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

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Urban

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Prescribed

Waste

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02/03 2 3 4 5 10

03/04 3 5 5 7 14

04/05 4 7 6 9 18

05/06 5 9 7 11 22

06/07 6 11 8 13 26

07/08 7 13 9 15 30

Victorian Landfill Levy

The landfill Levy = 9c per household per weekThe landfill Levy = 9c per household per week

Q28.Q28.

Total Melbourne Rest of Victoria

Willingness to Pay More for Local Waste Services the Guarantee their Availability in the Future

n=754 n=500 n=254

Yes 40% 41% 37%

Maybe 23% 23% 22%

NET Yes/Maybe 63% 65% 59%

No 34% 33% 39%

Waste Disposal as a Percentage ofTotal Manufacturing Cost

0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5

Australian Mean

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Company H

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(% $ / $)Waste Disposal as a Percentage of Total Manufacturing Cost

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 tonnes59% recycled

2.3 million tonnes35% recycled

3.4 million tonnes57% recycled

Commerce & Industry

Municipal

Construction & Demolition

Sustainability Victoria Waste & Resource Programs

Infrastructure support fundingBest practice Guidelines – Kerbside, OrganicsProduct Stewardship programs “ Byteback “Waste Wise Business/ Lean manufacturing Education & Community Programs

LitterWaste Wise EventsAway from Home Recycling

Data Collection & Performance Monitoring

Our history in solid waste

Solid waste generation,Victoria 1993-94 to 2003-04

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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 Education Away 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 GSPMaster Builders Association- funded positionPACIA- funded positionAust Industry Group- funded positionEcoBuy for Business- funded positionTourism 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 RecyclingThere is Strong Community Support for Recycling

Q20.Q20.

Total Melbourne Rest of Victoria Attitudes to Recycling (% strongly agree)

n=754 n=500 n=254

It’s very important the amount of waste going to tips is reduced 85% 84% 86%

I’m very conscious of the need/importance of recycling 81% 81% 83%

Our household recycles more that it did 2 years ago 54% 52% 61%

I’d probably recycle more if council provided more suitable bins 31% 31% 32%

All materials put out for recycling end up being recycled/reused 28% 27% 30%

Less waste to landfill

Figure 7 – Garbage household yield, Victoria 2000–01 to 2003–04

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Figure 11 – Recyclables household yield, Victoria 2000–01 to 2003–04

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Victoria without EcoRecycle

PUBLISHERS NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT BUREAU ONP MARKET REPORT FOR AUSTRALIA 2004

       

  Standard and State State

  improved recycling recycling

  grade newsprint rate 2003 rate 2004

  consumption * (%) (%)

QUEENSLAND 132,581 68.3 69.0

NEW SOUTH WALES 247,821 77.0 77.7

ACT 15,313 74.6 72.5

VICTORIA 208,870 77.0 80.3

SOUTH AUSTRALIA 54,108 65.0 66.4

WESTERN AUSTRALIA 98,544 73.6 68.6

TASMANIA 12,865 64.8 64.5

NORTHERN TERRITORY 2,049 19.9 19.5

       

NATIONAL including inserts* 772,151 73.5 74.5

EcoRecycle Support. Where has it gone?