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Influencing Waste Practices for a Sustainable State.A look at EcoRecycle Victoria’s experience with a landfill levy
Jon Ward
Manager Business and Industry Programs
Types of Economic Instruments for Waste Management
Waste Tax
Pay by weight scheme.
Raw materials tax
Product tax on disposable items
Deposit refund scheme. e.g. CDL
Load based permit
Cap and Trade schemes e.g. UK Landfill Allowance Trading Scheme.
Hypothecated landfill levy
Year Rural
Municipal
$
Rural Industrial
$
Urban
Municipal
$
Urban
Industrial
$
Prescribed
Waste
$
02/03 2 3 4 5 10
03/04 3 5 5 7 14
04/05 4 7 6 9 18
05/06 5 9 7 11 22
06/07 6 11 8 13 26
07/08 7 13 9 15 30
Victorian Landfill Levy
The landfill Levy = 9c per household per weekThe landfill Levy = 9c per household per week
Q28.Q28.
Total Melbourne Rest of Victoria
Willingness to Pay More for Local Waste Services the Guarantee their Availability in the Future
n=754 n=500 n=254
Yes 40% 41% 37%
Maybe 23% 23% 22%
NET Yes/Maybe 63% 65% 59%
No 34% 33% 39%
Waste Disposal as a Percentage ofTotal Manufacturing Cost
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5
Australian Mean
Company N
Company L
Company J
Company H
Company F
Company D
Company B
(% $ / $)Waste Disposal as a Percentage of Total Manufacturing Cost
Landfill Levy on Business = 0.1% of costs *
* And can be reduced by recycling
Government Structures
Local Governments
Sustainability
Victoria
What is the waste generation current situation?
3.4 million tonnes59% recycled
2.3 million tonnes35% recycled
3.4 million tonnes57% recycled
Commerce & Industry
Municipal
Construction & Demolition
Sustainability Victoria Waste & Resource Programs
Infrastructure support fundingBest practice Guidelines – Kerbside, OrganicsProduct Stewardship programs “ Byteback “Waste Wise Business/ Lean manufacturing Education & Community Programs
LitterWaste Wise EventsAway from Home Recycling
Data Collection & Performance Monitoring
Our history in solid waste
Solid waste generation,Victoria 1993-94 to 2003-04
Landfilled municipal solid waste
Landfilled solid industrial waste
Recycled material
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Best Practice Kerbside Recycling
Achievements
95% of households with access to kerbside recycling
services
40 councils are implementing best practice program
$8 million in kerbside support to local government
$18 million in infrastructure support to over 270 recycling
facilities throughout Victoria
Average service cost $ 29 per household up from $ 28 in
2001/02
Average contamination rate 6.3%
Kerbside recyclables cost $ 130 per tonne for best
practice councils and $ 140 for others , inc collection.
Infrastructure
Concrete Crushing Facility, Laverton
Plasterboard Recycling
Infrastructure
Optical Sorting of Glass, Laverton
Kerbside Sorting Facility, Mornington
Rural Transfer Station, Horsham
Education & Community programs
Regional Education Away from Home Recycling
1,000 Waste Wise Schools (and 700+ teachers trained)
Resource Recovery – BaxVis Fraser Rd Landfill MRF
Funding external partnerships with business
Investment of 5 position in sectors representing 30 Billion of GSPMaster Builders Association- funded positionPACIA- funded positionAust Industry Group- funded positionEcoBuy for Business- funded positionTourism Victoria – funded position 2005/06
Materials efficiency grants to support business in auto, food and furniture
Towards Zero Waste Targets
By 2014:
Reduce generation of solid waste by 1.5 million tonnes
Increase the recovery of solid waste to 75% (from 51% in 2003)
Reduce litter and littering behaviours by 25% from 2003 levels
Business as usual or something better?
There is Strong Community Support for RecyclingThere is Strong Community Support for Recycling
Q20.Q20.
Total Melbourne Rest of Victoria Attitudes to Recycling (% strongly agree)
n=754 n=500 n=254
It’s very important the amount of waste going to tips is reduced 85% 84% 86%
I’m very conscious of the need/importance of recycling 81% 81% 83%
Our household recycles more that it did 2 years ago 54% 52% 61%
I’d probably recycle more if council provided more suitable bins 31% 31% 32%
All materials put out for recycling end up being recycled/reused 28% 27% 30%
Less waste to landfill
Figure 7 – Garbage household yield, Victoria 2000–01 to 2003–04
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Increasing Recycling Yield
Figure 11 – Recyclables household yield, Victoria 2000–01 to 2003–04
191.8 196.5211.1 222.5
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Victoria without EcoRecycle
PUBLISHERS NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT BUREAU ONP MARKET REPORT FOR AUSTRALIA 2004
Standard and State State
improved recycling recycling
grade newsprint rate 2003 rate 2004
consumption * (%) (%)
QUEENSLAND 132,581 68.3 69.0
NEW SOUTH WALES 247,821 77.0 77.7
ACT 15,313 74.6 72.5
VICTORIA 208,870 77.0 80.3
SOUTH AUSTRALIA 54,108 65.0 66.4
WESTERN AUSTRALIA 98,544 73.6 68.6
TASMANIA 12,865 64.8 64.5
NORTHERN TERRITORY 2,049 19.9 19.5
NATIONAL including inserts* 772,151 73.5 74.5
EcoRecycle Support. Where has it gone?