ASBG submission in general supported most of the changes proposed under the National Waste Policy, with a few exceptions. Striving for an average 30% recycled content across all recycled products is poorly defined. While it can work for a set of recycled materials, there are limits to its application to C&D products and engineered fill. It has also caused issues in North America where it has been introduced. Consequently it is no supported in its current context. ASBG points out the repeated need for a standardisation of the definition and measurement of waste across Australia, which has been on the table since 2009 with little to show. There are many other listed issues which should be included and expanded in the National Waste Policy, especially considering China's National Sword impacts. Much of the proposals are considered aspirational rather than to be firm targets, which on this basis are acceptable.
 ASBG's National Waste Policy Submission 2018.pdf | 878 kB |
