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Strategic Strategic Strategic <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> Initiatives Initiatives Initiatives Scheme Scheme<br />

Scheme<br />

The Western Australian <strong>Waste</strong> Authority runs two streams <strong>of</strong> grant schemes: the<br />

Strategic <strong>Waste</strong> Initiatives Scheme and the Community Grants Scheme. Of most<br />

relevance to the waste sector is the Strategic <strong>Waste</strong> Initiatives Scheme which has<br />

identified five priority areas:<br />

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29/09/09<br />

1. Green <strong>Waste</strong>;<br />

2. Construction and Demolition;<br />

3. Plastics;<br />

4. Used Tyres; and<br />

5. Hazardous <strong>Waste</strong> from Households.<br />

Proposals must be submitted for initiatives must be relevant to one <strong>of</strong> the five priority<br />

areas and consistent with the ‘Statement <strong>of</strong> Strategic Direction for <strong>Waste</strong><br />

<strong>Management</strong> in Western Australia’.<br />

Prevention Prevention Prevention Stimulating Stimulating Stimulating Programme Programme Programme ( (PRESTI ( ( PRESTI PRESTI)<br />

)<br />

The main over-arching objective <strong>of</strong> the PRESTI programme was to stimulate SME’s to<br />

integrate environmental management and prevention in their policy. However, each <strong>of</strong><br />

the five PRESTI programmes have differed from one another:<br />

PRESTI 1 <strong>of</strong>fered practical and usable information to a group <strong>of</strong> enterprises in the<br />

same activity-sector through using federations as partners. PRESTI 1 also wanted<br />

increase ongoing prevention awareness in federations, that remained ingrained after<br />

the ending <strong>of</strong> PRESTI 1.<br />

PRESTI 2 gave financial support to federations for demonstration projects, a step<br />

further than PRESTI 1. Pilot enterprises were screened and some prevention<br />

measures were executed.<br />

PRESTI 3 <strong>of</strong>fered support to individual SME’s. Participating SME’s developed a<br />

prevention plan. In a second phase, this plan was implemented where possible.<br />

PRESTI 4 supported intermediary organisations developing systems to promote<br />

prevention and environmental management in enterprises. PRESTI 4 was available to<br />

each Flemish province.<br />

PRESTI 5 supported research, demonstration projects and pilot projects. Research<br />

and education institutions, environmental and socio-cultural associations, as well as<br />

businesses were eligible for this fund.<br />

60.6 Period <strong>of</strong> Operation<br />

60.6.1 Environmental Taxation<br />

The majority <strong>of</strong> funds which are financed through taxation, such as the LCF and the<br />

ALSF, have been ongoing since the launch <strong>of</strong> the fund shortly after the launch <strong>of</strong> the<br />

tax, in 1997 and 2002, respectively. This type <strong>of</strong> fund is predictable and politically<br />

popular because a direct association between the revenue and the benefit provide<br />

reasoning for implementation <strong>of</strong> the tax.

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