Annual Report 2010-11 - Zero Waste SA - SA.Gov.au

More documents

Recommendations

Info

2 Who we are Zero Waste SA’s primary objective is to promote waste management practices that, as far as possible, eliminate waste or its consignment to landfill, and advance the development of resource recovery and recycling. Zero Waste SA provides strategic policy advice, guidance and leadership to government and stakeholders to bring about change. Zero Waste SA establishes programs and projects that maximise waste reduction, and promote recycling and ecological sustainability. At the time of preparing this annual report, the State’s second Waste Strategy, South Australia’s Waste Strategy 2011–2015 was being finalised for release by the State Government. The Waste Strategy 2011–2015 highlights two key objectives: • maximising the useful life of materials through reuse and recycling • avoiding and reducing waste. The Waste Strategy 2011–2015 will provide a mechanism for State Government to engage with all South Australians to achieve waste management reform. It is guided by the concept of zero waste which challenges ‘end of pipe’ solutions and shifts a focus to encouraging the cyclical use of materials in our economy. South Australia’s Strategic Plan 2011 includes a target to ‘reduce waste to landfill by 35% by 2020’. Zero Waste SA is the key to achieving that goal and has outlined how we as a community can continue driving waste reduction and other targets in the Waste Strategy 2011–2015. Zero Waste SA is established by the Zero Waste SA Act 2004 as a body corporate and instrumentality of the Crown. The Zero Waste SA Act also establishes a dedicated fund, the Waste to Resources Fund, which Zero Waste SA applies to achieve its objectives. The fund is made up, primarily, of 50% of the levy paid by waste depot licence holders under section 113 of the Environment Protection Act 1993. The levy is collected by the Environment Protection Authority and the appropriate proportion is transferred to the Waste to Resources Fund.
What we do 3 Zero Waste SA is the primary agency responsible for the target ‘reduce waste to landfill by 35% by 2020’ in South Australia’s Strategic Plan 2011. The functions of Zero Waste SA are prescribed in Section 6 of the Zero Waste SA Act and include: > developing and implementing government policies on waste management > monitoring and assessing the adequacy of South Australia’s Waste Strategy and its implementation > helping local councils with arrangements for regional waste management > contributing to the development of waste management infrastructure, technologies and systems > commissioning, supporting and collaborating on research into waste management practices and issues > raising public and industry awareness about waste management > developing and supporting programs for preventing litter and illegal dumping > developing markets for recovered resources and recycled materials. In all its functions, Zero Waste SA is guided by the waste hierarchy for prioritising the management of waste. Most Preferable Avoid SUSTAINABILITY Reduce Reuse Recycle Recover Treat Dispose Least Preferable The waste hierarchy
Page 1 and 2: Annual Report 2010-11
Page 3 and 4: AVOID • REDUCE • REUSE • RECY
Page 5 and 6: V Zero Waste SA’s Household Hazar
Page 7: VII Food Waste Incentives Zero Wast
Page 12 and 13: 4 The Zero Waste SA Board The Zero
Page 14 and 15: 6 Zero Waste SA Board - Governance
Page 16 and 17: 8 A major focus during the year was
Page 18 and 19: 10 The Facebook page gives updates
Page 20 and 21: 12 The 2010-11 communications spons
Page 22 and 23: 14 Incentives Sustainable markets a
Page 24 and 25: 16 The new recycling facility is fu
Page 26 and 27: 18 Product stewardship is an approa
Page 28 and 29: 20 Stakeholders, partnering and lin
Page 30 and 31: 22 The trials tested a range of mea
Page 32 and 33: 24 The Zero Waste SA Centre will co
Page 34 and 35: 26 Zero Waste SA is continuing to a
Page 36 and 37: 28 Litter and Illegal Dumping Illeg
Page 38 and 39: 30 The aluminium and mercury will b
Page 40 and 41: 32 OzHarvest’s food rescue progra
Page 42 and 43: 34 Targets for waste reduction and
Page 44 and 45: 36 Statutory Reporting Obligations
Page 46 and 47: 38 The organisation continues to se
Page 51 and 52: 43 Expenses Zero Waste SA Statement
Page 53 and 54: 45 Zero Waste SA Statement of Chang
Page 55 and 56: 47 Zero Waste SA Note Index For the
Page 57 and 58: 49 Zero Waste SA Notes to and formi
Page 59 and 60: 51 Zero Waste SA Notes to and formi
Page 61 and 62:
53 Zero Waste SA Notes to and formi
Page 63 and 64:
Page 65 and 66:
Page 67 and 68:
Page 69:
61 Zero Waste SA Level 8 Statewide
show all

Annual Report 2010-11 - Zero Waste SA - SA.Gov.au

Create successful ePaper yourself

Delete template?

Save as template?