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Qld Waste Reduction and Recycling Strategy 2010-2020 Queensland’s Waste Reduction and Recycling Strategy 2010-2020 (the Strategy) provides a long-term strategic direction for waste management and resource recovery over the next 10 years. The goals of the Strategy are to: reduce waste; optimise recovery and recycling; and develop sustainable waste industries and sustainable jobs. To achieve the goals, the Strategy is supported by five key elements
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
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
Environmental Protection and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2014 The Bill amends the Biological Control Act 1987, the Coastal Protection and Management Act 1995, the Environmental Offsets Act 2014, the Environmental Protection Act 1994, the Nature Conservation Act 1992, the Waste Reduction and Recycling Act 2011 and the Wet Tropics World Heritage Protection and Management Act 1993. The Bill amends the Environmental Protection Act to require auditor certificati
Waste Reduction and Recycling The Government announced in July 2016 that it wold be introducing a Container Refund Scheme (CRS). A discussion paper was released in February 2017. A discussion paper on implementing a light weight plastic shopping bag ban was released in November 2016. Stakeholder feedback from responses to the two separate discussion papers indicated overwhelming public support for the initiatives. Legislatio
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
Implementing a Queensland Waste Disposal Levy On 20 March 2018, the Queensland Government announced it would develop a comprehensive waste and recycling strategy for Queensland underpinned by a waste disposal levy. The strategy is being developed following the investigation into the transport of waste into Queensland, led by Justice Peter Lyons QC, completed in 2017. A Directions Paper has been developed that outlines the directions for Queen
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
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
Draft Waste Management and Resource Recovery Strategy for Queensland In March 2018, the Queensland Government committed to developing a recycling, resource recovery and waste management strategy, underpinned by a waste disposal levy. In 2017, the Queensland Government undertook a review of the current Queensland Waste Avoidance and Resource Productivity Strategy (2014–2024). In early 2018, The Interim Report: Economic opportunities for Queensland’s waste industry p
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
Waste Management and Resource Recovery Strategy and Energy from Waste Policy In March 2018, the Queensland Government committed to developing a recycling, resource recovery and waste management strategy, underpinned by a waste disposal levy. The Waste Management and Resource Recovery Strategy (the Strategy) has been informed by the review of the current Queensland Waste Avoidance and Resource Productivity Strategy (20142024) published in June 2018, the outcomes of public
Mineral and Energy Resources (Financial Provisioning) Bill 2018 The Mineral and Energy Resources (Financial Provisioning) Bill 2018 establishes a financial provisioning scheme to replace the current financial assurance arrangements for resource activities and a legislative basis for the Mined Land Rehabilitation framework. The Bill will require mine operators with a site specific environmental authority to prepare a plan for how and when mined land is rehabil
Waste Reduction and Recycling (Plastic Items) Amendment Bill 2020 On 7 November 2019, the Queensland Government released Tackling Plastic Waste – Queensland’s Plastic Pollution Reduction Plan (the Plan). The Plan identifies and prioritises actions to reduce plastic waste and the economic and environmental impacts of plastic pollution. To help meet these objectives, a key action of the Plan is the introduction of legislation to enable a ban on the supply of singl
Single Use Plastic Items Consultation Regulatory Impact Statement Local, state and national governments in Australia and around the world have identified that there are significant environmental, community and economic impacts associated with plastic in the environment. Although there is no comprehensive data available on the amount of single use plastic used in Queensland, it is reported that Australians use an estimated 10 million plastic straws per day. The h
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
Environmental Protection and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2022 The Environmental Protection and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2022 (the Bill) proposes amendments to the Environmental Protection Act 1994 and the Waste Reduction and Recycling Act 2011 to ensure they remain fit for purpose as the main instruments of environmental and waste regulation. The proposed amendments: support industry and streamline administrative processes better protect the environ
Queenslands container refund scheme expansion Queensland’s container refund scheme (the scheme) commenced on 1 November 2018. Two key objectives of the scheme, as established in the Waste Reduction and Recycling Act 2011, are to increase the recovery of beverage containers and reduce beverage container litter. Prior to commencement of the scheme, beverage container recovery was around 18 per cent. As at March 2023, beverage container recovery
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
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