Page 4435 - Week 12 - Thursday, 24 October 2019
Next page . . . . Previous page . . . . Speeches . . . . Contents . . . . Debates(HTML) . . . . PDF . . . . Video
Mr Steel: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:
(1) All waste activities conducted in the ACT are regulated under the Waste Management and Resource Recovery Act 2016 (Waste Act). All waste facilities operating in the ACT are required under the Waste Act to report details of waste collected, and where it was sent for further downstream processing.
(2) No.
(3) Beverage suppliers fund the Container Deposit Scheme. The amount paid by the suppliers is set by the ACT CDS Scheme Coordinator, Exchange for Change; and is based on their assessment of the number of containers expected to be supplied into the ACT, and the number of containers expected to be redeemed, each month.
(4) Commingled Recycling
Recycling targets exist under the current contract with the operators of the Hume Materials Recovery Facility. These include a target of 90% for all recyclables to be sent to market and a target of ensuring waste going to landfill is below 12% of total materials received.
Green bin collections have a target of 0.5% contamination. Currently achieving 0.01% contamination.
Recycling in the construction industry
The Development Control Code for Waste Management 2019 (Section 6.4) contains targets for the reuse or recycling of demolition, excavation and construction waste in accordance with the following requirements:
• Demolition: A minimum of 90 per cent of all demolition waste generated on a development must be reused or recycled, or both;
• Excavation: A minimum of 90 per cent of all excavated waste generated on a development must be reused where appropriate; and
• Construction: A minimum of 75 per cent of all construction waste generated on a development must be reused or recycled, or both https://www.tccs.act.gov.au/recycling-and-waste/drop-off/building-waste.
(5) The Hume Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) will be upgraded over the next 12-24 months to improve safety and efficiency. In addition, TCCS will be investigating how best to manage co-mingled recycling in the ACT in the short, medium and long-term. This advice will include reviewing, analysing and providing exercisable options, infrastructure and business improvement recommendations on the following matters:
• Markets – The forces and issues impacting comingled recycling in the ACT and region, including the impact of the import restrictions imposed by China;
• Source separation and collection on how to achieve increased yield, reduce gross and cross contamination;
• Supporting and enabling programs (including education and compliance);
• Government policies initiatives that support, facilitate and enhance recycling of household waste;
• Modelling of the comingled, commercial and Container Deposit Scheme streams, volumes and financial impacts of options over 20 years; and
• Services and infrastructure improvement requirements of the existing MRF site and possibly a new site within the Hume Resource Recovery Estate.
Next page . . . . Previous page . . . . Speeches . . . . Contents . . . . Debates(HTML) . . . . PDF . . . . Video