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Guideline to Waste Management Plan 2012-2014 Page 5 of 16
Specialist practices
Apart from the office practices which apply to all service areas of the department, there are
also more specialist measures which are managed by relevant service areas in accordance
with their core activities. Some examples are:
Avoidance:
• Managing work and disposal practices for hazardous materials, for example
managing asbestos-containing materials in accordance with whole-of-Government
Asbestos Management and Control Policy for Government Buildings - QBuild,
Project Services (Building and Asset Services after 1 July 2013), Technical Services
• Promoting the use of ecologically sustainable fit out guidelines in all office fitouts –
Accommodation Office
• Recycling or reuse of surplus materials on construction/demolition sites – Project
Services, QBuild (Building and Asset Services after 1 July 2013).
Reuse:
• Composting green waste generated at nurseries for use on outdoor landscaped
areas – QBuild (Building and Asset Services after 1 July 2013)
• Managing reuse of surplus materials on construction/demolition sites – Project
Services, QBuild (Building and Asset Services after 1 July 2013).
Recycling:
• Managing recycling of surplus materials on construction/demolition sites – Project
Services, QBuild (Building and Asset Services after 1 July 2013)
• Promoting specific recycling initiatives – Accommodation Office, Project Services,
QBuild (Building and Asset Services after 1 July 2013), Technical Services,
QGCPO.
6 The Waste Management Plan
The Waste Management Plan 2012-2014 is based around five main objectives, with each
objective having a small number of strategies to guide approaches to achieving those
objectives.
The Plan acts as a concise generic template to which further detail can be added to form a
specific waste management action plan tailored to the core functions of an individual
service area if required. Each strategy can be further elaborated upon by specific activities,
as illustrated by a Service Area Waste Management Action Plan template provided as an
appendix to the Waste Management Plan.
7 Responsibilities of Service Areas
Generally, each individual service area in the department is required to monitor and record
its own waste management activities in accordance with the objectives and strategies
outlined in the departmental Waste Management Plan.
A table summarising the responsibilities of individual service areas for each strategy within
each objective as per the Waste Management Plan is provided as Appendix 1.
Technical Services April 2013