EPA Roadside Waste Tracker checks continue

EPA has been working with Victoria Police and the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) doing roadside checks in the Hastings and Baxter areas last week (18- 20 May).

While EPA checked on compliance by transporters with EPA Waste Tracker, a must use electronic log for the generation, transportation and disposal of reportable priority waste (RPW), police checked drivers for alcohol, drugs and vehicle roadworthiness. NHVR also checked trucks for compliance with road rules.

Waste Tracker is an electronic system that tracks reportable priority waste in Victoria. The use of Waste Tracker is required for transporters to meet their duty to accurately record a  reportable priority waste movement.

“If you handle reportable priority waste, you must let us know every time it changes hands – for example, from producer to transporter and from transporter to receiver,” said EPA Compliance Programs Manage Alison McRae.

“Waste Tracker is a non-negotiable if you’re transporting RPW and EPA will enforce its use through roadside programs like this, but also using intelligence and modelling to identify gaps in its use and the companies that fail to take appropriate action.”

Ms McRae said you must use Waste Tracker to record transactions if you're a:

• producer of reportable priority waste
• accredited consigner who creates waste records for producers
• transporter administrator or driver of reportable priority waste
• transporter moving reportable priority waste from temporary storage to another site
• receiver administrator or site receiver of reportable priority waste.

“You're accountable for the information provided in Waste Tracker. This includes information entered for you by an accredited consigner or transporter,” she said.

For more information go to https://www.epa.vic.gov.au/waste-tracker