Waste strategies
12 Waste strategies
The EPA must develop and approve a waste strategy for the State (the State waste strategy).
The State waste strategy must contain the information prescribed by the regulations.
The EPA must review the State waste strategy at least once every 5 years.
After reviewing the State waste strategy, the EPA must—
approve the continuation of the strategy, with or without variations, or
develop and approve a new strategy in accordance with this section.
The EPA may revoke or vary the State waste strategy at any time.
The NSW Waste and Sustainable Materials Strategy 2041—Stage 1: 2021–2027, published by the Department of Planning, Industry and Environment in June 2021, is taken to be the State waste strategy for the purposes of subsection (1).
This provision refers to the regulations (prescribed by the regulations
). Made under this Act:
This Act’s bill:Explanatory memorandumSecond reading speech
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