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

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IV Preface 2010–11 presented new challenges to Zero Waste SA in continuing its work to maximise waste reduction and promote recycling and ecological sustainability. In early 2010, Zero Waste SA made significant commitments totalling $18 million over four years to extend its work and build on the State’s first Waste Strategy, South Australia’s Waste Strategy 2005–2010. Achievements under the first Strategy included the roll-out of high-performing kerbside recycling systems, investment in important waste infrastructure, improvements in the recovery of materials from regional areas, industry resource efficiency, and commercial recycling incentives. While our State’s recycling rate – at more than 70% – is among the world’s best, there is much more we can do. Zero Waste SA’s commitments will progressively extend our State’s achievements in waste management through investing in more waste infrastructure, supporting business and industry in achieving better resource efficiency, and assisting local government and householders to recycle a range of products including food waste, televisions, computers and hazardous waste. Zero Waste SA has made considerable progress over the past year to meet these commitments. To increase our State’s waste and recycling infrastructure, $3 million dollars was awarded under two key Zero Waste SA grant programs – the Regional Implementation Program and the Metropolitan Infrastructure Program. This funding has stimulated further investment from grant recipients of $6.86 million which will help achieve viable recycling outcomes in regional and metropolitan areas of our State. This year, Zero Waste SA engaged with more South Australian businesses and Government worksites under its Resource Efficiency Assistance Program. With collaboration at its base, and with strong potential to save waste, energy, water and money in a difficult financial climate, the program continued to bring excellent outcomes for participating organisations. Zero Waste SA, in partnership with local councils, has also rolled out a further food waste incentive program across the State, committing $6.1 million over four years. In 2010–11, five councils were awarded funding to implement food waste recycling systems, which will help approximately 89,000 households to recycle food waste materials. A partnership between Zero Waste SA, Local Government Association and Australian Government, enabled South Australians to dispose of unwanted televisions following the television signal switchover from analogue to digital on 15 December 2010. The switchover affected approximately 115,000 households in 29 council areas in regional South Australia. Just over 19,000 televisions were diverted from landfill.
V Zero Waste SA’s Household Hazardous Waste and Farm Chemical Collection program continued to make it easier for the public to safely dispose of unwanted hazardous chemicals. During 2010–11, approximately 170,000 kilograms of hazardous waste was collected from more than 3,000 people. The Zero Waste SA Centre for Sustainable Design and Behaviour – a partnership between the University of South Australia and Zero Waste SA – also continued to build knowledge to help us understand better ways to achieve our objectives in areas such as sustainability and behaviour change. In 2010–11, the centre won three Australian Research Council Linkage grants for projects that will benefit our long-term objective to move our habits up the waste hierarchy from disposal and recycling to reduction and avoidance. Perhaps the most important project for 2010–11 was the development of the State’s second Waste Strategy, South Australia’s Waste Strategy 2011–2015. Zero Waste SA consulted with stakeholders, communities and interested parties to inform the new strategy, which will be released in 2011–12. It will be an essential tool for the State to seek new and improved ways of realising waste management reform with the help of all South Australians. Along with these outstanding achievements, Zero Waste SA’s work continued to attract interest nationally and internationally from other like-minded organisations. Zero Waste SA welcomed visits from overseas delegates from Chile, Wales, Scotland and China, and interstate representatives from the Northern Territory, the Australian Capital Territory, Queensland, Victoria and New South Wales. To conclude, I acknowledge the support and collaboration of all people and organisations in building on the success of Zero Waste SA. Central to Zero Waste SA’s work during the year has been its continued successful partnerships with local government, the waste industry, KESAB environmental solutions, and the University of South Australia. I also wish to thank the Board of Zero Waste SA and Zero Waste SA staff for their work and continued enthusiasm to meet the goals of the agency. Vaughan Levitzke Chief Executive
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Page 3: AVOID • REDUCE • REUSE • RECY
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
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Page 30 and 31: 22 The trials tested a range of mea
Page 32 and 33: 24 The Zero Waste SA Centre will co
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Page 36 and 37: 28 Litter and Illegal Dumping Illeg
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Page 44 and 45: 36 Statutory Reporting Obligations
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