Council meeting agenda - 4 June 2012 - Clarence City Council
Council meeting agenda - 4 June 2012 - Clarence City Council
Council meeting agenda - 4 June 2012 - Clarence City Council
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CLARENCE CITY COUNCIL – GOVERNANCE- 4 JUNE <strong>2012</strong> 216<br />
� That the WAC be formally acknowledged within the<br />
legislation as having an integral role in the disbursement of<br />
funds from the Waste to Resources Funding Pool, providing<br />
recommendations to the EPA Board in accordance with<br />
relative priorities in the Waste to Resources Strategy”.<br />
2.6. As <strong>Council</strong> has an established policy position opposing any mandated waste<br />
levy it is appropriate to consider the possible benefits that a statutory waste<br />
levy may derive as a market-based economic instrument. A waste levy would<br />
potentially serve a number of purposes.<br />
� provide financial incentive to recover and recycle rather than deposit<br />
waste in landfill and provides a price signal to waste generators that<br />
landfill disposal has additional, sometimes hidden, costs;<br />
� enables the collection of a levy on Commercial and Industrial (C&I)<br />
waste which comprises the largest portion of waste to landfill;<br />
� provides funds for waste minimisation and recovery programs which<br />
are more effectively undertaken at a strategic level (eg strengthening<br />
recycling markets, addressing infrastructure inadequacies); and<br />
� help to balance the price differential between existing landfill systems<br />
and new technologies, facilitating the introduction of innovative<br />
approaches to waste processing.<br />
The waste levy can be used to fund Waste Authorities whose charter can<br />
include principles and functions such as:<br />
� development and co-ordination of State and Local Government waste<br />
policies;<br />
� development, administration and monitoring of State waste strategies;<br />
� provision of assistance to Local Government with arrangements for<br />
regional waste management;<br />
� commissioning, support and collaboration on research into waste<br />
management and resource recovery practices and issues;<br />
� development of standards and best practice guidance in relation to<br />
waste technologies, systems, infrastructure and practices;<br />
� co-ordination of education initiatives;<br />
� data collection and reporting; and
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