Waste related publications

Topics on this page

• Asbestos Waste
• Container Deposit Legislation
• Industrial waste management guidelines
• Landfills
• Long Term containment
• Litter
• Prescribed waste
• Regional Waste Management Groups
• Soils
• Waste transport certificates

 

Asbestos Waste

• EPA Publication 364.1 – The Transport and Disposal of Waste Asbestos (Adobe PDF 108KB)

 

Container Deposit Legislation

• EPA Publication 883 – Container Deposit Legislation – Financial Impacts (Adobe PDF 1009KB)

 

Industrial waste management guidelines

• EPA Publication 660.1 – Waste management on farms (Adobe PDF 191KB)
• EPA Publication 1049 – What to do with farm wastes (Adobe PDF 449KB)
• EPA Publication 344.1 – Transport and Management of Used Containers (Adobe PDF 122KB)

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Landfills

Guidelines for landfills

• EPA Publication 788 – Siting, Design, Operation and Rehabilitation of Landfills (Adobe PDF 851KB)
• EPA Publication 968 - Policy Impact Assessment Waste management policy Siting, Design and Management of Landfills (Adobe PDF 317KB)
• EPA Publication 1040 – Draft best practice requirements for landfills receiving category C prescribed industrial waste (Adobe PDF 132KB)

Landfill levies

• EPA Publication 332d – Calculating the Landfill Levy and Recycling Rebates (Adobe PDF 370KB)
• EPA Publication 876 – Environment Protection (Distribution of Landfill Levy) Regulations - Regulatory Impact Statement (Adobe PDF 592KB)

Financial Assurances

• EPA Publication 777 – Determination of Financial Assurance for Landfills (Adobe PDF 94KB)

Landfill environmental audit

• EPA Publication 780 – Environmental Audit - PWM Lyndhurst Landfill

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Long Term containment

• EPA Publication 941 – Performance Requirements for Long-Term Containment (Adobe PDF 305KB)
• EPA Publication 1011 – Long-term containment facilities – the role of EPA Victoria (Adobe PDF 94KB)
• EPA Publication 946 – Wastes Likely To Require Long-Term Containment (Adobe PDF 210KB)
• EPA Publication 947 – Wastes Likely To Require Long-Term Containment - Technical Appendix (Adobe PDF 246KB)

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Litter

• EPA Publication 1021 – Beach Litter surveys 2004-05 summary report (Adobe PDF 252KB)
• EPA Publication 1020 – Port Phillip Bay beach litter survey 2004-05 (Adobe PDF 606KB)
• EPA Publication 966 – Beach Report Beach Litter Survey 2003-04
• EPA Publication 917 – Beach Litter Surveys – 2002-2003 (Adobe PDF 174KB)
• EPA Publication 835.1 – Littering - That's Rubbish (Adobe PDF 1980KB)
• EPA Publication 834.2 – Reporting Litterers (Adobe PDF 398KB)

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Prescribed waste

Industrial Waste Management Policy (Prescribed Industrial Waste)

• EPA Publication 866 – IWMP (Prescribed Industrial Waste) Implementation of Policy – Overview (Adobe PDF 235KB)
• EPA Publication 867 – IWMP (Prescribed Industrial Waste) Preliminary Identification of Waste (Adobe PDF 93KB)
• EPA Publication 994 – Industrial Waste Management Policy (Prescribed Industrial Waste) - Progress Review (Adobe PDF 122KB)

Classification of Prescribed Industrial Wastes

• EPA Publication 448.3 – EPA publication 448 Classification of Wastes (Adobe PDF 245KB)
• EPA Publication 448.2 – Draft Classification of Wastes (Adobe PDF 167KB)
• EPA Publication 878 – Classification for Contaminated Soil (Adobe PDF 187KB)
• EPA Publication 955 – Classification for grease interceptor trap waste (Adobe PDF 113KB)
• EPA Publication 786 – Draft Classification (Contaminated Soil) and Background Information ( Adobe PDF 786KB)
• EPA Publication 879 – Draft Classification – Contaminated Soils Responses to Comments (Adobe PDF 205KB)
• EPA Publication 890 – Draft Classification For Grease Interceptor Trap Waste (Adobe PDF 213KB)
• EPA Publication 956 – Response to comments - Draft classification for grease interceptor trap waste (Adobe PDF 134KB)
• EPA Publication 1100 - Classification for large containers contaminated with prescribed industrial waste (Adobe PDF 120KB)
• EPA Publication 1102 - Classification for used oil filters (Adobe PDF 111KB)
• EPA Publication 1103 - Response to comments - Classification for used oil filters (Adobe PDF 137KB)
• EPA Publication 1024 – Draft classification for rigid packaging (Adobe PDF 258KB)
• EPA Publication 1023 – Draft classification for used oil filters (Adobe PDF 155KB)
• EPA Publication 1125 - Response to comments - Draft publication 448.2 Classification of wastes (Adobe PDF 177KB)

Hazard Classification of Prescribed Industrial Wastes

• EPA Publication 923 – Industrial Waste Management Policy (Prescribed Industrial Waste) - Classifying Wastes By Hazard (Adobe PDF 119KB)
• EPA Publication 996 – Guidelines for Hazard Classification of Solid Prescribed Industrial Wastes (Adobe PDF 198KB)
• EPA Publication 997 – Guidelines for Hazard Classification of Solid Prescribed Industrial Wastes - Frequently Asked Questions (Adobe PDF 74KB)
• EPA Publication 1096 - Hazard classification of solid prescribed industrial waste (Adobe PDF 549 KB)
• EPA Publication 1122 - Accelerating reductions in prescribed industrial waste (fact sheet) (Adobe PDF 203 KB)

More information on Hazard Classifications is available on the Classifications issued by EPA page.

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Regional Waste Management Groups

• EPA Publication 957 – Development and Maintenance of Regional Waste Management Plans (Adobe PDF 175KB)

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Soils

• EPA Publication 1121- Draft soils sampling guideline (offsite management and acceptance) (Adobe PDF 305KB)
• EPA Publication 448.3 - EPA publication 448 Classification of wastes (Adobe PDF 245KB)
• EPA Publication 1125 - Response to comments - Draft publication 448.2 Classification of wastes (Adobe PDF 177KB)
  

Acid Sulfate Soils

• EPA Publication 655 – Acid Sulfate Soil and Rock (Adobe PDF 105KB)

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Waste transport certificates

• EPA Publication 395.3 – Industrial Waste Strategy - Instructions for completion of waste transport certificates (Adobe PDF 543KB)
• EPA Publication 758.2 – Electronic Lodgement of Waste Transport Certificates ( Adobe PDF 251KB)
• EPA Publication 813.16 – Industrial Waste Strategy: Waste management guide – List of accredited agents ( Adobe PDF 105KB)
• EPA Publication 422d – Industrial Waste Strategy: Waste Management Guide – List of Permit Holders ( Adobe PDF 1282KB)
• EPA Publication 439.2 – Instruction for completion - Application for transfer of permit to transport prescribed waste ( Adobe PDF 122KB)

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Waste minimisation guidance

• EPA Publication 899 – Good Practice for Cleaner Production – Small and Medium Sized Enterprises
• EPA Publication 863 – Winemakers' Environmental Management Kit

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