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Understanding Zero Waste: Principles and Strategies for Sustainable Management

Zero Waste is a goal aimed at minimizing waste by focusing on sustainable practices like Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle. This strategy emphasizes avoiding waste production, ensuring materials are used efficiently, and promoting resource recovery. South Australia’s Waste Strategy outlines initiatives to track progress, including funding for innovative projects and community engagement. Through collaboration with regional councils and Task Forces, the strategy seeks to shift from disposal to treatment alternatives that reduce environmental harm. Join the movement towards a more sustainable future!

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Understanding Zero Waste: Principles and Strategies for Sustainable Management

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  2. What is Zero Waste? AVOID: not producing/purchasing materials which will become waste Waste Management Hierarchy Most Preferable REDUCE: producing/purchasing less materials which will become waste Image area Avoid REUSE: using materials more than once before recycling or disposing of them Reduce RECYCLE: remanufacturing used materials into new products/resources Reuse Recycle RECOVER: capturing otherwise wasted resources (eg. recovering & using heat from electricity generation processes Recover Treatment TREATMENT: treat materials to minimise harmful effects on land, water or air Disposal Least Preferable DISPOSAL: release materials/pollutants to land, water or air

  3. South Australia’s Waste Strategy 2005-2010 Image area

  4. How are we tracking?

  5. Zero Waste SA Board Task Force (Regional Programs) Region Region Region Region Region Region Region Councils working in regional groups

  6. Task Force (Regional Programs): Tom Spirat - ZWSA Board Member (Chair) Mayor James Maitland – Wakefield Regional Council Brian Clancey – DC Mt Barker Geoff Johnston – logistics and transport Toby Terlet – Waste management industry Fiona Jenkins – ZWSA Program Manager Marina Wagner - EPA Established for 12 months initially Task Force provides advice to ZWSA Board

  7. Funds Available • Will depend on: • Quality of regional bids received by ZWSA • ‘readiness’ of individual projects • Available budget • As a general guide only – approx $1.2m statewide

  8. The Big Pool ($1.1m): Resource Recovery Facilities (transfer stations, new or upgrades) Innovative and/or reuse projects Max $150k per project The Small Pool ($100k): Community projects and remote councils Max $10k per project ‘Out of councils’ and metropolitan areas not eligible.

  9. Project team: Fiona Jenkins (Program Manager) Damian Moroney (Project planning, funding applications)

  10. Submission dates: 16 November – individual applications(to regional contacts) Regional Assessment Panels – Nov/Dec By XMAS – regional bids (to ZWSA) ZWSA Task Force – Jan/Feb ZWSA Board – March (advice to applicants)

  11. Where have we been? • November 2006 – Minister announced program • $3.6m over 3 years – Regional Imp. Program • Round 1 - $500k allocated to grants • Round 2 - $1.2m available • Round 3 – next year

  12. Where are we going? • Current trends suggest: • Less landfills, more transport and recycling • Regional subsidiaries (e.g. Fleurieu) • Subregional entities (rather than whole region) • ZWSA funding model after 2008/09?

  13. Ideal site layout Resource Recovery and Waste Transfer Facilities Source: Sustainability Victoria

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