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

Electrical and electronic products at end-of-life are
increasing in number and volume. Some of their component
parts are hazardous and disposal is a major concern.
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In December 2010, $1.7 million was awarded to 19
regional projects:
> Central Local Government Region – a transfer station
at Quorn, improvements to the District Council of
Peterborough’s recycling shed, and extension of the
Yorketown Progress Association’s Sort & Save shed
(total $162,590)
> Eyre Peninsula LGA – transfer stations and baling
facilities for recyclables at Tumby Bay to service
communities on the Lower Eyre Peninsula and
a sorting facility in Ceduna to complement the
introduction of a kerbside collection service in 2011
(total $209,991)
> South East LGA – a waste oil facility at Naracoorte
Transfer Station, electronic waste containers at
Mt Gambier, a hard waste processing facility at
Sandy Ridge landfill, a sorting and baling facility
at Bordertown, a waste transfer station at Port
McDonnell, extension of an existing solid waste
recycling and reuse facility at Mt Gambier, and a
cardboard baler and trailer at Penola (total $525,616)
> Murray and Mallee LGA – a resource recovery facility
at Monash, transfer station at Waikerie, and a
sorting facility for kerbside recyclables in Loxton in
anticipation of the District Council of Loxton Waikerie
implementing kerbside recycling in 2011 (total
$494,700)
> Southern and Hills LGA – a resource recovery
facility at Victor Harbor, an autobaler for Kangaroo
Island Resource Recovery Centre to improve freight
efficiencies, extension to a composting pad at Goolwa,
and a salvage shed at Strathalbyn ($317,100).
Zero Waste SA also provided funding of $80,000 through
the Local Government Association to enable regions to
engage regional waste coordinators to provide planning
expertise and assist in progressing regional plans.
Regional projects in progress from the previous funding
round are:
> Central Local Government Region – transfer stations
at Clare, Kadina and Port Pirie, and an upgrade to a
cardboard baling facility at Brinkworth (total $287,175)
> Eyre Peninsula LGA – transfer stations and baling
facilities for recyclables at Cleve, Coffin Bay and
Cummins, and improvements to a composting facility
at Whyalla (total $114,973)
> South East LGA – transfer stations at Lucindale
and Nene Valley, and construction and demolition
recycling infrastructure at Naracoorte (total $238,526)
> Murray and Mallee LGA – resource recovery facilities
at Coonalpyn and Tintinara (total $21,100)
> Southern and Hills LGA – a construction and
demolition recycling facility at Strathalbyn, and
improvements to a waste and recycling facility at
Woodside ($36,372).
E-waste
Electrical and electronic products at end-of-life are increasing
in number and volume. Some of their component parts are
hazardous and disposal is a major concern.
The Environment Protection (Waste to Resources) Policy
2009, which came into effect 1 September 2010, contains
a number of bans on materials being disposed to landfill.
Computer monitors and televisions including components,
subassemblies and consumables, and other electrical/
electronic equipment may not be disposed to landfill in
metropolitan Adelaide from September 2012, and may not
be disposed of to landfill in other areas of South Australia
from September 2013.
State and Territory Ministers, through the former
Environment Protection and Heritage Council in November
2009, agreed on a national product stewardship scheme
for televisions and computers. The scheme is being
developed following the passage of the Commonwealth
Product Stewardship Act 2011 on 22 June 2011, with
anticipated introduction in late 2011 or 2012.