1. Reducing waste to landfill
Deepika Mathur

2. 1. Smart Skips

3. Skips with IoT

4. Researchers
Engineers
VET trades
Smart Skips

5. Albrecht Oval, Alice Springs

6. 2. Australia-India construction waste workshops

10. Roles and responsibilities
Access
Storage
Overordering
Roles and responsibilities
Skilled labour
Staff retention
By-Laws
Polices
Implementation
Cost
Economies of scale
Business models
Culture
Awareness
Education
Collection
Segregation
Contamination
Policy
Regulations
Implementation
Standards
Economies of scale
Market
Business models
Education
Awareness
Perception
Remote
What are the barriers to reducing waste to landfill?
Urban

11. What are the possible ways forward or solutions?
Moral incentive
Participatory
Transparent
Building capacity
Educating
Changing perception
Regulatory incentive
Long term planning
Incentives
Levies
Compulsory recycling
Compulsory segregation
Procurement
Implementation
Retention money
Tracking
Reputation and future work
Economic Incentive
Road upgrades
Business models
Recycling infrastructure
R&D
Subsides and Grant
Innovations
What are the possible ways forward or solutions?

12. What projects or actions would reduce waste to landfill?
Leadership
Industry
Contractors
Recyclers
Material manufacturers
Government
Procurement: recycled materials
Contracts: waste management clauses
Programs such as Room to breathe
LGA’s to collaborate for economy of scale

13. What projects or actions would reduce waste to landfill?
Innovation
Reprocessing plant in the NT
Decentralised?
One large one?
Demonstration projects aiming for zero waste
Example in remote location
Example in a
city

14. 3. End-of-life management of solar panels

15. Increasing volumes
Heavy metals
Valuable materials
Precious metals
Recyclable materials

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What is the volume of solar panels currently deployed in the Northern Territory?
What is the likely solar panel waste trajectory in the next 20 years?
What is the spread of the solar panels geographically in the NT?
What are volumes of different types of panels (Silicon-based; Thin-filmed base or any others); what is their material composition percentages and year of deployment?
What has been done internationally and in Australia to manage end of life of solar panel through a) policy and b) recycling technologies?
What could be the some suggested policy changes for the Northern Territory to better manage solar panel waste?
What are the efficient ways for recycling/recovering of panels in the NT?
What various PV panel collection and management models could be suitable for the NT remote regions and to what extent can these models utilise the local labour force? and
What future data capturing options are there?

17. Mapping spread and quantity Interviewing stakeholders
Existing information
Mapping spread and quantity
Interviewing stakeholders

18. Mitigate impact
Use local labour
Achieve economies of scale
Realise regional development outcomes

19. Waste costs built-in in new programs
Time to talk to stakeholders
Agile to change according to context
Costs for implementing solutions or having demonstration projects