Disaster waste for the purposes of section 146(2)(b) of the Environment Protection Act 2017, means any material deposited on property by the temporary emergency, or material damaged by the temporary emergency that is required to be disposed of as part of the recovery from the temporary emergency.
Information for residents
People living in areas hit by a disaster should dispose of their waste at a council operated waste transfer station.
There are requirements for taking waste to a transfer station or a landfill. You will need to provide evidence of your address like a driver’s licence or recent rate notice.
Information for landfills
Waste levy waiver
Information on any received disaster waste will need to be provided on waste levy statements submitted to us. Landfill operators should use a subcode at the weighbridge to group incoming waste loads as disaster waste and subject to the waiver.
Information for transfer stations
You are responsible for checking that waste received and transported to a landfill is disaster waste. A driver’s licence or rates notice needs to be checked to verify the waste is disaster waste from an affected local government area.
Disaster waste should be sorted and stored for transport to a landfill, to avoid mixed loads.
Landfill operators will request evidence from transfer stations and waste transporters to verify the waste is disaster waste. A declaration that the waste is disaster waste from an affected local government area should be provided.
Consignment details will also need to be provided to the landfill. This will need to show the source of the waste from an affected local government area or contractors acting on behalf of emergency response agencies, councils or government departments.
Using Waste Tracker to track disaster waste
The duty to track disaster waste that is classified as reportable priority waste will remain, unless otherwise advised by us. For that reason, you must continue using Waste Tracker as usual.
To track disaster waste that is reportable priority waste, producers, drivers and receivers should enter the relevant code provided with the relevant waiver in the additional information section of the waste record. All waste must be appropriately classified.
Current waste levy waivers
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