Recommendations
Recommendation 1
3.11 The committee recommends that state and territory
governments implement waste reduction targets that are set in a sustainability
context and based on rigorous analysis and sound science.
Recommendation 2
3.28 The committee recommends that landfill levies
should be applied across all jurisdictions, adjusted for the impact on smaller
communities, and should be calculated to include the full range of social and
environmental externalities.
Recommendation 3
3.32 The committee recommends that state and territory
governments pursue the hypothecation of landfill and their investment into
resource recovery initiatives and infrastructure to the fullest extent
possible.
Recommendation 4
3.46 The committee recommends that the Commonwealth
Government calculates options to send a direct and undiluted price signal to
the market and publishes the greenhouse benefits of recycling or landfill gas
reduction, capture and use as part of its deliberations on the Carbon Pollution
Reduction Scheme.
Recommendation 5
3.75 The committee recommends that the Environment
Protection and Heritage Council undertake a cost-benefit analysis of glass in
the kerbside recycling system including economic, social and environmental
externalities. Such an analysis should consider alternatives to kerbside
recycling for glass, including container deposit schemes, and their potential
economic, social and environmental impacts.
Recommendation 6
3.83 The committee recommends that the Environment
Protection and Heritage Council consider initiatives, including container
deposit schemes, to improve away-from-home recycling. Such initiatives should
include elements such as an incentive to recycle, convenience, adequate
infrastructure and a supporting education and awareness program.
Recommendation 7
3.102 The committee recommends that waste management
policy must be grounded in rigorous cost-benefit analysis which encompass
economic, environmental and social externalities.
Recommendation 8
4.18 The committee recommends that the Environment
Protection and Heritage Council develop a national resource efficiency
strategy. The strategy should seek consistent policies between the states and adopt
a principles-based approach; including sustainability, the waste hierarchy, extended
producer responsibility and user pays cost reflective pricing as guiding
principles.
Recommendation 9
4.39 The committee recommends that the Environment
Protection and Heritage Council re-establish the national waste data system.
Once the Waste Management Association of Australia's review of
the Australian Waste Database is complete, governments should consider whether
to fund the CSIRO and/or the Australian Bureau of Statistics to re-establish the
national waste data system.
Recommendation 10
4.47 The committee recommends that the Commonwealth
Government, and state and territory governments audit the adequacy of existing
resource recovery infrastructure and commit funding or implement policy changes
which will address any deficiencies.
Recommendation 11
4.59 The committee recommends that the Environment
Protection and Heritage Council establish national minimum environmental
standards in relation to emissions from landfill operations including the reduction,
capture and use of landfill gas emissions. Such standards should be applied to
all landfill sites above an agreed threshold.
Recommendation 12
4.75 The committee recommends that the Environment
Protection and Heritage Council recommend measures to reduce the quantities of
organic material going into landfill. The options considered should include utilisation
of alternative waste technologies and a cap and trade scheme.
Recommendation 13
5.20 The committee recommends that in light of the
emergence of national priorities including climate change and water
conservation, the Environment Protection and Heritage Council (EPHC) review the
adequacy and transparency of the EPHC waste framework.
Recommendation 14
5.29 The committee recommends that the Environment
Protection and Heritage Council expedite the establishment of Extended Producer
Responsibility arrangements for identified products of national significance.
Recommendation 15
5.36 The committee recommends that the Environment
Protection and Heritage Council revitalise the product stewardship National
Environment Protection Measure to address waste issues of national significance
in a timely and coordinated manner.
Recommendation 16
5.77 The committee recommends the Environment
Protection and Heritage Council work towards a national container deposit
system. As part of its review the committee recommends that the Environment
Protection and Heritage Council consider the South Australian model and the
Drink Container Recycling Bill 2008.
Recommendation 17
5.103 The committee recommends that the Environment
Protection and Heritage Council finalise and/or develop Extended Producer
Responsibility initiatives for the various forms of e-waste as a matter of
priority.
Recommendation 18
5.108 The committee recommends that the Environment
Protection and Heritage Council consider an Extended Producer Responsibility
initiative for compact fluorescent lamps as a matter of priority.
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