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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 121 asked in the Legislative Council on 13 May 2021 by Hon Tjorn Sibma

Parliament: 41 Session: 1

WASTE LEVY — ADMINISTRATION

121. Hon TJORN SIBMA to the minister representing the Minister for Environment:

I refer to the administration of the waste levy in Western Australia.

(1) What total volume of construction and demolition—C&D—waste originating from the Perth metropolitan area does the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation estimate was generated in the 2019–20 financial year?

(2) Of that total volume, what proportion does DWER estimate has been —

(a) diverted from landfill and managed at a licensed recycling/reprocessing facility;

(b) stockpiled; and

(c) disposed of in a landfill facility outside of the metropolitan area?

Hon STEPHEN DAWSON replied:

I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. The following answer is provided on behalf of the Minister for Environment.

(1) Construction and demolition, or C&D, waste generation, calculated as the weight of waste disposed to landfill plus that waste recovered, from the Perth metropolitan region in 2019–20 was 2 190 388 tonnes.

(2) (a) Eighty-eight per cent of the total C&D waste generated for 2019–20 was recovered. This includes C&D processed materials stockpiled as reported by premises.

(b) As at 30 June 2020, there were 680 387 tonnes of processed material and 633 762 tonnes of unprocessed waste reported as stockpiled at premises in the Perth metropolitan area. Stockpile data for 2019–20 may include waste generated in previous years.

(c) There has been three per cent.