sydney-city-centre-review-of-environmental-factors

Method and assessment criteria
The waste management and resource use assessment was undertaken with
reference to the:
Waste Reduction and Purchasing Policy (EPA, 1997)
Protection of Environment Operations Act 1997 (EPA, 1997)
Waste Classification Guidelines (EPA, 1997)
Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act 2001 (EPA, 2001)
Storing and Handling Liquids, Environmental Protection (DECC, 2007)
Waste Reduction and Purchasing Plan (Roads and Maritime, 2010)
Waste Reduction and Purchasing Policy (WRAPP) (OEH, 2011)
Towards a More Sustainable RMS (Roads and Maritime, 2011).
The assessment:
Identified the likely types and volumes of generated construction waste
Identified the likely types and volumes of required construction materials
Determined the waste management strategy that would be implemented during
construction, including the potential for waste reduction
Determined the material procurement strategy that would be implemented
during construction, including the potential for reducing resource consumption
Identified the waste management and resource use issues that would need
safeguarding and managing under the proposal.
Policy setting
NSW waste management legislation and planning policy governs waste generation
and management, materials reuse and recycling, transportation and disposal and
establishes a waste minimisation hierarchy that prioritises waste solutions according
to how successfully they conserve natural resources. The hierarchy advocates:
Avoidance, in preference to
Recovery, including reuse, recycling, reprocessing and energy recovery, in
preference to
Responsible disposal.
The Waste Reduction and Purchasing Policy sets objectives to minimise
government-sector waste by employing the above hierarchy as well as providing
waste segregation at source and the purchase of recycled materials or materials with
a high recycled content.
Where disposal remains the only option, the Waste Classification Guidelines 2009
provide for classifying six types of waste in NSW: special, liquid, hazardous,
restricted solid waste, general solid (putrescible) and general solid (non-putrescible).
The classifications define how the materials are to be stored, transported, managed
and disposed of.
The two Roads and Maritime published documents make commitment to the above
and set out strategies for waste minimisation and the purchase of recycled materials
locally wherever possible.
The above documents also provide for the preferential reuse of available excavated
natural materials (ENM) over their disposal, providing they satisfy a number of
requisite criteria, including engineering suitability, classification and/or condition.
Roads and Maritime is exempt from the normal permitting requirements needed to
reuse claimed ENM and road material, including asphalt pavement and aggregate.
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Review of Environmental Factors