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waste management solutions in the south west region that was withdrawn in 2018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(2) Withdrawn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.