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

ZWSA worked with the Environment Protection
Authority and local government on a number of
initiatives for implementing the Waste EPP
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Financial and legislative
instruments
Review of the solid waste levy
The State Government 2010–11 budget indicated an
increase in revenue collected through the solid waste levy
under the Fees and Levies regulations of the Environment
Protection Act 1983.
On 27 October 2010, the Minister for Environment and
Conservation directed Zero Waste SA under the Zero Waste
SA Act 2004, to review the structure and impacts of the
solid waste levy in consultation with key stakeholders. The
levy review began in early 2011 and its findings will be
used to advise the Minister in 2011–12.
A committee of the Board of Zero Waste SA has been
established by way of section 12(1) of the Zero Waste SA
Act 2004 to oversee the review. The committee includes
representatives from:
> Zero Waste SA Board and Zero Waste SA
> Environment Protection Authority Board and
Environment Protection Authority
> Local Government Association
> South Australian Branch of the Waste Management
Association of Australia.
Zero Waste SA has identified these items as high priority
problematic wastes. In 2010–11, it worked with the
Environment Protection Authority and local government
on a number of initiatives for implementing the Waste EPP,
for example:
> electronic waste collections with a focus on areas of
regional South Australia affected by the television
signal switchover from analogue to digital
> collection of hazardous waste, oil and lead acid
batteries through the Zero Waste SA Household and
Farm Hazardous Waste Collection Program across
South Australia
> supporting plastics recycling in the Commercial and
Industrial sector through Zero Waste SA’s Recycling
at Work and REAP, and including plastics recycling
as a priority project in Zero Waste SA’s 2010–11
Metropolitan Infrastructure program
> launch of the BackLight Household Light Globe
Recycling Program to enable householders to drop off
a range of fluorescent globes for recycling at 50 Mitre
10 stores across the State.
Environment Protection (Waste to Resources) Policy 2010
The Environment Protection (Waste to Resources) Policy
2010 (Waste EPP) came into operation on 1 September
2010 and will progressively ban certain wastes from
going to landfill. The Waste EPP provides the regulatory
underpinning for the Waste Strategy 2011–2015.
The banned items, listed at schedule 4 of the Waste EPP,
include electronic waste, plastics (LDPE and PVC), compact
fluorescent lights and mercury containing lights.