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/ / / / / / Victorian Landfill Levy

The landfill Levy = 9c per household per week Q28.

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 tonnes 59% recycled 2.3 million tonnes 35% recycled 3.4 million tonnes 57% recycled Commerce & Industry Municipal Construction & Demolition

Sustainability Victoria Waste & Resource Programs Infrastructure support funding Best practice Guidelines – Kerbside, Organics Product Stewardship programs “ Byteback “ Waste Wise Business/ Lean manufacturing Education & Community Programs Litter Waste Wise Events Away from Home Recycling Data Collection & Performance Monitoring

Our history in solid waste

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 EducationAway 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 GSP  Master Builders Association- funded position  PACIA- funded position  Aust Industry Group- funded position  EcoBuy for Business- funded position  Tourism 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 Recycling Q20.

Less waste to landfill

Increasing Recycling Yield

Victoria without EcoRecycle

PUBLISHERS NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT BUREAU ONP MARKET REPORT FOR AUSTRALIA 2004 Standard andState improvedrecycling grade newsprintrate 2003rate 2004 consumption *(%) QUEENSLAND 132, NEW SOUTH WALES 247, ACT 15, VICTORIA 208, SOUTH AUSTRALIA 54, WESTERN AUSTRALIA 98, TASMANIA 12, NORTHERN TERRITORY 2, NATIONAL including inserts* 772,

EcoRecycle Support. Where has it gone?