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Waste Regulatory Framework

Waste Regulatory Framework. Steve Hartley Head Waste Reform and Implementation, DECC Josephine Stokes Prescribed Waste Team Leader, EPA Victoria. PROTECTION of the ENVIRONMENT OPERATIONS ACT 1997. Licensing Schedule (Schedule 1). Primary legislation. WASTE REGULATION. Subordinate

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Waste Regulatory Framework

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  1. Waste Regulatory Framework Steve Hartley Head Waste Reform and Implementation, DECC Josephine Stokes Prescribed Waste Team Leader, EPA Victoria

  2. PROTECTION of the ENVIRONMENT OPERATIONS ACT 1997 Licensing Schedule (Schedule 1) Primary legislation WASTE REGULATION Subordinate legislation Guidelines referred to in legislation Waste classification, Biosolids, Facilities Guidelines Tools Non-Standard Fuels Guidance Overview – Environment Protection Regulation levy, residue waste, immobilisation

  3. POEO (Waste) Regulation – Residue Waste • Part 5 of the POEO (Waste) Reg • Commenced 1 Dec ’05 • These are higher risk wastes that are prohibited from land application for growing vegetation unless exempted by DECC • Aim is to distinguish beneficial uses from those which cause harm

  4. Residue Waste Exemptions DEC has issued land application exemptions for: • ash from coal & uncontaminated biomass • lime & gypsum residues from: • water treatment • manufacture of plasterboard • Paper sludge • Some foundry sands

  5. Wastes as Non-Standard Fuels • Waste is “any discarded, rejected, unwanted, surplus or abandoned substance” • Burning waste requires licensing & levy payment • UNLESS approved by DECC as a non-standard fuel

  6. Identifying Genuine Energy Recovery • Is there a higher order reuse • Are calorific value & thermal efficiency thresholds met • Is the waste homogenous & of a consistent stream over the medium term • Is there a QA/QC system / product specification Waste can only be burnt for genuine energy recovery

  7. Victorian opportunities EPA Victoria 4 May 2007

  8. Opportunities • Use of wastes from the car, metals and plastics sector as both energy and raw material substitutes in cement manufacture • - waste oil • - tyres • - tallow • - spent pot lining • - foundry sands • - spent liquid fuel (solvents, paints, etc.) • - biosolids

  9. Current status in Vic • Prescribed Waste Regulations, licensing controls, prescribed waste exemptions & RD&D’s • Landfill levy significant increase from 1 July 2007 - prescribed industrial waste reduction a priority for EPA Vic • Cement industry identified as best positioned to help divert more volumes of PIW from landfill • EPA Victoria and Sustainability Victoria currently working with the manufacturing and waste treatment industries investigating EfW opportunities.

  10. Case studies • Cement kilns in Victoria and South Australia trialing different waste streams • Fuel blending plant - both liquid and solid wastes for cement kilns in Queensland & Tasmania • Industrial waste treatment: A path to reuse of prescribed industrial wastes - a 2 year project with ASIRC.

  11. Where to from here Jurisdictional, CIF & ASA reps met in early 2007: • industry to prioritise alternative fuels & raw materials; • outcome is consistent specs across industry / jurisdictions. EPHSC recently awarded CSIRO a tender to: • investigate the land application of industrial residues; • Jurisdictions are participating in / awaiting project outcomes.

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