strategy and<br />
Programs, <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong><br />
8 September<br />
<strong>2010</strong><br />
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Life in compost, life after compost > Mr Peter Wadewitz, Chair, Compost<br />
Australia<br />
> Mr Steven Marshall MP, Member for<br />
Norwood<br />
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International Perspectives and Research on<br />
Land Application of Recycled Organics<br />
> Professor Steven Smith, Imperial College,<br />
London<br />
31 January 20<strong>11</strong> 21<br />
<strong>SA</strong> Branch <strong>Annual</strong> Members Meeting > The Hon P<strong>au</strong>l Caica MP, Minister for<br />
Environment and Conservation<br />
> Ms Val Southam, Chief Executive Officer,<br />
WMAA<br />
30 March 20<strong>11</strong> 38<br />
Not in my Backyard Seminar & Round<br />
Table: exploring planning issues for waste<br />
management and resource recovery facilities<br />
Carbon Farming Initiative impacts &<br />
opportunities for <strong>Waste</strong> Management and<br />
Resource Recovery<br />
> Dr Donna Ferretti, Department of Planning<br />
and Local <strong>Gov</strong>ernment<br />
> Mr Peter Dolan, Environment Protection<br />
Authority<br />
> Mr Fraser Bell, Thomson Playford Cutlers<br />
Lawyers<br />
> Mr Doug Wallace, Aurecon<br />
> Ms Elisa de Wit, Norton Rose, Australia<br />
Methodology Development Team, Carbon<br />
Farming Initiative, Department of Climate<br />
Change and Energy Efficiency<br />
18 May 20<strong>11</strong> 48<br />
31 May 20<strong>11</strong> 100
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The trials tested a range of measures to increase<br />
confidence for possible future roll out of strategic waste<br />
management and recycling measures across the APY Lands<br />
<strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> also provided $30,000 to sponsor Watch<br />
Your WASTE Line, the WMAA’s biennial conference held<br />
27–29 October <strong>2010</strong>. The conference focused on food<br />
organics recovery with a comprehensive look at waste in<br />
all areas of society’s food chain, including life cycles, social<br />
behaviours, identified education gaps, and collection and<br />
processing methodologies.<br />
The conference brought together industry, State<br />
<strong>Gov</strong>ernment, local government and not-for-profit groups,<br />
and South Australian, national and international experts<br />
in waste management, to examine and discuss future<br />
directions and best practices for waste management issues<br />
in South Australia.<br />
The conference theme of food waste attracted many<br />
notable speakers including:<br />
> Mr Jon Dee, Founder and Chairman of Do Something,<br />
NSW Australian of the Year for <strong>2010</strong> and Founder of<br />
Planet Ark<br />
> Ms Ronni Kahn, Founder of OzHarvest and Australian<br />
of the Year Local Hero <strong>2010</strong><br />
> The late Mr Kit Strange, Director of Resource Recovery<br />
Forum – UK<br />
> Ms Gabrielle Kelly, Adelaide Thinkers in Residence<br />
Program<br />
> Mr Chris Adams, Orbit Media Group.<br />
The conference also included a day of technical tours<br />
which enabled delegates to visit South Australia’s leading<br />
waste management processing facilities.<br />
Out of councils and remote areas<br />
The project seeks a strategic approach to reducing<br />
waste, increasing resource recovery and improving<br />
landfill management across the APY Lands. This work<br />
involved significant consultation and engagement with<br />
stakeholders, including the APY Lands community and<br />
relevant state government departments.<br />
During 2009–10, <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> managed 14 waste<br />
management trials in each major community in the APY<br />
Lands. The project was managed by <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> and<br />
supported by $500,000 funding from FaHCSIA.<br />
The trials tested a range of measures to increase confidence<br />
for possible future roll out of strategic waste management<br />
and recycling measures across the APY Lands. Ultimately<br />
this will lead to avoidance, reduction, reuse and recycling<br />
practices that relieve pressure on landfills and improve<br />
health, safety and environmental outcomes.<br />
Specific projects undertaken on the APY lands include:<br />
> collection of 10 cent deposit containers – introducing<br />
a collection system through the schools to reduce<br />
litter, increase recycling and provide an income stream<br />
> bins and bin stands in public places – installing basic<br />
infrastructure that will not be knocked over by<br />
animals<br />
> bins in houses – encouraging the use of rubbish bins<br />
inside houses accompanied by educational training<br />
called ‘Germ Theory’ which explores ‘why’ to use bins<br />
and proper waste management.<br />
Total <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> expenditure on this program during<br />
<strong>2010</strong>–<strong>11</strong> was $83,400.<br />
Between 2005 and <strong>2010</strong>, <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> worked with<br />
the Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation Division of the<br />
Department of the Premier and Cabinet, and with the<br />
Australian <strong>Gov</strong>ernment Department of Families, Housing,<br />
Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA)<br />
on waste management initiatives on the Anangu<br />
Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands.
Research and development helps <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> acquire<br />
knowledge and understanding of better ways to achieve<br />
its objectives<br />
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<strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> Centre for<br />
Sustainable Design and Behaviour<br />
Research and development helps <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> acquire<br />
knowledge and understanding of better ways to achieve its<br />
objectives. They are also a requirement of the <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong><br />
<strong>SA</strong> Act 2004. Consequently, the <strong>Waste</strong> Strategy 20<strong>11</strong>–2015<br />
recognises that research will underpin and inform how we<br />
address these new challenges of wasteful consumption, and<br />
change behaviours. As we extend our knowledge and focus<br />
on sustainable use of resources, we begin to extend beyond<br />
known approaches to recycling and reuse.<br />
The <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> Centre for Sustainable Design and<br />
Behaviour, established in 2008, is a $2 million partnership<br />
between the University of South Australia (Uni<strong>SA</strong>) and<br />
<strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> over five years. Located in the School of<br />
Art, Architecture and Design, the <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> Centre,<br />
brings together in collaboration approximately 70<br />
academics across several universities.<br />
Professor Steffen Lehmann was appointed to Chair<br />
the <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> Centre on 1 August <strong>2010</strong>. Professor<br />
Lehmann is an internationally renowned designer<br />
of sustainable buildings and city scapes, particularly<br />
through his recent roles as Chair, Architectural Design<br />
at the University of Newcastle and UNESCO Chair in<br />
Sustainable Urban Development for Asia and the Pacific.<br />
He is passionate about facilitating sustainable behaviour<br />
change through systems that make it easy for people to<br />
make more sustainable choices.<br />
The research centre will examine issues of waste<br />
management and reduction, recycling and resource<br />
efficiency. The centre uniquely brings together elements<br />
of design and behaviour change across a multitude of<br />
academic disciplines from architecture to childhood<br />
development.<br />
Australia Research Council Grants<br />
In 2009, the <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> Centre won an Australia<br />
Research Council Grant of $306,000 for the fouryear<br />
project: <strong>Zero</strong>-ing in on Food <strong>Waste</strong>: Measuring,<br />
understanding and reducing food waste in South Australia<br />
from production to consumption in households and<br />
rest<strong>au</strong>rants. The project focuses on understanding social<br />
and behavioural aspects of food waste. It is expected to<br />
generate valuable insights for state government that<br />
generate changes in consumer behaviour.<br />
In <strong>2010</strong>–<strong>11</strong>, three further <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> Centre projects<br />
gained Australian Research Council grants:<br />
> In July <strong>2010</strong>, $240,000 was awarded over four years<br />
for the project: Work, Life and Sustainable Living:<br />
How work, household and community life interact<br />
to affect environmental behaviours and outcomes.<br />
The project will examine how the circumstances and<br />
interaction of work, home and community affect<br />
capacities to reduce negative environmental impacts<br />
especially workplace and household transport, waste,<br />
energy and water use practices.<br />
> In January 20<strong>11</strong>, $370,000 was awarded over three<br />
years for the project: Paving the way: An experimental<br />
approach to the mathematical modelling and design<br />
of permeable pavements. The project will examine the<br />
intelligent use of permeable pavements using recycled<br />
components.<br />
> In January 20<strong>11</strong>, $445,000 over three years for the<br />
project: Reconsidering Sustainable Building and<br />
Design: A cultural change approach. This project will<br />
help reduce construction and demolition waste by<br />
addressing the role of the building procurement team<br />
in reducing resource use and eliminating waste.
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The <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> Centre will continue to develop<br />
research proposals to attract national research and<br />
development funding<br />
The <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> Centre will continue to develop research<br />
proposals to attract national research and development<br />
funding in areas such as children’s personal consumption<br />
choices, deconstructing and reconsidering sustainable<br />
building design, resource consumption synergies,<br />
sustainable product service systems, and the measurement,<br />
understanding and reduction of food waste.<br />
<strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> Pam Keating Memorial Scholarship<br />
Uni<strong>SA</strong> has established the <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> Pam Keating<br />
Memorial Scholarship for honours students in memory<br />
of the late Pam Keating, a noted environmentalist,<br />
waste management expert and former <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong><br />
Board member. Ms Keating passionately believed in<br />
the importance of reducing waste and its impact on<br />
our environment, and was committed to education<br />
and training for sustainability. The scholarship provides<br />
funding of $10,000 to a full-time honours student to<br />
research an area of interest to the <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> Centre.<br />
In <strong>2010</strong>–<strong>11</strong>, Mr Bill Page, the in<strong>au</strong>gural scholarship<br />
student, completed his research project: Social Marketing<br />
in Schools: Development, implementation and evaluation,<br />
which focused on social marketing programs aimed at<br />
children. Mr Page’s research also has links to <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong><br />
<strong>SA</strong>’s Wipe Out <strong>Waste</strong> program which helps to educate<br />
children to understand and adopt sustainable behaviours.<br />
In June 20<strong>11</strong>, Ms Kerrie Bell was selected as the<br />
second scholarship student under this program for the<br />
research project: Design of Behavioural Interventions<br />
for Maximising Visitor Compliance with a Food <strong>Waste</strong><br />
Separation Scheme in a Caravan Park. Ms Bell’s project<br />
will design a food separation and collection system in<br />
Adelaide Shores caravan park to help divert food waste to<br />
composting. Adelaide Shores is also participating in <strong>Zero</strong><br />
<strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong>’s REAP.
Municipal Solid <strong>Waste</strong><br />
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Kerbside food waste incentives<br />
South Australia’s <strong>Waste</strong> Strategy 20<strong>11</strong>–2015 includes a stretch target of 70% of all<br />
material presented at the kerbside to be recycled by 2015. Achievement of this target will<br />
require kerbside collection of food waste and improvements that reduce contamination.<br />
To assist local government to achieve the target, <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> has incentive grants<br />
available to councils that introduce food waste systems for collection with green organics<br />
and subsequent composting.<br />
By collecting and processing dry recyclables and green organics, metropolitan councils<br />
now typically divert in the order of 50–55% of household waste. Audits indicate that<br />
up to 50% of material in the waste bin is food or other organic material suitable for<br />
composting.<br />
During 2009, 17,000 households in 10 council areas participated in Australia’s most<br />
comprehensive pilot of household food waste recycling. Different designs of benchtop<br />
containers were tested together with, and without, the use of compostable liner<br />
bags. Food waste was collected as part of existing council green organics collections.<br />
Households could recycle shredded paper and tissues and all food scraps, including meat,<br />
bones, teabags, and egg and oyster shells.<br />
The food waste pilots informed <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> and stakeholders of the: potential for<br />
diversion; kerbside yields; contamination rates; resident satisfaction levels; changes in<br />
presentation rates with differing collection frequency; cost implications; load capacities;<br />
and odour levels. The assessment showed high levels of participation and diversions of up<br />
to 71% of materials away from landfill in some areas.<br />
Results from the pilot importantly informed a further <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> incentive program:,<br />
Kerbside Performance Plus, to which the <strong>Gov</strong>ernment committed $6.1 million over four<br />
years (from <strong>2010</strong> 20<strong>11</strong> to 2013–2014).<br />
Under the new program a first round of funding was awarded to five councils in<br />
December <strong>2010</strong> to:<br />
> City of Norwood, Payneham and St Peters ($157,782)<br />
> City of Port Adelaide Enfield ($4<strong>11</strong>,140)<br />
> City of Prospect ($80,285)<br />
> Naracoorte Lucindale Council ($29,250)<br />
> The City of Whyalla ($16,653).<br />
This funding will help approximately 89,000 households to increase their recycling efforts.
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<strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> is continuing to assist those councils who wish<br />
to implement higher performing kerbside systems by awarding<br />
funding upon achieving specified performance criteria.<br />
Kerbside Performance (Regional Recycling) Incentive<br />
Program<br />
In 2002, councils diverted on average only 20% of kerbside<br />
collected material from landfill.<br />
Since <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> began financial incentive programs<br />
in 2004, metropolitan councils and some regional councils<br />
have installed uniform high-performing kerbside recycling<br />
systems, and introduced education and awareness and<br />
other initiatives. Kerbside recycling efficiencies and<br />
volumes have significantly improved.<br />
Dispersed population centres and considerable transport<br />
distances to Adelaide-based recycling markets make<br />
recycling in non-metropolitan councils more difficult. <strong>Zero</strong><br />
<strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> is continuing to assist those councils who wish to<br />
implement higher performing kerbside systems by awarding<br />
funding upon achieving specified performance criteria.<br />
Funding under the Kerbside Performance (Regional<br />
Recycling) Incentive Program was provided in <strong>2010</strong>–<strong>11</strong> to<br />
four regional councils:<br />
> Naracoorte Lucindale Council ($39,000)<br />
> District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula ($21,120)<br />
> District Council of Barunga West ($12,960)<br />
> District Council of Loxton Waikerie ($63,600).
Commercial and Industrial <strong>Waste</strong>s<br />
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Recycling at Work<br />
An estimated 250,000 tonnes of potential recyclables go to landfill every year from Adelaide’s<br />
commercial and industrial sector. <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong>’s $3 million Recycling at Work program<br />
started in October 2008 and metropolitan businesses have continued efforts under this<br />
program. The scheme receives support from the Australian Packaging Covenant ($576,800).<br />
Funding supports purchase of recycling bins by Adelaide businesses and supplies financial<br />
incentives for <strong>11</strong> waste collection companies (Foodwaste Recyclers, SOLO, Peats Soil and<br />
Garden Supplies, SITA, Transpacific Industries, Amcor, Remondis, Veolia, The Jeffries<br />
Group, Signal and Visy Recycling) to improve recycling services for business.<br />
A total of 1,490 properties, many containing multiple businesses, have installed 3,800 new<br />
recycling bins since the program began with shopping precincts, rest<strong>au</strong>rants and cafes,<br />
schools and universities, hospitals and aged care facilities, police stations, and state and<br />
local government agencies taking part.<br />
This has resulted in the diversion of 7,819 tonnes of material from landfill since the<br />
program began in 2008.
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Litter and Illegal Dumping<br />
Illegal dumping and littering still affect the South Australian environment and it has been<br />
suggested that the increase to the solid waste levy will increase the problem.<br />
The review of the waste levy which began in <strong>2010</strong>–<strong>11</strong>, is considering the risks of increased<br />
incidence of illegal dumping associated with an increase to the solid waste levy.<br />
<strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> also continued to work with the Environment Protection Authority<br />
to identify ways to reduce illegal dumping and encourage behavioural awareness<br />
of litter and illegal dumping issues. This included support for the implementation of<br />
the Environment Protection (<strong>Waste</strong> to Resources) Policy <strong>2010</strong> and implementing litter<br />
reduction and public place recycling initiatives.<br />
<strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong>’s service level agreement with KE<strong>SA</strong>B also sustains litter and illegal dumping<br />
reduction programs. In <strong>2010</strong>–<strong>11</strong>, <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> and KE<strong>SA</strong>B worked on strategies including:<br />
> working with and providing ongoing funding support to KE<strong>SA</strong>B to conduct its litter<br />
campaigns and recycling initiatives<br />
> working with the tobacco, take-away food and hospitality industries to develop and<br />
implement waste avoidance and litter reduction strategies, particularly for public<br />
places and events<br />
> implementing a high-profile media and education campaign to encourage<br />
behavioural awareness of litter and illegal dumping issues<br />
> increasing education, information, investigation and enforcement.
Hazardous <strong>Waste</strong><br />
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Household Hazardous <strong>Waste</strong> and Farm<br />
Chemical Collection<br />
<strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> offers South Australians a responsible safe collection and disposal service<br />
for unwanted chemicals through the mobile Household Hazardous <strong>Waste</strong> and Farm<br />
Chemical Collection program and the Hazardous <strong>Waste</strong> Depot at Dry Creek. From March<br />
2004 to June 20<strong>11</strong>, more than 1,480 tonnes of unwanted hazardous materials was<br />
collected from more than 29,300 people across the State.<br />
The Household Hazardous <strong>Waste</strong> and Farm Chemical Collection and the Dry Creek Depot<br />
remain flagship activities for <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> and are highly regarded by local councils and<br />
the community.<br />
Since <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> took over responsibility for the Dry Creek Depot in June 2008, 226.7<br />
tonnes of hazardous waste was collected up to 30 June 20<strong>11</strong>.<br />
Through the Household Hazardous <strong>Waste</strong> and Farm Chemical Collection program, temporary<br />
collection points are established where the public can deliver their unwanted chemicals.<br />
Dry Creek depot collections<br />
In <strong>2010</strong>–<strong>11</strong>, the Hazardous <strong>Waste</strong> Depot at Dry Creek collected 84.5 tonnes of household<br />
hazardous waste and farm chemicals from 1,517 members of the public.<br />
Collection month Number of vehicles Total weight (kg)<br />
July <strong>2010</strong> 105 6,192<br />
August <strong>2010</strong> 108 4,671<br />
September <strong>2010</strong> 95 6,756<br />
October <strong>2010</strong> 134 6,900<br />
November <strong>2010</strong> 129 7,248<br />
December <strong>2010</strong> <strong>11</strong>7 6,855<br />
January 20<strong>11</strong> 93 4,834<br />
February 20<strong>11</strong> 141 7,524<br />
March 20<strong>11</strong> 158 7,790<br />
April 20<strong>11</strong> 170 10,625<br />
May 20<strong>11</strong> 135 6,7<strong>11</strong><br />
June 20<strong>11</strong> 132 8,4<strong>11</strong><br />
TOTAL 1,517 84,517
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The aluminium and mercury will be used to make new<br />
light globes, the phosphor powder into fertiliser, and the<br />
glass will be re-used into a variety of other glass products.<br />
Household and Farm Chemical Collection mobile collections<br />
In <strong>2010</strong>–<strong>11</strong>, the mobile collection program collected 89.5<br />
tonnes of household hazardous waste and farm chemicals<br />
from more than 1,800 members of the public in four<br />
regional and six metropolitan council collections.<br />
Number of<br />
vehicles<br />
Total weight<br />
(kg)<br />
Country collections<br />
Port Pirie Regional<br />
55 3,014<br />
Council (two collections)<br />
Mid Murray 3 279<br />
Rural City of Murray<br />
20 3,673<br />
Bridge<br />
Metropolitan collections<br />
Adelaide City Council 85 3,246<br />
Norwood, Payneham and<br />
319 9942.5<br />
St Peters, Walkerville,<br />
Campbelltown and<br />
Burnside councils<br />
City of Onkaparinga<br />
899 43,974<br />
(two collections)<br />
Adelaide Hills Council 220 9,491<br />
Town of Gawler, the City<br />
264 15,898<br />
of Playford and City of<br />
Salisbury<br />
TOTAL 1,865 89,518<br />
Details of collections can be found at: www.zerowaste.<br />
sa.gov.<strong>au</strong>/at-home/hazardous-waste/household-hazardouswaste-collection-timetables.<br />
Light globe recycling program<br />
On 18 January 20<strong>11</strong>, <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> l<strong>au</strong>nched a three-year<br />
pilot program – the BackLight Household Light Globe<br />
Recycling Program. Householders can now drop off a<br />
range of used fluorescent light globes for recycling at<br />
24 metropolitan and 26 regional Mitre 10 stores across<br />
the State, free of charge. The globes are then recycled by<br />
Chemsal Resource Recovery. The aluminium and mercury<br />
will be used to make new light globes, the phosphor<br />
powder into fertiliser, and the glass will be re-used into a<br />
variety of other glass products.<br />
After six months, the program has collected more than<br />
12,000 lamps and globes from householders for recycling,<br />
equating to a total of 1,266 kilograms.<br />
The BackLight program supports a number of State and<br />
Federal <strong>Gov</strong>ernment initiatives including:<br />
> the State <strong>Gov</strong>ernment’s commitment of directing<br />
$100,000 towards a householder ‘take back’ scheme<br />
for used globes with retailers.<br />
> the Environment Protection (<strong>Waste</strong> to Resources)<br />
Policy <strong>2010</strong> which will ban fluorescent and other<br />
mercury containing lighting from landfill, from<br />
September 2012 in metropolitan Adelaide, and<br />
September 2013 for the rest of the State by ensuring<br />
the safe disposal of the mercury contained in energy<br />
efficient light globes<br />
> the Australian <strong>Gov</strong>ernment’s ban on the retail sale of<br />
incandescent light bulbs from November 2009<br />
> the Australian <strong>Gov</strong>ernment’s voluntary Fluoro-Cycle<br />
scheme that aims to recycle the majority of commercial<br />
mercury-containing lighting.<br />
In the period <strong>2010</strong>–<strong>11</strong>, <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> collected a total of<br />
174,035 kilograms of hazardous waste from 3,382 people.
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Consumption and waste avoidance incentives<br />
Avoidance of waste is the ultimate waste challenge, at the very top of the waste<br />
hierarchy. The <strong>Waste</strong> Strategy 20<strong>11</strong>–2015 identifies the need to promote innovation in<br />
projects that demonstrate effective ways to avoid waste, reach a larger number of people,<br />
and help to guide social change towards models of sustainable consumption.<br />
The consumption and waste avoidance incentives program aims to provide support to<br />
initiatives that:<br />
> are unique or innovative in South Australia<br />
> need seed or kick-start funding<br />
> need funding for an element essential to the initiative’s success<br />
> operate at the ‘avoidance’, ‘reduction’ or ‘reuse’ levels of the hierarchy<br />
> can demonstrate measurable outcomes and return on investment<br />
> are based on a model that has been proven successful elsewhere<br />
> deliver multiple benefits in addition to reduced consumption and improved resource<br />
(social, economic or environmental)<br />
> are consistent with <strong>Gov</strong>ernment policy directions including targets for reduction of<br />
waste to landfill and the <strong>Waste</strong> Strategy 20<strong>11</strong>–2015<br />
> can be implemented and reported within 18 months of initiation.<br />
In <strong>2010</strong>–<strong>11</strong>, funding of $90,000 was provided under this program to two projects.<br />
OzHarvest ($60,000)<br />
OzHarvest is a non-denominational, not-for-profit organisation that rescues unwanted<br />
food from a range of commercial and industrial premises, including rest<strong>au</strong>rants, retailers,<br />
food outlets and corporate kitchens, and delivers it to communities at risk. OzHarvest<br />
operates in Sydney, Canberra, Wollongong and now Adelaide.<br />
In August <strong>2010</strong>, <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> engaged Hyder to undertake life-cycle research into the<br />
environmental benefits of rescuing un-sold food in Adelaide. The report highlighted the<br />
potential environmental benefits of OzHarvest’s food rescue program which identified<br />
potential environmental savings in greenhouse gas emissions, water and landfill disposal.
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OzHarvest’s food rescue program has potential<br />
environmental savings in greenhouse gas<br />
emissions, water and landfill disposal.<br />
The OzHarvest project tackles a multitude of<br />
environmental, social and financial policy issues by:<br />
> delivering positive social and welfare outcomes as the<br />
rescued food is provided to disadvantaged Australians<br />
> providing a social and financial benefit to our State’s<br />
local rest<strong>au</strong>rants, cafes and food outlets by giving<br />
them an important role to play in helping people in<br />
need while reducing their own waste disposal costs<br />
> achieving environmental benefits by helping divert<br />
millions of tonnes of good food from landfill each year.<br />
In recognition of the potential environmental gains<br />
that are possible through food rescue, <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong><br />
contributed funding of $60,000 to assist OzHarvest to<br />
establish in South Australia.<br />
OzHarvest has been operational in Adelaide since 17<br />
January 20<strong>11</strong>. As at 30 June 20<strong>11</strong>, the program achieved<br />
the following results:<br />
Kilograms rescued 20,588<br />
Total meals redistributed 67,942<br />
Average meals redistributed per month <strong>11</strong>,882<br />
Total number of recipient agencies/<br />
30<br />
programs receiving food<br />
Total number of food donors donating food 53<br />
Number of registered volunteers 18<br />
The Garage Sale Trail ($30,000)<br />
<strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> partnered with The Garage Sale Trail, an<br />
initiative that promotes recycling, waste avoidance and<br />
sustainability in local neighbourhoods. With the support<br />
of a grant from <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong>, The Garage Sale Trail<br />
organisers worked with Adelaide City Council, The City of<br />
Prospect and Adelaide Hills Council as part of an Australiawide<br />
event on 10 April 20<strong>11</strong>. At the <strong>11</strong>0 registered garage<br />
sales, an average of 61 shoppers attending each sale<br />
resulting in more than 6,000 shoppers participating in<br />
the event on the day. The top five categories of goods<br />
redistributed on the day were: entertainment; fashion;<br />
kitchen; home décor; and technological and electronic<br />
goods. The event is characterised by a marketing<br />
campaign fully integrated across traditional and social<br />
media which activates interest and engagement from<br />
householders willing to participate in a garage sale.<br />
Resource Efficiency Assistance<br />
Program<br />
<strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong>’s Resource Efficiency Assistance Program<br />
(REAP) helps businesses and government understand,<br />
develop and implement cost saving resource efficiency<br />
measures and, in doing so, builds capacity to deal with a<br />
range of rapidly emerging environmental, financial and<br />
social consequences.<br />
<strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> delivers REAP in partnership with the<br />
Business Sustainability Alliance (B<strong>SA</strong>), a coalition of four<br />
government departments: <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong>, Department<br />
of Trade and Economic Development, Environment<br />
Protection Authority and <strong>SA</strong> Water. The B<strong>SA</strong> holds key<br />
competencies for REAP in the areas of waste, water,<br />
energy, lean manufacturing, construction, compliance,<br />
climate change and sustainability. The B<strong>SA</strong> web portal is<br />
on the www.south<strong>au</strong>stralia.biz site.<br />
<strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> works to help State <strong>Gov</strong>ernment to<br />
improve management of materials, energy and water<br />
across its myriad operations including offices, hospitals,<br />
TAFE campuses and schools. <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> advises on<br />
greening State <strong>Gov</strong>ernment operations in procurement,<br />
accommodation fit-outs and management of waste<br />
materials.
<strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> environment management system<br />
displays and monitors progress against energy, water,<br />
waste and staff involvement targets.<br />
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Under REAP, <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> has developed and nurtured<br />
strong partnerships with industry stakeholders, the B<strong>SA</strong>, and<br />
state and local government partners. <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> provides:<br />
> diagnostic evaluation, a software-based tool for<br />
assessing, benchmarking and managing sustainability<br />
in organisations<br />
> development of case studies<br />
> training programs<br />
> in house technical support<br />
> financial support in the form of resource efficiency<br />
<strong>au</strong>dits<br />
> support programs and opportunities for business and<br />
industry networking.<br />
Adelaide City Council<br />
<strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> is assisting the Adelaide City in two key<br />
projects.<br />
Rundle Mall Precinct Project ($40,000)<br />
<strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> is working with Adelaide City Council to<br />
identify strategies that could be implemented in the Rundle<br />
Mall precinct (the area bounded by North Terrace, Pulteney<br />
Street, Grenfell Street and King William Street) such as:<br />
> installing efficient public place recycling stations in<br />
the mall<br />
> providing consistent recycling services to ensure better<br />
collection density for recyclers<br />
> identifying options for collecting new recycling streams.<br />
Some REAP clients have also received support through<br />
<strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong>’s Recycling at Work program. During<br />
<strong>2010</strong>–<strong>11</strong> REAP supported the following clients.<br />
Adelaide Airport ($3,400)<br />
Adelaide Airport is the fourth largest domestic airport in<br />
Australia and handles approximately 4 million passengers<br />
each year. The airport has been working to improve its<br />
waste management practices across its operations for a<br />
number of years, starting with a waste <strong>au</strong>dit in 2004. An<br />
assessment of waste collection and disposal processes<br />
followed in 2009. <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> has provided advice and<br />
support to help develop an efficient tender process that<br />
covered all required elements for waste and recycling<br />
services at Adelaide Airport. Through the improved<br />
tender process, airport staff could more easily assess<br />
waste and recycling service providers against improved<br />
environmental and financial selection criteria. Now,<br />
Adelaide Airport has a new waste contract with a single<br />
service provider that collects all waste and recycling<br />
streams, helping to reduce waste management costs and<br />
achieve better efficiencies in resource recovery.<br />
This work also aims to progress a working model that can<br />
be extended to other precincts or areas.<br />
Adelaide City Council <strong>Waste</strong> Resource Recovery Pilot for<br />
High Density Developments ($20,000)<br />
The Adelaide City Council is currently developing<br />
information to guide the most appropriate design for<br />
waste and resource recovery in residential developments.<br />
<strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> is helping the Adelaide City Council to<br />
conduct a series of resource recovery trials in selected<br />
high density buildings. This work will inform the design<br />
of developments so that they maximise resource recovery,<br />
minimise waste to landfill and achieve better efficiencies<br />
in waste management systems.<br />
Adelaide Convention Centre ($6,650)<br />
Ongoing support through REAP has helped Adelaide<br />
Convention Centre achieve its sustainability objective to<br />
minimise the environmental footprint of its in<strong>au</strong>gural<br />
20<strong>11</strong> Cellar Door Wine Festival through innovative<br />
waste reduction and large scale recycling. This three day<br />
festival, held in February 20<strong>11</strong>, attracted more than 5,000<br />
visitors to a showcase of products from wineries and food<br />
producers. By placing waste avoidance and recycling high<br />
on the agenda, the organisers helped all exhibitors with<br />
waste minimisation and recycling behind the scenes, and<br />
in front of house gave clear instructions on how visitors<br />
could support the environmental focus.
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Targets for waste reduction and recycling<br />
will be identified and reported on through<br />
the waste service.<br />
Adelaide Shores ($14,425)<br />
Adelaide Shores is seeking to improve its waste, energy,<br />
carbon, water and biodiversity. Adelaide Shores manages<br />
a 135 hectare tourism and recreation reserve on Adelaide’s<br />
West Beach which comprises a caravan park, café, resort<br />
area with self-contained accommodation, public golf<br />
course and golf club function area. A key improvement<br />
is the introduction of an organic composting trial to<br />
capture and use food waste generated from its café and<br />
staff lunch areas. Adelaide Shores is also supporting Ms<br />
Kerrie Bell, the second student of the <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> Pam<br />
Keating Memorial Scholarship program whose research<br />
will help to maximise the amount of food waste that can<br />
be collected through the Adelaide Shores caravan park.<br />
Department of Health ($25,000)<br />
The Department of Health (DoH) is responsible for<br />
providing a range of health services to the South<br />
Australian community. The department’s diverse sites<br />
across the State include hospitals, health and medical<br />
research centres, and pathology, epidemiology, and<br />
drug and alcohol services, and offices. To improve waste<br />
management practices across all departmental operations,<br />
<strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> has provided funding for a waste<br />
management plan. The plan will assist DoH to establish<br />
a consistent level of service and best practice resource<br />
management throughout all sites. Targets for waste<br />
reduction and recycling will be identified and reported on<br />
through the waste service. The lessons learnt may be able<br />
to be applied to other State <strong>Gov</strong>ernment agencies that are<br />
also responsible for managing multiple and diverse sites.<br />
Jurlique International ($19,323)<br />
Jurlique International is a South Australian based<br />
manufacturer of organic skin care products. In its<br />
commitment to becoming environmentally sustainable,<br />
Jurlique is piloting a sustainability management system<br />
(SMS) with the assistance of <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> to improve<br />
resource efficiency across its operations. To support this<br />
aim, <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> has funded Jurlique to undertake<br />
Environmental Auditor training for key staff to build their<br />
skills for implementing the SMS.<br />
Orlando Wines ($10,000)<br />
Orlando Wines is part of the international wine and<br />
spirit company Pernod Ricard, which has adopted a range<br />
of policies aimed at protecting the environment. The<br />
South Australian branch of Orlando Wines joined REAP<br />
to independently verify waste management practices<br />
across its three South Australian sites: Rowland Flat<br />
winery, Jacob’s Creek Visitor Centre and Richmond Grove<br />
winery. <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> supported an independent waste<br />
and recycling review of the three sites. The results show<br />
Rowland Flat winery is performing exceptionally well in<br />
waste management by recycling 91% of all solid waste<br />
produced (the other two sites achieve resource recovery<br />
rates of 73% and 47% respectively). The report also<br />
highlighted areas of focus for achieving even better<br />
waste management practices. Orlando Wines intends to<br />
continue the relationship with <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> and work<br />
on improving waste management systems and practices<br />
across its three sites.<br />
South Australian Cricket Association ($9,950)<br />
Adelaide Oval is one of the world’s most famous test<br />
cricket grounds. It can accommodate up to 34,000<br />
spectators for cricket, and as many as 120,000 may attend<br />
during a five-day test match. In March 2012, a $535<br />
million redevelopment will transform Adelaide Oval into<br />
a 50,000 seat venue. <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> has worked with the<br />
South Australian Cricket Association (<strong>SA</strong>CA) to improve<br />
its environmental operations, including funding a waste<br />
and recycling improvement review and developing a<br />
case study to highlight its achievements. With increased<br />
capacity and a planned redevelopment, recycling is now<br />
a priority at the historic stadium as <strong>SA</strong>CA pursues best<br />
environmental practice across its operations.
Case studies help the partnering organisations to<br />
promote their achievements and generate awareness<br />
and encouragement for other organisations to follow.<br />
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South Australian Tourism Commission ($4,545)<br />
The South Australian Tourism Commission (<strong>SA</strong>TC) markets<br />
South Australia’s tourism profile and manages and sponsors<br />
major events to increase investment in the tourism industry.<br />
The <strong>SA</strong>TC has established a dedicated ‘Green Team’ which<br />
works to encourage efficient use of resources at its head<br />
office in King William Street, Adelaide. <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong><br />
fully funded a high level waste and recycling review to<br />
help <strong>SA</strong>TC understand and improve on its current waste<br />
management and recycling practices. <strong>SA</strong>TC will seek to<br />
implement a range of recommendations including reducing<br />
the use of white paper for printing, reducing the amount<br />
of disposable packaging items entering the site, source<br />
separating more materials to facilitate further resource<br />
recovery, and introducing a NABERS (National Australian<br />
Built Environment Rating System) waste assessment of the<br />
<strong>SA</strong>TC tenancy.<br />
Development of case studies<br />
The development of case studies is an important part of<br />
supporting REAP clients. Case studies help the partnering<br />
organisations to promote their achievements and generate<br />
awareness and encouragement for other organisations to<br />
follow. Case studies are available on the <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong><br />
website at: http://www.zerowaste.sa.gov.<strong>au</strong>/at-work/zerowaste-sa-industry-program/industry-case-studies<br />
During <strong>2010</strong>–<strong>11</strong>, case studies were developed for clients<br />
currently and previously engaged in the REAP program:<br />
> Treasury Wine Estates<br />
> TAFE <strong>SA</strong> Marleston Campus<br />
> <strong>SA</strong>GE Automation<br />
> ET<strong>SA</strong> Utilities<br />
> Jam Factory<br />
> Philmac.<br />
Treasury Wine Estates ($20,000)<br />
Treasury Wine Estates operates 10 wineries, three<br />
packaging plants and more than 8,400 hectares of vines<br />
across Australia’s wine regions. The company sources<br />
grapes from about 700 independent growers nationwide.<br />
Treasury sought <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong>’s advice to help manage<br />
the diverse waste streams generated from each of its<br />
sites. <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> assisted in funding the development<br />
of a waste management toolkit which includes case<br />
studies of best environmental practice at two wineries<br />
and a vineyard, fact sheets on managing different waste<br />
streams, and recycling contacts in each state. The benefits<br />
of the toolkit include guidance in developing a waste<br />
management action plan for each site and educating staff<br />
in resource efficiency practices.
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Coordination of activities with the Environment<br />
Protection Authority<br />
The Chief Executives and senior staff of <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> and the Environment Protection<br />
Authority met formally on five occasions in <strong>2010</strong>–<strong>11</strong> to discuss a range of waste<br />
management issues and matters of mutual interest to both organisations, such as <strong>Zero</strong><br />
<strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> programs, the draft South Australia’s <strong>Waste</strong> Strategy 20<strong>11</strong>–2015, product<br />
stewardship initiatives, data collection and management, and improved communication<br />
between the agencies.<br />
The agencies also coordinated planning activities for the implementation of the<br />
Environment Protection (<strong>Waste</strong> to Resources) Policy <strong>2010</strong>. The organisations maintained<br />
frequent informal contact on a range of matters relating to waste and recycling.
Greening <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong><br />
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<strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> has committed to a Greening Implementation Plan (Greening <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong><br />
<strong>SA</strong>) that identifies environmental impacts of its operations and creates mechanisms to<br />
address them.<br />
The organisation continues to set performance goals, targets and indicators to manage<br />
energy, water, materials and waste, and staff involvement in greening activities.<br />
Developing best practice, <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> started yearly <strong>au</strong>dits of its energy consumption<br />
and greenhouse gas emissions in 2008.<br />
In 2008–09, <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> developed an environment management system linked to a<br />
web-based ‘dashboard’ interface, which displays and monitors progress against energy,<br />
water, waste and staff involvement targets. Where practical, data is <strong>au</strong>tomatically<br />
collected from installed sub-meters. It is manually collected for other parameters (e.g.<br />
travel and recycling).<br />
<strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> continues to participate in Adelaide City Council’s City Switch program, a<br />
national initiative of the Council of Capital City Lord Mayors, to improve energy efficiency<br />
and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from office buildings. In December <strong>2010</strong>, <strong>Zero</strong><br />
<strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> was awarded ‘Signatory of the Year’ at the in<strong>au</strong>gural CitySwitch <strong>SA</strong> Signatory<br />
of the Year Awards for the office category under 2000 square metres. <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> was<br />
acknowledged in particular for its dedication to find creative and innovative ideas to save<br />
energy, water and waste after installing its dashboard environment management system.<br />
Energy management<br />
<strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> has an energy target of 60% reduction in carbon emissions by 2012.<br />
Electricity consumption is metered and displayed on the dashboard (lighting and power<br />
circuits), to assess the effectiveness of energy conservation measures.<br />
From a 2008–09 baseline in energy consumption of 2.3 tonnes carbon emissions per fulltime<br />
equivalent (FTE), <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> has reduced its emissions by 51% to 1.19 tonnes in<br />
carbon emissions per FTE in <strong>2010</strong>–<strong>11</strong>. This reduction has been achieved by a combination<br />
of behaviour change, technology installation and carbon certificate purchase.<br />
Lighting<br />
Through office layout and material selection, fit out of the premises has maximised the<br />
use of daylight, reducing the need for artificial lighting and energy. The office is fitted<br />
with T5 lighting and sensors that <strong>au</strong>tomatically switch lights off.
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The organisation continues to set performance goals,<br />
targets and indicators to manage energy, water, materials<br />
and waste, and staff involvement in greening activities.<br />
Energy source<br />
A 20% Green Power product GreenEarth Wind (Origin<br />
Energy) meets all electrical energy needs of the office. Green<br />
Power is produced from renewable sources, benefiting the<br />
environment and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.<br />
Water consumption<br />
Water is restricted to use in the kitchen, toilets and<br />
building shower facilities. Water consumption is<br />
metered and displayed on the dashboard (hot and cold<br />
separately). <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> adopted a target of a 15%<br />
reduction of mains water by 2012, starting from a baseline<br />
consumption of 23,830 litres (2008) or 1,222 litres per FTE.<br />
In <strong>2010</strong>–<strong>11</strong> the <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> tenancy water consumption<br />
was 18,210 litres, a reduction of 24% from the 2008 baseline.<br />
Materials and waste management<br />
<strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> has the goal to demonstrate the zero<br />
waste ethos using lifecycle management techniques, that<br />
is, purchasing sustainably as well as managing waste.<br />
Data on materials consumption and disposal (paper<br />
recycling and food waste composted), is entered manually<br />
into the dashboard.<br />
<strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> will continue to work with other tenants<br />
and building management to expand systems to a wholeof-building<br />
arrangement where possible.<br />
Travel and fleet management<br />
<strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong>’s travel profile is influenced by its size<br />
and location, with all staff and work operations located<br />
in Adelaide’s central business district. Some staff travel<br />
to regional areas and interstate. <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> has two<br />
long-term vehicles: the Chief Executive’s contract car and a<br />
staff pool car, a Toyota Prius.<br />
<strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> has adopted a target of reducing carbon<br />
emissions by 60% by 2012, starting from a baseline of travel<br />
related emissions of 26.54 tonnes CO2e annually (1.36 tonnes<br />
per FTE). Travel information is entered manually into the<br />
electronic dashboard and carbon emissions calculated.<br />
It has procedures for recycling the following materials:<br />
> Shredded paper is collected by Shredlogix on an asneeds<br />
basis, and the paper recycled. In the reporting<br />
period, 5 x 240 litre bins of confidential paper have<br />
been recycled.<br />
> Used fluorescent tubes are collected and sent to CMA<br />
Ecocycle and Chemsal Resource Recovery where the<br />
tubes are crushed and sent to recover all metals, glass<br />
and mercury.<br />
> Food organics are managed through:<br />
> the operation of two worm farms; staff manage the<br />
castings and liquid outputs from the worm farm and<br />
monitor the amount of food diverted from landfill<br />
> a bench-top container which is collected as part<br />
of a whole-of-building recycling arrangement and<br />
sent for commercial composting.<br />
Individual workstations do not have waste bins. A few<br />
small bins are distributed throughout the office for the<br />
very small volume of residual waste.<br />
A comparison of <strong>2010</strong>–<strong>11</strong> travel related emissions against<br />
the baseline is provided below.<br />
Travel-related CO2 emissions<br />
Tonnes CO2 emissions (kg)<br />
Travel Baseline <strong>2010</strong>–<strong>11</strong><br />
Petrol and LPG (fleet) 5.2 2.12<br />
Flights 20.9 12.7<br />
Taxi 0.4 0.8<br />
Total 26.54 15.62<br />
Human resources<br />
<strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong>’s recruitment and induction processes<br />
incorporate greening criteria, and all job and person<br />
specifications include reference to greening responsibilities.<br />
Induction includes training in the office recycling systems<br />
and what is expected of staff members in greening of <strong>Zero</strong><br />
<strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong>, in particular waste management.
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Appendix 2: Financial Statements<br />
For the year ended 30 June <strong>2010</strong>
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Expenses<br />
<strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong><br />
Statement of Comprehensive Income<br />
For the Year Ended 30 June 20<strong>11</strong><br />
Note 20<strong>11</strong> <strong>2010</strong><br />
$'000 $’000<br />
Employee benefits expenses<br />
5 2,387 Notes'!A222 2,281<br />
Supplies and services<br />
6 3,179 3,922<br />
Depreciation<br />
7 48 Notes'!A471 47<br />
Grants and subsidies 8 3,541 Notes'!A433 3,174<br />
Net loss from the disposal of non-current assets 9 - Notes'!A4952<br />
Total expenses 9,155 9,426<br />
Income<br />
Grants and contributions<br />
Interest revenues<br />
10 13,053 Notes'!A660 12,368<br />
<strong>11</strong> 969 Notes'!A729 601<br />
Total income 14,022 12,969<br />
Net cost of providing services (4,867) (3,543)<br />
Revenues from <strong>SA</strong> <strong>Gov</strong>ernment<br />
Revenues from <strong>SA</strong> <strong>Gov</strong>ernment 12 - Notes'!A796 159<br />
Net result<br />
4,867 3,702<br />
Total comprehensive result<br />
4,867 3,702<br />
The net result and comprehensive result are attributable to the <strong>SA</strong> <strong>Gov</strong>ernment as owner<br />
The above statement should be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes<br />
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<strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong><br />
Statement of Financial Position<br />
As at 30 June 20<strong>11</strong><br />
Note 20<strong>11</strong> <strong>2010</strong><br />
$’000 $’000<br />
Current assets<br />
Cash and cash equivalents 13 23,513 Notes'!A944 18,615<br />
Receivables 14 <strong>11</strong>4 Notes'!A959 64<br />
Other assets 15 9 Notes'!A1030 -<br />
Total current assets 23,636 18,679<br />
Non-current assets<br />
Property, plant and equipment 16 523 Notes'!A1046 258<br />
Total non-current assets 523 258<br />
Total assets 24,159 18,937<br />
Current liabilities<br />
Payables 17 1,759 Notes'!A<strong>11</strong>49 1,533<br />
Employee benefits 18 254 Notes'!A1215 262<br />
Other liabilities 19 6 Notes'!A12768<br />
Total current liabilities 2,019 1,803<br />
Non-current liabilities<br />
Payables 17 63 Notes'!A<strong>11</strong>7754<br />
Employee benefits 18 677 Notes'!A1231 547<br />
Total non-current liabilities 740 601<br />
Total liabilities 2,759 2,404<br />
Net assets 21,400 16,533<br />
Equity<br />
Retained earnings 21,400 Notes'!A1315 16,533<br />
Total equity 21,400 16,533<br />
The total equity is attributable to the <strong>SA</strong> <strong>Gov</strong>ernment as owner<br />
Notes'!A1384<br />
Unrecognised contractual commitments 21 Notes'!A1391<br />
Contingent assets and liabilities 22 Notes'!A1406<br />
The above statement should be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes<br />
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<strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong><br />
Statement of Changes in Equity<br />
For the Year Ended 30 June 20<strong>11</strong><br />
A<br />
ss<br />
et<br />
R<br />
Retained<br />
Earnings<br />
Total<br />
$’000 $’000 $’000<br />
Balance at 1 July 2009 # 12,861 12,861<br />
Asset capitalisation threshold change (30) (30)<br />
Restated balance at 1 July 2009 # 12,831 12,831<br />
Net result for 2009/10 # 3,702 3,702<br />
Total comprehensive result for 2009/10 # 3,702 3,702<br />
Balance at 30 June <strong>2010</strong> # 16,533 16,533<br />
Net result for <strong>2010</strong>/<strong>11</strong> # 4,867 4,867<br />
Total comprehensive result for <strong>2010</strong>/<strong>11</strong> # 4,867 4,867<br />
Balance at 30 June 20<strong>11</strong> # 21,400 21,400<br />
All changes in equity are attributable to the <strong>SA</strong> <strong>Gov</strong>ernment as owner<br />
The above statement should be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes<br />
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<strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong><br />
Statement of Cash Flows<br />
For the Year Ended 30 June 20<strong>11</strong><br />
Note 20<strong>11</strong> <strong>2010</strong><br />
$’000 $’000<br />
Cash flows from operating activities<br />
Cash outflows<br />
Employee benefit payments (2,240) (2,225)<br />
Supplies and services payments (2,980) (2,993)<br />
Grants and subsidies payments (3,541) (3,174)<br />
Cash used in operations (8,761) (8,392)<br />
Cash inflows<br />
Grant and contribution receipts 13,028 12,368<br />
Interest received 944 613<br />
Cash generated from operations 13,972 12,981<br />
Cash flows from <strong>SA</strong> <strong>Gov</strong>ernment<br />
Receipts from <strong>SA</strong> <strong>Gov</strong>ernment - 159<br />
Cash generated from <strong>SA</strong> <strong>Gov</strong>ernment - 159<br />
Net cash provided by operating activities 20 5,2<strong>11</strong> Notes'!A1361 4,748<br />
Cash flows from investing activities<br />
Cash Outflows<br />
Purchase of property, plant and equipment (313) (24)<br />
Cash used in investing activities (313) (24)<br />
Net cash used in investing activities (313) (24)<br />
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents 4,898 4,724<br />
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the period 18,615 13,891<br />
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period 13 23,513 Notes'!A1361 18,615<br />
The above statement should be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes<br />
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<strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong><br />
Note Index<br />
For the Year Ended 30 June 20<strong>11</strong><br />
Note<br />
Contents<br />
Objectives and policies notes<br />
1 Objectives of <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> 48<br />
2 Summary of significant accounting policies 48<br />
3 New and revised accounting standards and policies 52<br />
4 Programs of ZW<strong>SA</strong> 52<br />
Expense notes<br />
5 Employee benefits expenses 53<br />
6 Supplies and services 53<br />
7 Depreciation 54<br />
8 Grants and subsidies 54<br />
9 Net loss from the disposal of non-current assets 54<br />
Income notes<br />
10 Grants and contributions 54<br />
<strong>11</strong> Interest revenues 55<br />
12 Revenues from <strong>SA</strong> <strong>Gov</strong>ernment 55<br />
Asset notes<br />
13 Cash and cash equivalents 55<br />
14 Receivables 55<br />
15 Other assets 55<br />
16 Property, plant and equipment 55<br />
Liability notes<br />
17 Payables 56<br />
18 Employee benefits 56<br />
19 Other liabilities 56<br />
Other notes<br />
20 Cash flow reconciliation 57<br />
21 Unrecognised contractual commitments 57<br />
22 Contingent assets and liabilities 57<br />
23 Remuneration of board members 57<br />
24 Events after the reporting period 58<br />
25 Financial instruments/financial risk management 58
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Notes to and forming part of the Financial Statements<br />
For the Year Ended 30 June 20<strong>11</strong><br />
1 Objectives of <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong><br />
<strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> (ZW<strong>SA</strong>) provides strategic policy advice and direction to the <strong>Gov</strong>ernment of South Australia and other<br />
stakeholders, and funding for programs and projects that will maximise waste reduction and promote resource recovery/recycling<br />
and ecological sustainability. Accordingly, it forms an integral part of the Environment and Conservation Portfolio's sustainability<br />
agenda along with the Environment Protection Authority (EPA) and also the Sustainability and Climate Change Division within the<br />
Department of the Premier and Cabinet.<br />
The primary objective of ZW<strong>SA</strong> is to promote waste management practices that, as far as possible:<br />
- eliminate waste or its consignment to landfill;<br />
- advance the development of resource recovery and recycling; and<br />
- are based on an integrated strategy for the State of South Australia.<br />
In achieving its objectives ZW<strong>SA</strong> undertakes a number of broad strategies and initiatives through a variety of programs and<br />
projects in accordance with South Australia's <strong>Waste</strong> Strategy <strong>2010</strong>-15 and its annual business plan.<br />
2 Summary of significant accounting policies<br />
(a) Statement of compliance<br />
The financial statements are general purpose financial statements. The accounts have been prepared in accordance with<br />
applicable Australian Accounting Standards, and Treasurer's Instructions and Accounting Policy Statements promulgated under the<br />
provisions of the Public Finance and Audit Act 1987 (PFAA).<br />
Except for AASB 2009-12, which ZW<strong>SA</strong> has early adopted, Australian Accounting Standards and interpretations that have recently<br />
been issued or amended but are not yet effective have not been adopted by ZW<strong>SA</strong> for the reporting period ending 30 June 20<strong>11</strong>.<br />
(b) Basis of preparation<br />
The preparation of the financial statements requires:<br />
- the use of certain accounting estimates and requires management to exercise its judgement in the process of applying ZW<strong>SA</strong>'s<br />
accounting policies. Areas involving a higher degree of judgement or where assumptions and estimates are significant to the<br />
financial statements, are outlined in the applicable notes;<br />
- the selection and application of accounting policies in a manner which ensures that the resulting financial information satisfies<br />
the concepts of relevance and reliability, thereby ensuring that the substance of the underlying transactions or other events are<br />
reported; and<br />
- compliance with Accounting Policy Statements issued pursuant to section 41 of the PFAA. In the interest of public<br />
accountability and transparency the Accounting Policy Statements require the following note disclosures, which have been<br />
included in these financial statements:<br />
(a) revenues, expenses, financial assets and liabilities where the counterparty/transaction is with an entity within the <strong>SA</strong><br />
<strong>Gov</strong>ernment as at reporting date, classified according to their nature. A threshold of $100 000 for separate identification of<br />
these items may be utilised. ZW<strong>SA</strong> has elected to utilise this threshold in relation to transactions applicable to revenue<br />
and expense items. The threshold has not been applied to financial assets and financial liabilities, i.e. all financial assets<br />
and financial liabilities relating to <strong>SA</strong> <strong>Gov</strong>ernment have been separately disclosed;<br />
(b)<br />
(c)<br />
(d)<br />
(e)<br />
expenses incurred as a result of engaging consultants;<br />
employee targeted voluntary separation package information;<br />
employees whose normal remuneration is equal to or greater than the base executive remuneration level (within $10 000<br />
bandwidths) and the aggregate of the remuneration paid or payable or otherwise made available, directly or indirectly by<br />
the entity to those employees; and<br />
board/committee member and remuneration information, where a board/committee member is entitled to receive income<br />
from membership other than a direct out-of-pocket reimbursement.<br />
ZW<strong>SA</strong>'s Statement of Comprehensive Income, Statement of Financial Position and Statement of Changes in Equity have been<br />
prepared on an accrual basis and are in accordance with historical cost convention.<br />
The Statement of Cash Flows has been prepared on a cash basis.<br />
The financial statements have been prepared based on a twelve month period and presented in Australian currency.<br />
The accounting policies set out below have been applied in preparing the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 20<strong>11</strong><br />
and the comparative information presented.<br />
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(c)<br />
For the Year Ended 30 June 20<strong>11</strong><br />
<strong>Report</strong>ing entity<br />
The ZW<strong>SA</strong> reporting entity includes the following:<br />
- <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> – a statutory <strong>au</strong>thority with an appointed board established by the <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> Act 2004.<br />
- an administrative unit also named <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> established under the Public Sector Act 2009.<br />
- the <strong>Waste</strong> to Resources Fund established under the <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> Act 2004.<br />
The Chief Executive of the statutory <strong>au</strong>thority is subject to the control and direction of the Board in giving effect to its policies and<br />
decisions. The <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> Act 2004 permits the statutory <strong>au</strong>thority to make use of the services of the administrative unit’s<br />
employees and facilities.<br />
The financial statements and accompanying notes reflect the income and expenditure of the <strong>Waste</strong> to Resources Fund.<br />
(d) Comparative information<br />
The presentation and classification of items in the financial statements are consistent with prior periods except where specific<br />
accounting standards and/or accounting policy statements have required a change.<br />
Where presentation or classification of items in the financial statements have been amended, comparative figures have been<br />
adjusted to conform to changes in presentation or classification in these financial statements unless impracticable.<br />
The restated comparative amounts do not replace the original financial statements for the preceding period.<br />
(e) Rounding<br />
All amounts in the financial statements and accompanying notes have been rounded to the nearest thousand dollars ($'000).<br />
(f)<br />
Taxation<br />
ZW<strong>SA</strong> is not subject to income tax. ZW<strong>SA</strong> is liable for payroll tax, fringe benefits tax, goods and services tax (GST), emergency<br />
services levy, land tax equivalents and local government rate equivalents.<br />
Shared Services <strong>SA</strong> prepares a Business Activity Statement on behalf of ZW<strong>SA</strong> under the grouping provisions of the GST<br />
legislation. Under these provisions, DENR is liable for the payments and entitled to the receipts associated with GST. Therefore,<br />
ZW<strong>SA</strong>'s net GST receivable/payable is recorded in DENR's Statement of Financial Position. GST cash flows applicable to ZW<strong>SA</strong><br />
are recorded in DENR's Statement of Cash Flows.<br />
(g) Events after the reporting period<br />
Adjustments are made to amounts recognised in the financial statements, where an event occurs after 30 June and before the<br />
date the financial statements are <strong>au</strong>thorised for issue, where those events provide information about conditions that existed at 30<br />
June.<br />
Note disclosure is made about events between 30 June and the date the financial statements are <strong>au</strong>thorised for issue where the<br />
events relate to a condition which arose after 30 June and which may have a material impact on the results of subsequent years.<br />
(h) Income and expenses<br />
Income and expenses are recognised to the extent that it is probable that the flow of economic benefits to or from ZW<strong>SA</strong> will occur<br />
and can be reliably measured.<br />
Income and expenses have been aggregated according to their nature and have not been offset unless required or permitted by a<br />
specific accounting standard, or where offsetting reflects the substance of the transaction or other event.<br />
The following are specific recognition criteria:<br />
Income<br />
Grants and contributions received<br />
Contributions are recognised as an asset and income when ZW<strong>SA</strong> obtains control of the contributions or obtains the right to<br />
receive the contributions and the income recognition criteria are met (i.e. the amount can be reliably measured and the flow of<br />
resources is probable).<br />
Generally, ZW<strong>SA</strong> has obtained control or the right to receive for:<br />
- Contributions with unconditional stipulations - this will be when the agreement becomes enforceable i.e. the earlier of when<br />
the receiving entity has formally been advised that the contribution (i.e. grant application) has been approved;<br />
agreement/contract is executed; and/or the contribution is received.<br />
- Contributions with conditional stipulations - this will be when the enforceable stipulations specified in the agreement occur<br />
or are satisfied; that is income would be recognised for contributions received or receivable under the agreement.<br />
All contributions received by ZW<strong>SA</strong> have been contributions with unconditional stipulations attached and have been recognised as<br />
an asset and income upon receipt.<br />
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Employee benefits expenses<br />
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For the Year Ended 30 June 20<strong>11</strong><br />
Employee benefits expenses includes all cost related to employment including wages and salaries, leave entitlements and nonmonetary<br />
benefits. These are recognised when incurred.<br />
Superannuation<br />
The amount charged to the Statement of Comprehensive Income represents the contributions made by ZW<strong>SA</strong> to<br />
superannuation plans in respect of current services of current ZW<strong>SA</strong> staff. The Department of Treasury and Finance centrally<br />
recognises the superannuation liability in the whole of government financial statements.<br />
Grants and subsidies<br />
For contributions payable, the contribution will be recognised as a liability and expense when ZW<strong>SA</strong> has a present obligation to<br />
pay the contribution and the expense recognition criteria are met.<br />
All contributions paid by ZW<strong>SA</strong> have been contributions with unconditional stipulations attached.<br />
(i)<br />
(j)<br />
Current and non-current classification<br />
Assets and liabilities are characterised as either current or non-current in nature. Assets and liabilities that are sold, consumed or<br />
realised as part of the normal operating cycle even when they are not expected to be realised within twelve months after the<br />
reporting date have been classified as current assets or current liabilities. All other assets and liabilities are classified as noncurrent.<br />
Where asset and liability line items combine amounts expected to be realised within twelve months and more than twelve months,<br />
ZW<strong>SA</strong> has separately disclosed the amounts expected to be recovered or settled after more than twelve months.<br />
Cash and cash equivalents<br />
Cash and cash equivalents in the Statement of Financial Position includes cash at bank and on hand.<br />
For the purposes of the Statement of Cash Flows, cash and cash equivalents consist of cash and cash equivalents as defined<br />
above.<br />
Cash is measured at nominal value.<br />
(k) Receivables<br />
Receivables include amounts receivable from goods and services provided and other accruals.<br />
Receivables arise in the normal course of selling goods and services to other government agencies and to the public. Receivables<br />
are generally settled within 30 days after the issue of an invoice.<br />
Collectability of receivables is reviewed on an ongoing basis. An allowance for doubtful debts is raised when there is objective<br />
evidence that ZW<strong>SA</strong> will not be able to collect the debt. Bad debts are written off when identified.<br />
(l)<br />
Non-current asset acquisition and recognition<br />
Non-current assets are initially recorded at cost or at the value of any liabilities assumed, plus any incidental cost involved with the<br />
acquisition. Non-current assets are subsequently measured at fair value less accumulated depreciation.<br />
Where assets are acquired at no value, or minimal value, they are recorded at their fair value in the Statement of Financial<br />
Position. However, if the assets are acquired at no or nominal value as part of a restructuring of administrative arrangements then<br />
the assets are recognised at book value, i.e. the amount recorded by the transferor public <strong>au</strong>thority immediately prior to the<br />
restructure.<br />
All non-current tangible assets with a value of $10 000 or greater are capitalised.<br />
(m) Revaluation of non-current assets<br />
All non-current tangible assets are valued at written down current cost (a proxy for fair value). Revaluation of a non-current asset<br />
is only performed when its fair value at the time of acquisition is greater than $1 million and estimated useful life is greater than<br />
three years.<br />
There are no assets with an acquisition cost exceeding $1 million dollars and therefore all assets are valued at cost (deemed fair<br />
value).<br />
(n) Impairment<br />
All non-current tangible assets are tested for indications of impairment at each reporting date. Where there is an indication of<br />
impairment, the recoverable amount is estimated. An amount by which the asset’s carrying amount exceeds the recoverable<br />
amount is recorded as an impairment loss.<br />
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(o) Depreciation of non-current assets<br />
All non-current assets, having a limited useful life, are systematically depreciated over their useful lives in a manner that reflects<br />
the consumption of their service potential.<br />
Assets’ residual values and useful lives are reviewed and adjusted if appropriate, on an annual basis.<br />
Changes in the expected useful life or the expected pattern of consumption of future economic benefits embodied in the asset are<br />
accounted for prospectively by changing the time period or method, as appropriate, which is a change in accounting estimate.<br />
Depreciation is calculated on a straight line basis over the estimated useful life of the following classes of assets as follows:<br />
Class of asset<br />
Useful life<br />
Plant and equipment (years) 5<br />
Furniture and fittings 10<br />
(p) Payables<br />
Payables include creditors, accrued expenses and employment on-costs.<br />
Creditors represent the amounts owing for goods and services received prior to the end of the reporting period that are unpaid at<br />
the end of the reporting period. Creditors include all unpaid invoices received relating to the normal operations of ZW<strong>SA</strong>.<br />
Accrued expenses represent goods and services provided by other parties during the period that are unpaid at the end of the<br />
reporting period and where an invoice has not been received.<br />
All payables are measured at their nominal amount, are unsecured and are normally settled within 30 days from the date of the<br />
invoice or the date the invoice is first received.<br />
Employment benefit on-costs include superannuation contributions, WorkCover levies and payroll tax with respect to outstanding<br />
liabilities for salaries and wages, long service leave and annual leave.<br />
ZW<strong>SA</strong> makes contributions to several State <strong>Gov</strong>ernment and externally managed superannuation schemes. These contributions<br />
are treated as an expense when they occur. There is no liability for payments to beneficiaries as they have been assumed by the<br />
respective superannuation schemes. The only liability outstanding at reporting date relates to any contributions due but not yet<br />
paid to the South Australian Superannuation Board.<br />
(q) Employee benefits<br />
These benefits accrue for employees as a result of services provided up to the reporting date that remain unpaid. Long-term<br />
employee benefits are measured at present value and short-term employee benefits are measured at nominal amounts.<br />
Wages, salaries, annual leave and sick leave<br />
Salaries and wages for the pay period ending 1 July 20<strong>11</strong> were prepaid on 30 June 20<strong>11</strong>, refer to Note 15. The liability for<br />
salaries and wages as at 30 June <strong>2010</strong> was measured as the amount unpaid at the reporting date.<br />
The annual leave liability is expected to be payable within twelve months and is measured at the undiscounted amount<br />
expected to be paid. In the unusual event where annual leave is payable later than 12 months, the liability will be measured at<br />
present value.<br />
No provision has been made for sick leave as all sick leave is non-vesting and the average sick leave taken in future years by<br />
employees is estimated to be less than the annual entitlement of sick leave.<br />
Long service leave<br />
The liability for long service leave is recognised after an employee has completed 5.0 years of service. An actuarial<br />
assessment of long service leave undertaken by the Department of Treasury and Finance based on a significant sample of<br />
employees throughout the South Australian public sector determined that the liability measured using the short hand method<br />
was not materially different from the liability measured using the present value of expected future payments. This calculation is<br />
consistent with ZW<strong>SA</strong>'s experience of employee retention and leave.<br />
Employee benefit on-costs<br />
Employee benefit on-costs (payroll tax, workers compensation and superannuation) are recognised separately under payables.<br />
(r)<br />
Leases<br />
The determination of whether an arrangement is or contains a lease is based on the substance of the arrangement. ZW<strong>SA</strong> has<br />
entered into one or more operating leases.<br />
Operating leases<br />
Operating lease payments are recognised as an expense in the Statement of Comprehensive Income on a straight-line basis<br />
over the lease term. The straight-line basis is representative of the pattern of benefits derived from the leased assets.<br />
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(s) Unrecognised contractual commitments and contingent assets and liabilities<br />
Commitments include operating lease and remuneration commitments arising from contractual or statutory sources and are<br />
disclosed at their nominal value.<br />
Contingent assets and contingent liabilities are not recognised in the Statement of Financial Position, but are disclosed by way of a<br />
note and, if quantifiable, are measured at nominal value.<br />
Unrecognised contractual commitments and contingencies are disclosed net of the amount of GST recoverable from, or payable to<br />
the Australian Taxation Office. If GST is not payable to, or recoverable from the Australian Taxation Office, the commitments and<br />
contingencies are disclosed on a gross basis.<br />
3<br />
New and revised accounting standards and policies<br />
In accordance with amendments to APS 4.8 within Accounting Policy Framework II General Purpose Financial Statements Framework,<br />
effective 1 July <strong>2010</strong>, ZW<strong>SA</strong> has disclosed all employees whose normal remuneration is equal to or greater than the base executive<br />
level remuneration. Previously APS 4.8 within APF II required ZW<strong>SA</strong> to disclose all employees whose normal remuneration was equal<br />
to or greater than $100 000. This change is reflected in Note 5.<br />
In <strong>2010</strong>-<strong>11</strong>, ZW<strong>SA</strong> has changed its asset recognition threshold from $5 000 to $10 000 in accordance with guidance detailed in APS<br />
2.15 of APF III Asset Accounting Framework. As a result, items with a purchase cost of less than $10 000 have been fully expensed<br />
upon acquisition. The impact of this change on retained earnings is disclosed in the Statement of Changes in Equity.<br />
Except for AASB 2009-12, which ZW<strong>SA</strong> has early-adopted, the Australian Accounting Standards and Interpretations that have recently<br />
been issued or amended but are not yet effective, have not been adopted by ZW<strong>SA</strong> for the period ending 30 June 20<strong>11</strong>. ZW<strong>SA</strong> has<br />
assessed the impact of the new and amended standards and interpretations and considers there will be no impact on the accounting<br />
policies or the financial statements of ZW<strong>SA</strong>.<br />
4 Programs of ZW<strong>SA</strong><br />
In achieving its objectives, ZW<strong>SA</strong> conducts its services through a single program, '<strong>Waste</strong> reduction and resource recovery'. The<br />
primary objective is to promote waste management practices that, as far as possible, eliminate waste or its consignment to landfill and<br />
advance the development of resources recovery and recycling based on an integrated strategy for the State.<br />
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5 Employee benefits expenses 20<strong>11</strong> <strong>2010</strong><br />
Salaries and wages 1,636 1,456<br />
<strong>Annual</strong> leave 214 133<br />
Long service leave 106 141<br />
Employment on-costs - superannuation 218 201<br />
Employment on-costs - other <strong>11</strong>3 102<br />
Targeted voluntary separation packages (refer below) - 159<br />
Board and committees fees 13 10<br />
Other employee related expenses 87 79<br />
Total: Employee benefits expenses 2,387 2,281<br />
$'000<br />
$'000<br />
Targeted voluntary separation packages (TVSPs): 20<strong>11</strong> <strong>2010</strong><br />
$'000 $’000<br />
Amount paid to these employees:<br />
TVSPs - 159<br />
<strong>Annual</strong> leave and long service leave paid during the reporting period - 67<br />
- 226<br />
Recovery from the Department of Treasury and Finance - (159)<br />
Net cost to ZW<strong>SA</strong> - 67<br />
Number of employees who received a TVSP during the reporting period - 1<br />
Employee Remuneration<br />
The table below includes all employees who received remuneration equal to or greater than the base executive remuneration level during the year.<br />
Remuneration of employees reflects all costs of employment including salaries and wages, superannuation contributions, fringe benefits tax and any<br />
other salary sacrifice benefits. The total remuneration received by these employees for the year was $0.530m (<strong>2010</strong>: $0.333m).<br />
The number of employees whose remuneration received or receivable falls within the following bands:<br />
No. of employees<br />
20<strong>11</strong> <strong>2010</strong><br />
No. of employees<br />
$127 500 – $130 699* - 1<br />
$130 700 – $140 699 1 -<br />
$150 700 – $160 699 1 -<br />
$200 700 – $210 699 - 1<br />
$230 700 – $240 699 1 -<br />
3 2<br />
* This band has been included for the purposes of reporting comparative figures based on the executive base level rate for 2009/10.<br />
Accounting Policy Change<br />
In accordance with the revised Accounting Policy Framework II General Purpose Financial Statements Framework, ZW<strong>SA</strong> has changed its accounting<br />
policy and now discloses all employees who receive remuneration equal to or greater than the base executive remuneration level rather than all<br />
employees who receive remuneration equal to or greater than $100 000. The impact of this change in accounting policy is the number of employees<br />
disclosed has reduced by 3 for 20<strong>11</strong> and 2 for <strong>2010</strong>.<br />
6 Supplies and services 20<strong>11</strong> <strong>2010</strong><br />
Accommodation and property management expenses 218 275<br />
Consultants 56 69<br />
Contractors 8 22<br />
Auditor's remuneration 13 12<br />
Fee for service 1,483 2,157<br />
General administration 278 261<br />
Advertising 94 3<br />
Information technology and communication expenses 126 181<br />
Minor works, maintenance and equipment <strong>11</strong>8 168<br />
Monitoring fees 10 23<br />
Transportation 15 12<br />
Travel and accommodation 46 24<br />
Vehicle 48 35<br />
<strong>Waste</strong> disposal 571 594<br />
Other 95 86<br />
Total: Supplies and services 3,179 3,922<br />
Consultants<br />
The number and dollar amount of consultancies paid/payable (included in supplies and services expense) that fell within the following bands:<br />
20<strong>11</strong> <strong>2010</strong> - 20<strong>11</strong> <strong>2010</strong><br />
Number Number Number $'000 $'000<br />
$10 000 to $50 000 - 2 6 - 69<br />
Above $50 000 1 - 1 56 -<br />
Total paid/payable to the consultants engaged 1 2 8 56 69<br />
$'000<br />
$'000<br />
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Auditor's remuneration<br />
Auditor's remuneration (included in the supplies and services note above) represents amounts paid/payable to the Auditor-General's Department for<br />
<strong>au</strong>dit services. No other services were provided by the Auditor-General's Department.<br />
20<strong>11</strong> <strong>2010</strong><br />
Audit fees paid/payable to the Auditor-General's Department 13 12<br />
Total: Audit fees 13 12<br />
Supplies and services provided by entities within the <strong>SA</strong> <strong>Gov</strong>ernment<br />
Auditor's remuneration 13 12<br />
Total: Supplies and services provided by entities within the <strong>SA</strong> <strong>Gov</strong>ernment 13 12<br />
$'000<br />
$'000<br />
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$'000 $’000<br />
Furniture and fittings 45 45<br />
Plant and equipment 3 2<br />
Total: Depreciation 48 47<br />
8 Grants and subsidies 20<strong>11</strong> <strong>2010</strong><br />
Community organisations, associations and individuals 1,340 1,650<br />
Local government 2,024 1,131<br />
State government 50 184<br />
Universities 127 209<br />
Total: Grants and subsidies 3,541 3,174<br />
Grants and subsidies paid/payable to entities external to the <strong>SA</strong> <strong>Gov</strong>ernment 20<strong>11</strong> <strong>2010</strong><br />
Consumption and waste avoidance 84 -<br />
Kerbside performance incentives program 785 202<br />
Market development and research grants - 165<br />
Metropolitan reuse and recycling infrastructure grants 699 605<br />
Partnership with tertiary education 126 200<br />
Problematic waste initiatives 355 304<br />
Recycling at work 75 181<br />
Regional implementation grants 960 891<br />
Resource efficiency and assistance program (REAP) 272 177<br />
Sustainable markets and innovation 121 -<br />
Quick service in-store recycling 12 -<br />
Schools and community grants 2 265<br />
Total: Grants and subsidies paid/payable to entities external to the <strong>SA</strong> <strong>Gov</strong>ernment 3,491 2,990<br />
Grants and subsidies paid/payable to entities within the <strong>SA</strong> <strong>Gov</strong>ernment<br />
Department for Environment and Natural Resources - 85<br />
Department for Trade & Economic Development - 99<br />
Adelaide Shores Resort 6 -<br />
<strong>SA</strong> Film Corporation 16 -<br />
TAFE <strong>SA</strong> 8 -<br />
<strong>SA</strong> Health 20 -<br />
Total: Grants and subsidies paid/payable to entities within the <strong>SA</strong> <strong>Gov</strong>ernment 50 184<br />
$'000<br />
$'000<br />
$'000<br />
$'000<br />
9 Net loss from the disposal of non-current assets 20<strong>11</strong> <strong>2010</strong><br />
$'000 $’000<br />
Plant and equipment<br />
Proceeds from disposal - -<br />
Less: Net book value of assets disposed - (2)<br />
Net (loss)/gain from disposal - (2)<br />
Total: Assets<br />
Total proceeds from disposal - -<br />
Less: total value of assets disposed - (2)<br />
Total: Net loss from disposal of assets - (2)<br />
10 Grants and contributions 20<strong>11</strong> <strong>2010</strong><br />
$'000 $’000<br />
Grants received from other entities within the <strong>SA</strong> <strong>Gov</strong>ernment 12,646 <strong>11</strong>,814<br />
Private industry and local government 407 554<br />
Total: Grants and contributions 13,053 12,368<br />
Grants and contributions received/receivable from entities within the <strong>SA</strong> <strong>Gov</strong>ernment<br />
Environment Protection Authority* 12,616 <strong>11</strong>,744<br />
Department of the Premier and Cabinet 30 65<br />
Donations and other subsidies - 5<br />
Total: Grants and contributions received/receivable from entities within the <strong>SA</strong> <strong>Gov</strong>ernment 12,646 <strong>11</strong>,814<br />
* As per section 17 of the <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> Act 2004, ZW<strong>SA</strong> receives 50% of solid waste levies collected by the Environment Protection Authority.<br />
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Notes to and forming part of the Financial Statements<br />
For the Period Ended 30 June 20<strong>11</strong><br />
<strong>11</strong> Interest revenues 20<strong>11</strong> <strong>2010</strong><br />
$'000 $’000<br />
Interest on deposit accounts - from entities within the <strong>SA</strong> <strong>Gov</strong>ernment 969 601<br />
Total: Interest revenues 969 601<br />
12 Revenues from <strong>SA</strong> <strong>Gov</strong>ernment 20<strong>11</strong> <strong>2010</strong><br />
$'000 $’000<br />
Contingency funds - 159<br />
Total: Revenues from <strong>SA</strong> <strong>Gov</strong>ernment - 159<br />
13 Cash and cash equivalents 20<strong>11</strong> <strong>2010</strong><br />
$'000 $’000<br />
Deposits with the Treasurer 23,513 18,615<br />
Total: Cash and cash equivalents 23,513 18,615<br />
Interest rate risk<br />
Cash deposits are recognised at their nominal amounts and interest is credited to revenue as it accrues. ZW<strong>SA</strong> invests surplus funds with the Treasurer.<br />
Interest is earned on the average monthly balance at rates based on the DTF 90 day average overnight cash interest rate and interest is paid at the end<br />
of each quarter.<br />
14 Receivables 20<strong>11</strong> <strong>2010</strong><br />
$'000 $’000<br />
Current<br />
Receivables 25 -<br />
Less: Allowance for doubtful debts - -<br />
25 -<br />
Accrued revenues 89 64<br />
Total : Receivables current <strong>11</strong>4 64<br />
Receivables from entities within the <strong>SA</strong> <strong>Gov</strong>ernment<br />
Accrued revenues 89 64<br />
Total: Receivables from entities within <strong>SA</strong> <strong>Gov</strong>ernment 89 64<br />
15 Other assets 20<strong>11</strong> <strong>2010</strong><br />
$'000 $’000<br />
Current<br />
Prepayments 9 -<br />
Total: Other assets current 9 -<br />
16 Property, plant and equipment 20<strong>11</strong> <strong>2010</strong><br />
$'000 $’000<br />
Furniture and fittings<br />
At cost (deemed fair value) 765 452<br />
Less: Accumulated depreciation (249) (204)<br />
Total: Furniture and fittings 516 248<br />
Plant and equipment<br />
At cost (deemed fair value) 13 13<br />
Less: Accumulated depreciation (6) (3)<br />
Total: Plant and equipment 7 10<br />
Total: Property, plant and equipment 523 258<br />
Valuation of Property, plant and equipment<br />
All ZW<strong>SA</strong> assets are recorded at cost (deemed fair value).<br />
Impairment<br />
There were no indications of impairment of property, plant and equipment at 30 June 20<strong>11</strong>.<br />
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Movement reconciliation of property, plant and equipment:<br />
20<strong>11</strong><br />
<strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong><br />
Notes to and forming part of the Financial Statements<br />
For the Period Ended 30 June 20<strong>11</strong><br />
Land Buildings Park<br />
infrastructure<br />
Roads,<br />
tracks &<br />
Mo Com<br />
vea putin<br />
Furniture<br />
& fittings<br />
Plant &<br />
equipment<br />
20<strong>11</strong><br />
Sub-total<br />
$'000 trails $'000 $'000 ble $'000 g<br />
$'000 $'000 $'000 $'000<br />
$'000<br />
Carrying amount at the start of period - - 248 10 258<br />
Additions - - 313 - 313<br />
Depreciation expense - - (45) (3) (48)<br />
Carrying amount at the end of period - - 516 7 523<br />
<strong>2010</strong><br />
Land Buildings Park<br />
infrastructure<br />
Roads,<br />
tracks &<br />
Mo Com<br />
vea putin<br />
Furniture<br />
& fittings<br />
Plant &<br />
equipment<br />
<strong>2010</strong><br />
Sub-total<br />
$'000 trails $'000 $'000 ble $'000 g<br />
$'000 $'000 $'000 $'000<br />
$'000<br />
Carrying amount at the start of period - - 293 14 307<br />
Additions - - - - - -<br />
Depreciation expense - 0 - (45) (2) (47)<br />
Disposals - - - - (2) (2)<br />
Carrying amount at the end of period - 0 - 248 10 258<br />
17 Payables 20<strong>11</strong> <strong>2010</strong><br />
$'000 $’000<br />
Current<br />
Accrued expenses 25 17<br />
Creditors 1,681 1,479<br />
Employee benefit on-costs 53 37<br />
Total: Current payables 1,759 1,533<br />
Payables to entities within the <strong>SA</strong> <strong>Gov</strong>ernment<br />
Accrued expenses 12 12<br />
Creditors 42 22<br />
Employee benefit on-costs 53 37<br />
Total: Current payables to entities within the <strong>SA</strong> <strong>Gov</strong>ernment 107 71<br />
Non-current<br />
Employee benefit on-costs 63 54<br />
Total: Non-current payables 63 54<br />
Payables to entities within the <strong>SA</strong> <strong>Gov</strong>ernment<br />
Employee benefit on-costs 54 54<br />
Total: Non-current payables to entities within the <strong>SA</strong> <strong>Gov</strong>ernment 54 54<br />
Employment on-costs<br />
As a result of an actuarial assessment performed by the Department of Treasury and Finance, the percentage of the proportion of long service leave taken<br />
as leave has changed from the <strong>2010</strong> rate 45% to 35% and the average factor for the calculation of employer superannuation cost on-cost has changed<br />
from the <strong>2010</strong> rate 10.5% to 10.3%. These rates are used in the employment oncost calculation. The net financial effect of the changes in the current<br />
financial year is a decrease in the employment on-cost of $8 800 and employee benefit expense of $8 800.<br />
18 Employee benefits 20<strong>11</strong> <strong>2010</strong><br />
$'000 $’000<br />
Current<br />
Accrued salaries and wages - 60<br />
<strong>Annual</strong> leave 225 124<br />
Long service leave 29 78<br />
Total: Current employee benefits 254 262<br />
All employee benefit amounts shown above are expected to be paid within 12 months after reporting date.<br />
Non-current<br />
Long service leave 677 547<br />
Total: Non-current employee benefits 677 547<br />
As a result of an actuarial assessment performed by the Department of Treasury and Finance, the benchmark for the measurement of long service leave<br />
liability has changed from the <strong>2010</strong> benchmark of 5.5 years to 5.0 years. The net financial effect of the changes in the current financial year is an increase<br />
in the long service leave liability of $12 100 and employee benefit expense of $12 100. The impact on future periods is impracticable to estimate as the<br />
benchmark is calculated using a number of assumptions - a key assumption is the long-term discount rate. With current conditions, the long term rate is<br />
experiencing significant movement.<br />
19 Other liabilities 20<strong>11</strong> <strong>2010</strong><br />
$'000 $’000<br />
Current<br />
Other 6 8<br />
Total: Current other liabilities 6 8<br />
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For the Period Ended 30 June 20<strong>11</strong><br />
20 Cash flow reconciliation<br />
20<strong>11</strong> <strong>2010</strong><br />
$'000 $’000<br />
Reconciliation of cash and cash equivalents at the end of the reporting period:<br />
Cash and cash equivalents disclosed in the Statement of Financial Position 23,513 18,615<br />
Cash and cash equivalents disclosed in the Statement of Cash Flows 23,513 18,615<br />
Reconciliation of net cash provided by operating activities to net cost of providing services<br />
Net cash provided by operating activities 5,2<strong>11</strong> 4,748<br />
Less revenues from <strong>SA</strong> <strong>Gov</strong>ernment - (159)<br />
Less non-cash items<br />
Depreciation (48) (52)<br />
Net loss on disposal of assets - (2)<br />
Movement in assets and liabilities<br />
Increase/(decrease) in receivables 50 (12)<br />
Increase/(decrease) in other assets 9 -<br />
(Increase)/decrease in payables (Increase) in payables (235) (928)<br />
(Increase)/decrease in employee benefits (Increase) in employee benefits (122) (61)<br />
Decrease/(increase) in other liabilities 2 9<br />
Net cost of providing services 4,867 3,543<br />
21 Unrecognised contractual commitments 20<strong>11</strong> <strong>2010</strong><br />
Operating lease commitments<br />
Commitments in relation to operating leases contracted for at the reporting date but not recognised as liabilities are<br />
payable as follows:<br />
$'000 $’000<br />
Within one year 209 202<br />
Later than one year but not later than five years 609 791<br />
Total: Operating lease commitments 818 993<br />
The operating lease held by ZW<strong>SA</strong> is a property lease with a penalty cl<strong>au</strong>se equal to the amount of the residual payments remaining for the lease<br />
terms. The lease is payable one month in advance and ZW<strong>SA</strong> has the right of renewal. There are no existing or contingent rental provisions.<br />
Remuneration commitments<br />
Commitments for the payment of salaries and other remuneration under fixed-term employment contracts in existence at<br />
the reporting date but not recognised as liabilities are payable as follows:<br />
20<strong>11</strong> <strong>2010</strong><br />
$'000 $’000<br />
Within one year 219 214<br />
Later than one year but not later than five years 142 350<br />
Total: Remuneration commitments 361 564<br />
Amounts disclosed include commitments arising from executive and other service contracts. ZW<strong>SA</strong> does not offer fixed-term remuneration contracts<br />
greater than five years.<br />
22 Contingent assets and liabilities<br />
ZW<strong>SA</strong> is not aware of the existence of any contingent assets or contingent liabilities.<br />
23 Remuneration of board members<br />
Members that were entitled to receive remuneration for membership during the <strong>2010</strong>/20<strong>11</strong> financial year were:<br />
<strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> Board<br />
Brennan, F N (appointed 7 October <strong>2010</strong>)<br />
Dyson, M F N<br />
Harvey, A E<br />
Hill, C C<br />
Holmes, A N *<br />
Jeffries, L M<br />
Morton, M L<br />
Prince, A V<br />
Spirat, T *(resigned 13 July <strong>2010</strong>)<br />
Tate, J S (resigned 3 September <strong>2010</strong>)<br />
Withers, M P (appointed 7 October <strong>2010</strong>)<br />
* Denotes government employees<br />
The number of members whose remuneration received or receivable falls within the following bands:<br />
No. of board<br />
members<br />
20<strong>11</strong> <strong>2010</strong><br />
No. of board<br />
members<br />
$0 - $9 999 <strong>11</strong> 9<br />
<strong>11</strong> 9<br />
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Notes to and forming part of the Financial Statements<br />
For the Period Ended 30 June 20<strong>11</strong><br />
Remuneration of members reflects all costs of performing board/committee member duties including sitting fees and super contributions. The total<br />
remuneration received or receivable by members was $12 800 (<strong>2010</strong>: $10 900).<br />
During the <strong>2010</strong>/<strong>11</strong> financial year members of the Board were paid superannuation of $200 (<strong>2010</strong>: $1 080).<br />
In accordance with the Department of the Premier and Cabinet's Circular Number 16, government employees did not receive any remuneration for<br />
board/committee duties during the financial year.<br />
Unless otherwise disclosed, transactions between members and ZW<strong>SA</strong> are on conditions no more favourable than those that it is reasonable to expect<br />
the entity would have adopted if dealing with the related party at arm's length in the same circumstances.<br />
24 Events after the reporting period<br />
There are no known events after the balance date that affect these general purpose financial statements in a material manner.<br />
25 Financial instruments/financial risk management<br />
Categorisation of financial instruments<br />
Details of the significant accounting policies and methods adopted including the criteria for recognition, the basis of measurement, and the basis on which<br />
income and expenses are recognised with respect to each class of financial asset, financial liability and equity instrument are disclosed in Note 2 Summary<br />
of significant accounting policies.<br />
Statement of Financial Position line item<br />
Note 20<strong>11</strong><br />
<strong>2010</strong><br />
Carrying Fair<br />
value Carrying amount Fair value<br />
amount<br />
$'000 $'000 $'000<br />
$'000<br />
Financial assets<br />
Cash and cash equivalents 13<br />
23,513<br />
23,513 18,615 18,615<br />
Receivables 14<br />
<strong>11</strong>4<br />
<strong>11</strong>4<br />
64 64<br />
Financial liabilities<br />
Payables 17<br />
1,822<br />
1,822<br />
1,587 1,587<br />
Credit risk<br />
Credit risk arises when there is the possibility of ZW<strong>SA</strong>’s debtors def<strong>au</strong>lting on their contractual obligations resulting in financial loss to ZW<strong>SA</strong>. ZW<strong>SA</strong><br />
measures credit risk on a fair value basis and monitors risk on a regular basis.<br />
ZW<strong>SA</strong> has minimal concentration of credit risk. ZW<strong>SA</strong> has policies and procedures in place to ensure that transactions occur with customers with<br />
appropriate credit history. ZW<strong>SA</strong> does not engage in high risk hedging for its financial assets.<br />
Financial assets analysis<br />
Allowances for impairment of financial assets are calculated on past experience and current and expected changes in client credit rating. Currently ZW<strong>SA</strong><br />
does not hold any collateral as security for any of its financial assets. At reporting date, there is no evidence to indicate that any of the financial assets are<br />
impaired.<br />
Ageing analysis of financial assets<br />
The following table discloses the ageing of financial assets, past due, including impaired assets past due.<br />
Financial assets item<br />
Current<br />
(Not overdue)<br />
Overdue for<br />
< 30 days<br />
Overdue for<br />
30–60 days<br />
Overdue for<br />
> 60 days<br />
Total<br />
$’000<br />
$’000<br />
$’000<br />
$’000 $’000<br />
20<strong>11</strong><br />
Not impaired<br />
Receivables 89<br />
-<br />
-<br />
25 <strong>11</strong>4<br />
<strong>2010</strong><br />
Not impaired<br />
Receivables 64<br />
- -<br />
- 64<br />
Maturity analysis of financial assets and liabilities<br />
The following table discloses the maturity analysis of financial assets and financial liabilities.<br />
Financial statements item<br />
20<strong>11</strong><br />
< 1 year<br />
Contractual maturities<br />
1-5 years<br />
> 5 years Carrying<br />
amount<br />
$’000 $’000<br />
Financial assets<br />
Cash and cash equivalents 23,513<br />
-<br />
- 23,513<br />
Receivables <strong>11</strong>4<br />
-<br />
- <strong>11</strong>4<br />
Total financial assets 23,627<br />
-<br />
- 23,627<br />
Financial liabilities<br />
Payables 1,759<br />
63<br />
- 1,822<br />
Total financial liabilities 1,759<br />
63<br />
- 1,822<br />
<strong>2010</strong><br />
Financial assets<br />
Cash and cash equivalents 18,615<br />
-<br />
- 18,615<br />
Receivables 64<br />
-<br />
- 64<br />
Total financial assets 18,679<br />
-<br />
- 18,679<br />
Financial liabilities<br />
Payables 1,533<br />
54<br />
- 1,587<br />
Total financial liabilities 1,533<br />
54<br />
- 1,587<br />
$’000<br />
$’000<br />
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Notes to and forming part of the Financial Statements<br />
For the Period Ended 30 June 20<strong>11</strong><br />
Liquidity risk<br />
Liquidity risk arises where ZW<strong>SA</strong> is unable to meet its financial obligations as they are due to be settled. ZW<strong>SA</strong> is funded principally from waste levies<br />
received under the <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> Act 2004 (refer Note 10). ZW<strong>SA</strong>'s expenditure <strong>au</strong>thority must be approved by the Treasurer each year, based on<br />
budgeted revenues and expenditures outlined in an annual Business Plan. ZW<strong>SA</strong> settles undisputed accounts within 30 days from the date of the invoice or<br />
date the invoice is first received. In the event of a dispute, payment is made 30 days from resolution.<br />
ZW<strong>SA</strong>'s exposure to liquidity risk is insignificant based on past experience and current assessment of risk.<br />
Market risk<br />
ZW<strong>SA</strong> has no interest bearing liabilities as at the end of the reporting period. There is no exposure to foreign currency or other price risks.<br />
A sensitivity analysis has not been undertaken for the interest rate risk of ZW<strong>SA</strong> as it has been determined that the possible impact on profit and loss or<br />
total equity from fluctuations in interest rates is immaterial.<br />
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Pursuant to the provisions of Section 9 of the Freedom<br />
of Information Act 1991 (<strong>SA</strong>) the following details are<br />
provided as part of the Information Statement of <strong>Zero</strong><br />
<strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong>.<br />
Agency structure and functions<br />
The Office of <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> was established as an<br />
administrative unit of the Public Service on 1 July 2003<br />
by proclamation pursuant to the former Public Sector<br />
Management Act 1995 (replaced with the Public Service Act<br />
2009). On 7 May 2004, <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> was established as an<br />
instrumentality of the Crown by the <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> Act 2004.<br />
<strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> was established to promote waste<br />
management practices that, as far as possible, eliminate<br />
waste or its consignment to landfill and advance the<br />
development of resource recovery and recycling.<br />
<strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> is overseen by a governing board<br />
established by the Act.<br />
Effect of agency functions on<br />
members of the public<br />
<strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> will enhance the sustainability of the state<br />
by improving resource recovery and recycling and reduction<br />
of waste. Programs to achieve these outcomes are detailed<br />
in the annual report and the <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> business plan.<br />
Public participation in agency<br />
policy<br />
The Act requires that the Board of <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> include<br />
members with a range of practical knowledge and<br />
experience. A specific requirement is a member with<br />
advocacy on environmental matters on behalf of the<br />
community, a position currently held by Ms Cheryl Hill.<br />
The Act requires the development of a waste strategy<br />
for the state and prescribes a minimum level of public<br />
consultation to be carried out during preparation of the<br />
strategy. Development of the next waste strategy began<br />
in early 2009 and was released for eight weeks’ public<br />
consultation in August <strong>2010</strong>.<br />
The agency works closely with the Local <strong>Gov</strong>ernment<br />
Association in the development and implementation<br />
of programs.<br />
Description of kinds of<br />
documents held by ZW<strong>SA</strong><br />
• Fact sheets produced by <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> on a range of<br />
waste related matters: available on the <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong><br />
website at www.zerowaste.sa.gov.<strong>au</strong> and at the <strong>Zero</strong><br />
<strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> office on 8th floor, Statewide House, 99<br />
Gawler Place, Adelaide.<br />
• reports relating to waste management issues prepared<br />
by or on behalf of <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong><br />
• this and previous annual reports<br />
• correspondence files<br />
• financial records<br />
• personnel records<br />
Other records (including asset records and occupational<br />
health and safety records) are held by the Department<br />
of Environment and Natural Resources under a service<br />
level agreement.<br />
Access to agency documents<br />
Requests under the Freedom of Information Act 1991 for<br />
access to documents or amendment of personal records<br />
in the possession of <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong> should be directed in<br />
writing to:<br />
Freedom of Information Coordinator<br />
<strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong><br />
GPO Box 1047<br />
ADELAIDE <strong>SA</strong> 5001<br />
Telephone: (08) 8204 1962.
61<br />
<strong>Zero</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>SA</strong><br />
Level 8<br />
Statewide House<br />
99 Gawler Place<br />
ADELAIDE <strong>SA</strong> 5000<br />
Telephone: (08) 8204 2051<br />
Facsimile: (08) 8204 19<strong>11</strong><br />
Email: zerowaste@zerowaste.sa.gov.<strong>au</strong><br />
Internet: www.zerowaste.sa.gov.<strong>au</strong><br />
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