Impacts of the HazWaste Fund on Hazardous Waste in Victoria Jérôme Fakhry

Strategy Increase Landfill Levies Re-Invest Policy Drivers

Increased Landfill Levies Category A:banned from landfill Category B:$250/tonne Category C:$70/tonne Levy administered by EPA Victoria

Policy Drivers Review of the regulations Prescribed Industrial Waste (PIW) defined by hazard, not a list Focus on resource efficiency, enhancing reuse & recycling Reduced administrative burden associated with reuse and recycling

HazWaste Fund ph: Reduce VolumeReduce HazardRemediate Soils Re-invest

Three key investment areas Infrastructure and implementation projects Research, development and demonstration projects Knowledge and capacity-building projects

HazWaste Fund - who can apply? Organisations that: Dispose hazardous waste to landfill Generate solid or liquid hazardous waste Treat, recycle, remediate or reuse hazardous wastes Own or develop partially or fully contaminated land And also: Consultants and research organisations Technology owners Hazardous waste landfill owners and operators

HazWaste Fund – Funding process Stage 1 application: brief form outlining the key details of the project Stage 2 application: more detailed submission (technical, budget, timelines, project plan, etc.) Approval: External panel + ministerial sign off Funding agreement Project management

HazWaste Fund - Showing you the money $30 million to commit over 4 years ( ) Over 65 projects awarded funding (co- investment) Spent to date: $9 million Firm commitments: $12 million Up to $9 million still available Stage 1 applications accepted up until June 2012

So How Are We Going?

So How Are we Going?

Amongst all HWF projects… Over 65,000 tonnes have been diverted from landfill since the HazWaste Fund began Over 30,000 tonnes per annum anticipated to be diverted over the next few years Over 230,000 tonnes per annum of contaminated soils could be remediated over next few years. Amongst all HWF projects… Over 65,000 tonnes have been diverted from landfill since the HazWaste Fund began Over 30,000 tonnes per annum anticipated to be diverted over the next few years Over 230,000 tonnes per annum of contaminated soils could be remediated over next few years. External Review - Databuild

Case Study #1 - Manufacturing PQ Australia: Installation of baghouse collector Infrastructure and Implementation: $600,000 Recovery of dry glass waste from production of hollow glass microspheres Elimination of Category B waste + water and energy savings

One Steel Wire Galvanizing: Upgrade of the pre-treatment plant Infrastructure and Implementation: $600,000 Replacement of lead heat treatment baths with a fluidised sand bed furnace Hazardous waste reduction and OHS benefits Case Study #2 - Manufacturing

Ziltek: Development and commercialisation of RemScan RD&D: $100,000 Delineates contaminated from clean soil, avoiding unnecessary removal of waste Case Study #3 - Soils

What’s On The Horizon? Avoidance Re-Use Sector Projects

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