Program Materials Efficiency to their waste problems, which will result in more efficient use of materials – Grants and less waste sent to landfill. Community Sustainability The CSIF supported small to moderate scale infrastructure projects Infrastructure Fund Grants demonstrating best practice and/or innovation that facilitates recycling, Program (CSIF) energy efficiency and/or local environmental improvement. Social Value From Waste The Social Value from Waste program provided financial assistance to Grants Program existing social enterprises and charities to increase their capacity to deliver social value to communities while recovering or preventing resources from going to landfill. Theme: Waste Avoidance This theme encompasses feedback relating to stakeholder type the will only be for SWRRIP’s Goal 1, ‘Landfills Stakeholder type Submissions receiving and treating waste streams from which all materials that can be viably recovered Local Government 0 have been Feedback highlighted extracted’: waste avoidance as a mechanism to reduce Industry 1 reliance on landfill. Land developers 0 Three submissions included feedback relating to this theme. Regional Groups 0 Number of submissions relating to this theme by Community 2 No Feedback Response 13 A core assumption of the SWRRIP is The SWRRIP is required to plan for infrastructure to that waste generation will continue to recover and manage materials entering the waste and grow in line with population. Waste resource recovery system. avoidance is a strong mechanism to Reducing the waste entering the system will reduce the change this but not included in the pressure on the system and have environmental SWRRIP. What is the government benefits. doing in this space, who is responsible Trends in the amount and types of materials entering for implementing it and how does it the system underpin the SWRRIP projection model and impact on the SWRRIP? the infrastructure needs identified in the Regional Implementation Plans. The plans will be monitored and 16 The SWRRIP does not consider regularly reviewed, taking into account changes and opportunities to reduce waste trends in materials entering the system. generation such as: The Love Food Hate Waste campaign is a Victorian plastic bag ban Government program which seeks to support fostering a repair culture households and businesses to reduce food waste, and is coordinated by SV and delivered in partnership with A container deposit scheme. WRRGs and local government. Programs to improve materials efficiency and reduce waste generation are usually delivered by SV and WRRGs. The Government has committed to ban single use light weight plastic bags. Further information can be found at www.engage.vic.au CHANGE: Waste avoidance in referenced in the Foreword
Program – Materials Efficiency Grants to their waste problems, which will result in more efficient use of materials and less waste sent to landfill. Community Sustainability Infrastructure Fund Grants Program (CSIF) The CSIF supported small to moderate scale infrastructure projects demonstrating best practice and/or innovation that facilitates recycling, energy efficiency and/or local environmental improvement. Social Value From Waste Grants Program The Social Value from Waste program provided financial assistance to existing social enterprises and charities to increase their capacity to deliver social value to communities while recovering or preventing resources from going to landfill. Theme: Waste Avoidance This theme encompasses feedback relating to the SWRRIP’s Goal 1, ‘Landfills will only be for receiving and treating waste streams from which all materials that can be viably recovered have been extracted’: Feedback highlighted waste avoidance as a mechanism to reduce reliance on landfill. Three submissions included feedback relating to this theme. Number of submissions relating to this theme by stakeholder type Stakeholder type Submissions Local Government 0 Industry 1 Land developers 0 Regional Groups 0 Community 2 No Feedback Response 13 A core assumption of the SWRRIP is that waste generation will continue to grow in line with population. Waste avoidance is a strong mechanism to change this but not included in the SWRRIP. What is the government doing in this space, who is responsible for implementing it and how does it impact on the SWRRIP? The SWRRIP is required to plan for infrastructure to recover and manage materials entering the waste and resource recovery system. Reducing the waste entering the system will reduce the pressure on the system and have environmental benefits. Trends in the amount and types of materials entering the system underpin the SWRRIP projection model and the infrastructure needs identified in the Regional Implementation Plans. The plans will be monitored and regularly reviewed, taking into account changes and trends in materials entering the system. The Love Food Hate Waste campaign is a Victorian Government program which seeks to support households and businesses to reduce food waste, and is coordinated by SV and delivered in partnership with WRRGs and local government. Programs to improve materials efficiency and reduce waste generation are usually delivered by SV and WRRGs. The Government has committed to ban single use light weight plastic bags. Further information can be found at www.engage.vic.au 16 The SWRRIP does not consider opportunities to reduce waste generation such as: plastic bag ban fostering a repair culture A container deposit scheme. CHANGE: Waste avoidance in referenced in the Foreword