[12] Not defined, but addressed in [12] waste’ not defined in Acts, but Management [12] ‘Hazardous objects of legislation [12] as groups under main management classification classification: Environment a) any discarded, rejected, (a) reusing the include waste’. Protection Act ‘scheduled abandoned, unwanted or (a) to promote the following waste; or municipal solid 1993 surplus matter, whether or principles (principles of waste, (b) recycling the Australia not intended for sale or for ecologically sustainable [13] Zero waste; or construction and recycling, reprocessing, development): SA Act 2004 demolition (inert (c) recovering recovery or purification by a South (i) that the use, development and mixed) and; energy or other separate operation from that and protection of the resources from commercial and which produced the matter; environment should be the waste; industrial waste (inert or managed in a way, and at a and mixed). b) anything declared by rate, that will enable people Levy classification: regulation (after consultation and communities to provide waste under section 5A) or by an for their economic, social and (metropolitan and environment protection physical wellbeing and for non-metropolitan) policy to be waste, whether their health and safety while and; of value or not. sustaining the potential of fill (clean fill). natural and physical resources to meet the Likely future landfill reasonably foreseeable needs reporting classification (5 of future generations. streams). 1. Annual Landfill Reporting 2. Annual Government Survey 3. Annual Kerbside Performance Reporting 4. Annual Recycling Activity Survey 5. Household Hazardous Collection program reporting
South Australia [12] a) any discarded, rejected, abandoned, unwanted or surplus matter, whether or not intended for sale or for recycling, reprocessing, recovery or purification by a separate operation from that which produced the matter; or b) anything declared by regulation (after consultation under section 5A) or by an environment protection policy to be waste, whether of value or not. Not defined, but addressed in objects of legislation [12] as (a) to promote the following principles (principles of ecologically sustainable development): (i) that the use, development and protection of the environment should be managed in a way, and at a rate, that will enable people and communities to provide for their economic, social and physical wellbeing and for their health and safety while sustaining the potential of natural and physical resources to meet the reasonably foreseeable needs of future generations. [12] (a) reusing the waste; or (b) recycling the waste; or (c) recovering energy or other resources from the waste; ‘Hazardous waste’ not defined in Acts, but under main management classification include ‘scheduled waste’. Management classification: municipal solid waste, construction and demolition (inert and mixed) and; commercial and industrial waste (inert and mixed). Levy classification: waste (metropolitan and non-metropolitan) and; fill (clean fill). Likely future landfill reporting classification (5 streams). 1. Annual Landfill Reporting 2. Annual Government Survey 3. Annual Kerbside Performance Reporting 4. Annual Recycling Activity Survey 5. Household Hazardous Collection program reporting [12] Environment Protection Act 1993 [13] Zero SA Act 2004 groups
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