Waste disposal

In force

(1)

Waste disposal (the relevant activity) consists of only 1 of the following—

(a)

operating a facility for disposing of—

(i)

only regulated waste; or

(ii)

regulated waste and any, or any combination, of the following—

(A)

general waste;

(B)

limited regulated waste;

(C)

if the facility is in a scheduled area—no more than 5t of untreated clinical waste in a year;

(b)

operating a facility for disposing of—

(i)

only general waste; or

(ii)

general waste and either, or a combination, of the following—

(A)

a quantity of limited regulated waste that is no more than 10% of the total amount of waste received at the facility in a year;

(B)

if the facility is in a scheduled area—no more than 5t of untreated clinical waste;

(c)

operating a facility for disposing of only inert waste;

(d)

maintaining a decommissioned waste disposal facility.

(2)

The relevant activity does not include using clean earth as fill.

(3)

In the following table, the aggregate environmental score for the relevant activity is the score stated opposite the threshold within which the relevant activity is carried out.

Threshold	Aggregate environmental score	3
1operating a facility for disposing of, in a year, the following quantity of waste mentioned in subsection (1)(a)—
(a)less than 50,000t	65	C
(b)50,000t to 100,000t	92	C
(c)more than 100,000t but not more than 200,000t	116	C
(d)more than 200,000t	119	C
2operating a facility for disposing of, in a year, the following quantity of waste mentioned in subsection (1)(b)—
(a)less than 2,000t	18	C
(b)2,000t to 5,000t	27	C
(c)more than 5,000t but not more than 10,000t	37	C
(d)more than 10,000t but not more than 20,000t	45	C
(e)more than 20,000t but not more than 50,000t	56	C
(f)more than 50,000t but not more than 100,000t	65	C
(g)more than 100,000t but not more than 200,000t	82	C
(h)more than 200,000t	107	C
3operating a facility for disposing of, in a year, the following quantity of waste mentioned in subsection (1)(c)—
(a)less than 50,000t	28	C
(b)50,000t to 100,000t	35	C
(c)more than 100,000t but not more than 200,000t	40	C
(d)more than 200,000t	50	C
4maintaining a decommissioned waste disposal facility	9

(4)

In this section—

decommissioned waste disposal facility—

(a)

means a facility, for which a person holds or held an environmental authority, that—

(i)

was used for disposal of waste; and

(ii)

no longer accepts waste for disposal; and

(iii)

has had a final capping system installed in accordance with the environmental authority; but

(b)

does not include a landfill if the environmental authority for the landfill has been surrendered under chapter 5, part 10 of the Act.

facility—

(a)

includes a naturally occurring or constructed hollow or pit, including, for example, a gully, mining shaft or quarry; but

(b)

does not include a hollow or pit on a farm used for receiving and disposing of general waste produced on the farm.

inert waste means—

(a)

bricks, pavers, ceramics, concrete, glass or steel; or

(b)

similar general waste that does not biodegrade or decompose.

limited regulated waste means any of the following types of regulated waste—

(a)

animal effluent and residues, including abattoir effluent and poultry and fish processing waste;

(b)

asbestos;

(c)

biosecurity waste that has been rendered non-infectious;

(d)

food processing waste;

(e)

sewage sludge or residue produced in carrying out an activity to which section 63 applies;

(f)

tyres.

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