Impacts of the HazWaste Fund on Hazardous Waste in Victoria
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Impacts of the HazWaste Fund on Hazardous Waste in Victoria
Jérôme Fakhry
Strategy
Increase Landfill Levies
Re-Invest
Policy Drivers
Increased Landfill Levies
• Category A: banned from landfill
• Category B: $250/tonne
• Category C: $70/tonne
• Levy administered by EPA Victoria
Policy Drivers
• Review of the regulations• Prescribed Industrial Waste (PIW) defined by
hazard, not a list• Focus on resource efficiency, enhancing reuse
& recycling• Reduced administrative burden associated with
reuse and recycling
HazWaste Fundph: 9695 2722
www.epa.vic.gov.au
Reduce Volume Reduce Hazard Remediate Soils
Re-invest
Three key investment areas
• Infrastructure and implementation projects• Research, development and demonstration projects• Knowledge and capacity-building projects
HazWaste Fund - who can apply?
Organisations that:• Dispose hazardous waste to landfill
• Generate solid or liquid hazardous waste
• Treat, recycle, remediate or reuse hazardous wastes
• Own or develop partially or fully contaminated land
And also:• Consultants and research organisations
• Technology owners
• Hazardous waste landfill owners and operators
HazWaste Fund – Funding process
• Stage 1 application: brief form outlining the key details of the project
• Stage 2 application: more detailed submission (technical, budget, timelines, project plan, etc.)
• Approval: External panel + ministerial sign off
• Funding agreement
• Project management
HazWaste Fund - Showing you the money
• $30 million to commit over 4 years (2008-12)• Over 65 projects awarded funding (co-
investment)• Spent to date: $9 million • Firm commitments: $12 million• Up to $9 million still available• Stage 1 applications accepted up until June
2012
So How Are We Going?
2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11*0
10000
20000
30000
40000
50000
60000
70000
80000
Prescribed Industrial Waste Disposed to landfill - Annual trends (Manufacturing waste)
Category B Manufacturing Waste
Financial Year
Tonn
es
07-08 08-09 09-10 10-110
10,000
20,000
30,000
40,000
50,000
60,000
70,000
80,000
Prescribed Industrial Waste Disposal to Landfill - Annual Trend (Manufac-turing Waste)
Category B Manu-facturing Waste
Category C Manu-facturing Waste
Financial Year
Tonn
es
11-12 Projections:
Category B: <25,000 tonnesCategory C: <15,000 tonnes
55,675
31,86034,667
42,570
14,50814,91117,12518,009
So How Are we Going?
2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11*0
50000
100000
150000
200000
250000
300000
350000
400000
450000
500000
Prescribed Industrial Waste Disposal to Landfill - Annual Trends (Contaminated Soils)
Category B Contaminated Soils
Financial Year
Tonn
es
07-08 08-09 09-10 10-110
100,000
200,000
300,000
400,000
500,000
Prescribed Industrial Waste Disposal to Landfill - Annual Trend (Contam-inated Soil)
Category B Contam-inated Soil
Category C Contam-inated Soil
Financial Year
Tonn
es
11-12 Projections:
Category B: <17,000 tonnesCategory C: <350,000 tonnes
30,605
11,881
13,31018,350
429,374
374,360
246,833246,350
Amongst all HWF projects…
• Over 65,000 tonnes have been diverted fromlandfill since the HazWaste Fund began
• Over 30,000 tonnes per annum anticipated to be diverted over the next few years
• Over 230,000 tonnes per annum of contaminated soils could be remediated over next few years.
External Review - Databuild
Case Study #1 - Manufacturing
• PQ Australia: Installation of baghouse collector
• Infrastructure and Implementation: $600,000
• Recovery of dry glass waste from production of hollow glass microspheres
• Elimination of Category B waste + water and energy savings
• One Steel Wire Galvanizing: Upgrade of the pre-treatment plant
• Infrastructure and Implementation: $600,000
• Replacement of lead heat treatment baths with a fluidised sand bed furnace
• Hazardous waste reduction and OHS benefits
Case Study #2 - Manufacturing
• Ziltek: Development and commercialisation of RemScan
• RD&D: $100,000
• Delineates contaminated from clean soil, avoiding unnecessary removal of waste
Case Study #3 - Soils
What’s On The Horizon?
Avoidance Re-Use Sector Projects