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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 742 asked in the Legislative Council on 30 August 2022 by Hon James Hayward

Parliament: 41 Session: 1

WASTE MANAGEMENT — BUNBURY

742. Hon JAMES HAYWARD to the minister representing the Minister for Environment:

I refer to waste disposal in the greater Bunbury region.

(1) Can the minister advise to which location or locations household waste from the greater Bunbury region is currently taken?

(2) Will the minister consider reallocating all or part of the $4.15 million of funding for waste management solutions in the south west region that was withdrawn in 2018 to assist local governments in building cell liners at the Stanley Road Waste Management Facility?

(3) Can the minister advise what actions are being taken by the McGowan government to assist local governments to identify a long-term waste management solution for the fast-growing greater Bunbury region?

Hon STEPHEN DAWSON replied:

The following answer has been provided on behalf of the Minister for Environment.

(1) Household waste—source-separated municipal waste—from the greater Bunbury region is taken to the Banksia Road Waste Management Facility in Dardanup, both directly and transferred there via the Stanley Road Waste Management Facility and local government waste transfer stations, and to the Richardson Road Waste Management Facility.

(2) Withdrawn project funds are not held separately by the state government. Any new request for funding will be considered as part of the normal budgetary process.

(3) In 2022, the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation commissioned a state waste infrastructure audit and a needs analysis to collate statewide data and evaluate the state's estimated waste infrastructure needs to 2050. These will collectively support the development of a state waste infrastructure plan. The state waste infrastructure plan will provide a long-term framework to guide decision-making for the planning and development of waste infrastructure, aligned with the targets and objectives of the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Strategy 2030. The state waste infrastructure plan will complement other waste strategy actions, which contribute to improving the planning, development and operation of waste infrastructure.