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Guideline to Waste Management Plan 2012-2014 Page 2 of 16 Guideline to the Waste Management Plan Contents page 1. Purpose of Guideline 3 2. Aim of the Waste Management Plan 3 3. Legislative Basis for Waste Management 3 4. Principles of Waste Management 3 5. Waste Management in Practice 4 6. The Waste Management Plan 5 7. Responsibilities of Service Areas 5 8. Reporting 6 9. Director-General Approval 7 Appendices 1. Summary: Responsibilities of Service Areas 2. Simple example of a Waste Management Plan 3. Glossary of Terms Technical Services April 2013
Guideline to Waste Management Plan 2012-2014 Page 3 of 16 1 Purpose of Guideline This guideline provides background and explanatory information to the Department of Housing and Public Works Waste Management Plan 2012-2014. 2 Aim of the Waste Management Plan The department’s Waste Management Plan aims to: • foster a culture that recognises ‘waste’ as a resource and recognises the importance of resource recovery either by avoidance, reduction, reuse, or recycling of unwanted or surplus materials and products; • foster a consistent philosophy and approach across the diverse service areas of the Department of Housing and Public Works; and • comply with Queensland legislation and government policy (as outlined below). 3 Legislative Basis for Waste Management The Waste Reduction and Recycling Act 2011 (the Act), which received Royal Assent on 28 October 2011, imposed a requirement on each Queensland government department to develop a new waste reduction and recycling plan and to report on waste management achievements under the plan. Previously, the obligation on a department to develop and implement a waste management plan was embedded in Sections 35 to 40 of the Environmental Protection (Waste Management) Policy 2000 (the Policy), which was subordinate legislation to the Environmental Protection Act 1994. The Policy was repealed when the new Act was introduced. However, due to major proposed amendments to the Act and to Queensland’s Waste Reduction and Recycling Strategy 2010-2020 which supports it, the deadline for the development of a new waste reduction and recycling plan (originally intended to be 1 December 2012) has been deferred until 1 July 2014 and the new reporting requirements deferred until August 2015. In the interim, transitional arrangements are in place whereby the requirements for the development of a waste plan and for reporting on waste management under the previous Policy remain in place until 30 June 2014. 4 Principles of Waste Management The waste management hierarchy outlines waste management practices to achieve the best environmental outcome, listed in the preferred order of adoption: • waste avoidance - practices which prevent the generation of waste altogether • waste reduction - practices which reduce waste produced • waste segregation – separation of wastes making them useable or less difficult to dispose of • waste reuse - direct reuse of waste materials for the same grade of use Technical Services April 2013
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