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Influencing Waste Practices for a Sustainable State: EcoRecycle Victoria's Experience with a Landfill Levy

This article explores the use of economic instruments, such as a landfill levy, to promote sustainable waste management practices. It discusses EcoRecycle Victoria's implementation of the landfill levy and highlights their achievements in increasing recycling rates and reducing waste to landfills. The article also mentions other economic instruments that can be used for waste management.

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Influencing Waste Practices for a Sustainable State: EcoRecycle Victoria's Experience with a Landfill Levy

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  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. Victorian Landfill Levy

  4. The landfill Levy = 9c per household per week Q28.

  5. Landfill Levy on Business = 0.1% of costs * * And can be reduced by recycling

  6. Government Structures Sustainability Victoria LocalGovernments

  7. What is the waste generation current situation? Commerce & Industry 3.4 million tonnes 59% recycled Municipal 2.3 million tonnes 35% recycled Construction & Demolition 3.4 million tonnes 57% recycled

  8. Sustainability Victoria Waste & Resource Programs • Infrastructure support funding • Best practice Guidelines – Kerbside, Organics • Product Stewardship programs “ Byteback “ • Waste Wise Business/ Lean manufacturing • Education & Community Programs • Litter • Waste Wise Events • Away from Home Recycling • Data Collection & Performance Monitoring

  9. Our history in solid waste

  10. Best Practice Kerbside Recycling

  11. 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.

  12. Concrete Crushing Facility, Laverton Plasterboard Recycling Infrastructure

  13. Optical Sorting of Glass, Laverton Infrastructure Kerbside Sorting Facility, Mornington Rural Transfer Station, Horsham

  14. Regional Education Away from Home Recycling Education & Community programs • 1,000 Waste Wise Schools (and 700+ teachers trained)

  15. Resource Recovery – BaxVis Fraser Rd Landfill MRF

  16. Funding external partnerships with business • Investment of 5 position in sectors representing 30 Billion of GSP • Master Builders Association- funded position • PACIA- funded position • Aust Industry Group- funded position • EcoBuy for Business- funded position • Tourism Victoria – funded position 2005/06 • Materials efficiency grants to support business in auto, food and furniture

  17. 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

  18. Business as usual or something better?

  19. There is Strong Community Support for Recycling Q20.

  20. Less waste to landfill

  21. Increasing Recycling Yield

  22. Victoria without EcoRecycle

  23. EcoRecycle Support. Where has it gone?

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