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

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36 Statutory Reporting Obligations Coordination of activities with the Environment Protection Authority The Chief Executives and senior staff of Zero Waste SA and the Environment Protection Authority met formally on five occasions in 2010–11 to discuss a range of waste management issues and matters of mutual interest to both organisations, such as Zero Waste SA programs, the draft South Australia’s Waste Strategy 2011–2015, product stewardship initiatives, data collection and management, and improved communication between the agencies. The agencies also coordinated planning activities for the implementation of the Environment Protection (Waste to Resources) Policy 2010. The organisations maintained frequent informal contact on a range of matters relating to waste and recycling.
Greening Zero Waste SA 37 Zero Waste SA has committed to a Greening Implementation Plan (Greening Zero Waste SA) that identifies environmental impacts of its operations and creates mechanisms to address them. The organisation continues to set performance goals, targets and indicators to manage energy, water, materials and waste, and staff involvement in greening activities. Developing best practice, Zero Waste SA started yearly audits of its energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions in 2008. In 2008–09, Zero Waste SA developed an environment management system linked to a web-based ‘dashboard’ interface, which displays and monitors progress against energy, water, waste and staff involvement targets. Where practical, data is automatically collected from installed sub-meters. It is manually collected for other parameters (e.g. travel and recycling). Zero Waste SA continues to participate in Adelaide City Council’s City Switch program, a national initiative of the Council of Capital City Lord Mayors, to improve energy efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from office buildings. In December 2010, Zero Waste SA was awarded ‘Signatory of the Year’ at the inaugural CitySwitch SA Signatory of the Year Awards for the office category under 2000 square metres. Zero Waste SA was acknowledged in particular for its dedication to find creative and innovative ideas to save energy, water and waste after installing its dashboard environment management system. Energy management Zero Waste SA has an energy target of 60% reduction in carbon emissions by 2012. Electricity consumption is metered and displayed on the dashboard (lighting and power circuits), to assess the effectiveness of energy conservation measures. From a 2008–09 baseline in energy consumption of 2.3 tonnes carbon emissions per fulltime equivalent (FTE), Zero Waste SA has reduced its emissions by 51% to 1.19 tonnes in carbon emissions per FTE in 2010–11. This reduction has been achieved by a combination of behaviour change, technology installation and carbon certificate purchase. Lighting Through office layout and material selection, fit out of the premises has maximised the use of daylight, reducing the need for artificial lighting and energy. The office is fitted with T5 lighting and sensors that automatically switch lights off.
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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 10 and 11: 2 Who we are Zero Waste SA’s prim
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 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 69: 61 Zero Waste SA Level 8 Statewide

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