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.