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Recycling Policy for Buildings and Civil Infrastructure
The Recycling Policy for Buildings and Civil Infrastructure promotes the adoption of best practice with respect to the recycling of waste construction materials for Queensland Government construction, refurbishment and demolition projects for buildings and civil infrastructure.
The Policy seeks to introduce or stimulate behavioural and cultural change with respect to the management of project wast
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Waste Reduction Amendment Bill 2012
The Waste Reduction and Recycling and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2012amends a range of legislation administered by the Department of Environment and Heritage Protection.
The Bill amends:
the Waste Reduction and Recycling Act 2011 to finalise implementation of the Government’s commitment to repeal the waste levy. These amendments complete the Government’s commitment to repeal the waste lev
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Waste Reduction and Recycling Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 2012
The Waste Reduction and Recycling Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 2012 amends the Waste Reduction and Recycling Regulation 2011.
The Regulation is subordinate legislation under the Waste Reduction and Recycling Act 2011.
The Act contains regulation making powers, including the ability to make a regulation about used packaging.
This amendment regulation gives effect to the provisions of the National E
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Waste Reduction and Recycling Amendment Bill 2017
The Waste Reduction and Recycling Amendment Bill 2017 (the Bill) seeks to implement the legislative framework for a container refund scheme (CRS) and a lightweight plastic shopping bag ban, and to make provision for streamlining and improving the End of Waste Code framework.
This will provide Queensland with the opportunity to increase the rate of recycling and to reduce litter.
The CRS provisions
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Waste Reduction and Recycling (Waste Levy) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2018
In March 2018, the Queensland Government committed to developing a recycling, resource recovery and waste management strategy, underpinned by a waste disposal levy (the levy) that did not directly impact Queensland households. The levy is intended to act as a price signal that encourages waste avoidance and resource recovery behaviour, and discourages disposal as the first option.
Public consultat
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Waste Reduction and Recycling Regulations - Container Refund Scheme and Waste ERA Framework
On 7 September 2018, the Review of the Regulated Waste Classification and Waste- Related Environmentally Relevant Activity (ERA) Frameworks Decision Regulatory Impact Statement was published.
The Environmental Protection (Waste ERA Framework) Amendment Regulation 2018 subject of the regulatory impact statement amends the Environmental Protection Regulation 2008 to reform the environmentally releva
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Waste Reduction and Recycling (Waste Levy) Amendment Regulation 2019
In March 2018, the Queensland Government committed to developing a recycling, resource recovery and waste management strategy, underpinned by a waste disposal levy (the levy) that did not directly impact Queensland households. The levy is intended to act as a price signal that encourages waste avoidance and resource recovery behaviour and discourages disposal as the first option.
The Waste Reducti
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Lapsed Legislation for reintroduction to Legislative Assembly
The Parliament was dissolved on 6 October 2020 for the 2020 State election, held on 31 October 2020. The dissolution had significant effects on the Parliament as follows:
All business on the Notice Paper including Government Bills, Private Members Bills and Questions On Notice lapsed;
All notices of motions remaining on the Notice Paper such as revocation motions lapsed, except for disallowance m
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Draft Queensland Organics Strategy 2022-2032
On 1 July 2019, the Queensland Government released the Waste Management and Resource Recovery Strategy (the Waste Strategy), which seeks to transition Queensland to a zero-waste society, where waste is avoided, reused and recycled to the greatest extent possible. The Waste Strategy identified that a material-specific action plan would be beneficial to improve the management of organic waste in Que
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Queensland Organics Strategy 2022–2032 and Action Plan 2022-2032
In July 2019, the Queensland Government released the Waste Management and Resource Recovery Strategy (the Waste Strategy), which seeks to transition Queensland to a zero-waste society, where waste is avoided, reused, and recycled to the greatest extent possible. The Waste Strategy identified that clear and progressive policy focusing on organic waste is required to improve the management of organi
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Waste Reduction Recycling Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2023
On 11 December 2021, the Queensland Government announced a 10-year $2.1 billion waste package, including a $1.1 billion Recycling and Jobs Fund.
Concurrently, announcements were made concerning changes to the waste levy zone and rate; adjustments to local government annual payment arrangements; removal of the clean earth waste levy exemption; and changes to the operational purposes exemption fram
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Waste Management Resource Recycling
Queensland’s Waste Management and Resource Recovery Strategy, released on 1 July 2019, identifies and prioritises end-of-life products and materials that would benefit from approaches to improve their management, including the preparation of an action plan. These priorities include e-waste, tyres, organics, plastics and textiles.
In 2019, an estimated 239,000 tonnes of e-products were placed on th
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