WRRGs have committed to reviewing their infrastructure schedules within five years. 1 Landfills are being The Metropolitan WRRG have commenced collaborating with local closed in the South 10 governments in the south-east to identify options for the management of East of the 23 residual waste (as well as options to recover more waste). This is a key Melbourne 30 action of the Metropolitan Implementation Plan. Metropolitan area resulting in waste being transported across to the west. This not viable for local government in the future. *Represents the 559 individual submissions from the supporters. ‘Stop Tip’ Theme: Increasing recovery through supporting industry and developing markets This theme encompasses feedback relating to market development opportunities for recovered Number of submissions relating to this theme by materials, including government support for industry, stakeholder type research and development opportunities, and Stakeholder type Submissions sustainable procurement policies. Local Government 8 Feedback also related to the economic impact of landfill gate fees in developing sustainable markets, Industry 2 the global drivers impacting markets for recovered materials and highlighted past failures relating to the Land developers 0 waste and resource recovery sector. State’s Regional Groups 1 Fourteen submissions included feedback relating to this theme. Community 3 No Feedback Response 7 Creating market demand A key strategy to achieve the SWRRIP goals is the 11 Victorian Market Development Strategy for Recovered Generating market demand through 16 Resources (Market Development Strategy), discussed creating markets for recovered goods specifically in Section 2.3.2 and throughout the SWRRIP. 20 is pivotal to increasing recovery. This The Market Development Strategy: could be supported by Government 24 agencies being required to identifies organics (including timber), rubber (tyres), 25 purchasing product made with flexible plastics, glass fines and aggregates, 28 recycled content masonry and soils as priority materials. 30 Market development is critical and supports researchers and industry to find ways of more information is needed on how turning hard-to-recycle materials into valuable products the Government is going to support seven projects from five Victorian universities and – this industry partners have been funded to develop and expand markets for recovered glass fines and flexible Solutions are required to increase the plastics by creating high-value products recovery of food organics from information can be found on the SV website commercial generators, flexible plastics and glass fines The Market Development Strategy and Sections 2.2.1 and 2.3.5 discuss the role of government procurement to support developing markets for recycled and recovered products by leveraging opportunities for procurement of
WRRGs have committed to reviewing their infrastructure schedules within five years. 1 10 23 30 Landfills are being closed in the South East of the Melbourne Metropolitan area resulting in waste being transported across to the west. This not viable for local government in the future. The Metropolitan WRRG have commenced collaborating with local governments in the south-east to identify options for the management of residual waste (as well as options to recover more waste). This is a key action of the Metropolitan Implementation Plan. *Represents the 559 individual submissions from ‘Stop the Tip’ supporters. Theme: Increasing recovery through supporting industry and developing markets This theme encompasses feedback relating to market development opportunities for recovered materials, including government support for industry, research and development opportunities, and sustainable procurement policies. Feedback also related to the economic impact of landfill gate fees in developing sustainable markets, the global drivers impacting markets for recovered materials and highlighted past failures relating to the State’s waste and resource recovery sector. Fourteen submissions included feedback relating to this theme. Number of submissions relating to this theme by stakeholder type Stakeholder type Submissions Local Government 8 Industry 2 Land developers 0 Regional Groups 1 Community 3 No Feedback Response 7 11 16 20 24 25 28 30 Creating market demand Generating market demand through creating markets for recovered goods is pivotal to increasing recovery. This could be supported by Government agencies being required to purchasing product made with recycled content Market development is critical and more information is needed on how the Government is going to support this Solutions are required to increase the recovery of food organics from commercial generators, flexible plastics and glass fines A key strategy to achieve the SWRRIP goals is the Victorian Market Development Strategy for Recovered Resources (Market Development Strategy), discussed specifically in Section 2.3.2 and throughout the SWRRIP. The Market Development Strategy: identifies organics (including timber), rubber (tyres), flexible plastics, glass fines and aggregates, masonry and soils as priority materials. supports researchers and industry to find ways of turning hard-to-recycle materials into valuable products – seven projects from five Victorian universities and industry partners have been funded to develop and expand markets for recovered glass fines and flexible plastics by creating high-value products information can be found on the SV website The Market Development Strategy and Sections 2.2.1 and 2.3.5 discuss the role of government procurement to support developing markets for recycled and recovered products by leveraging opportunities for procurement of
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