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Submission into Waste Generation & Resource Efficiency
Dr. Michael C Clarke, CPEng, FIEAust, RPEQ
CEO
M.E.T.T.S. Pty. Ltd.
ABN 66 050 710 015
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Themes of Submission (1)• Zero Waste is not a reality: it is a goal• Waste minimisation however makes good
sense in both social and economic (Resource Efficiency) contexts,
• The promise of Zero Waste can create false expectations in developed and developing communities, and
• Zero Waste proponents can adversely effect sound waste management decisions.
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Themes of Submission (2)
• Incineration with Energy Recovery is a valid way to manage many wastes, including municipal wastes, and
• It can be undertaken with strong environmental safeguards that protect the community more efficiently and securely than any other waste disposal option.
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The Waste Management Hierarchy
Zero Waste
Reuse
Recycle
Landfill
Treatment with
Energy Recovery
Most
Least
Unrealistic
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The Application of the Hierarchy
• Assists with emphasising opportunities in waste management, but
• Does not take into account the cost of resources and energy in moving a waste up the Hierarchy, nor
• Takes into account health and other risks in such a movement.
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Incineration with Energy Recovery(1)
• Is being carried out successfully with no harmful environmental consequences,
and
• By following the EU Guidelines on Incineration of Wastes emissions are not harmful to human beings.
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Incineration with Energy Recovery(2)
• Produce a biologically inert ash,
• Significantly reduce the amount of material going to landfill, and
• Produce a significant amount of energy for community use.
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Who is Incinerating Municipal Wastes - Safely (some examples)
• The Europeans, including the Irish,
• The Singaporeans,
• The Japanese, and
• The British.
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Should Australia do likewise?
• Yes, despite claims that we have plenty of room for landfills (TIPS!)
• Why: Landfills are not productive in any real sense. They can only produce a fraction of the energy from waste as can be obtained by incineration, and they LEAK!
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Conclusion (1)
• Waste creation is part of human existence,• Each generation will produce a mark on the
environment that will exist for many generations,• That mark should be minimised as far as possible, • The minimisation should not be to a point that we
adversely effect our social and economic stability, and
• Zero Waste in an unachievable goal.
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Conclusion (2)
• Incineration with Energy Recovery is a very legitimate waste management practice,
• For each waste Life Cycle Analyses are required to find what are the currently most suitable practices in terms of the Waste Hierarchy, and
• May we all produce less waste, and the waste that we do produce, may it be cleanly and productively managed.