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Discussion paper: Draft National Waste Policy Framework - less waste more resources

The Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts released a discussion paper: Draft National Waste Policy Framework - less waste more resources for public comment on 8 July 2009.

The draft Framework includes aims, a vision, principles, themes and key directions for change. These themes, key directions for change and their underlying principles encompass the views put forward by participants during the consultation process.

Comments closed on 31 July 2009 and the Department received over 60 comments.

The Waste Policy Taskforce would like to thank all those who provided comment on the draft Framework.

Comments

Discussion paper comments
NumberSubmitted by
055 Adelaide Hills Region Waste Management Authority (PDF - 59 KB)
005 AFGC (PDF - 172 KB)
016 AgStewardship (PDF - 172 KB)
043 Alliance for a Clean Environment (PDF - 230 KB)
041 Australian Battery Recycling Initiative (PDF - 255 KB)
032 Australian Industry Group (PDF - 52 KB)
057 Australian Information Industry Association (Word - 67 KB)
001 Ben Glashoff (Word - 55 KB)
010 Biohazard Waste Industry - WMAA (PDF - 316 KB)
020 Blue Mountains City Council (PDF - 109 KB)
061 Boomerang Alliance (PDF - 139 KB)
014 Cement Industry Federation (PDF - 2400 KB)
028 Centre for Appropriate Technology (Word - 306 KB)
054 Centre for Organic & Resource Enterprises (PDF - 292 KB)
026 City of Darebin Council (Word - 208 KB)
037 City of Marion (PDF - 134 KB)
037 City of Sydney (PDF - 134 KB)
023 Close the Loop (PDF - 072 KB)
059 CMA Ecocycle (Word - 42 KB)
050 Columbus Group (Word - 33 KB)
006 Corky's Carbon Consulting (PDF - 325 KB)
060 Council of Mayors South East Queensland (PDF - 516 KB)
022 Craig Walters (Word - 31 KB)
013 Crop Life (PDF - 53 KB)
052 Eastern Metropolitan Regional Council
004 Forestry Tasmania - Michael Wood - Hard Copy
058 Global Renewables (PDF - 37 KB)
049 Jenni Bransgrove (Word - 34 KB)
046 Jill Merrin (Word - 36 KB)
011 Keelah Lam (Word - 36 KB)
002 KESAB (PDF - 2104 KB)
034 Lighting Council Australia (PDF - 30 KB)
015 LMS generation (PDF - 756 KB)
033 Local Government and Shires Associations of NSW (Word - 34 KB)
040 Local Government Association of Tasmania (PDF - 103 KB)
063 Local Government Association of the Northern Territory (PDF - 388 KB)
008 Lyndall McCormack (Word - 24 KB)
024 Metropolitan Waste Management Group (PDF - 1928 KB)
012 Miltek Waste Solutions (Word - 57 KB)
018 Motor Trades Association of Australia (PDF - 132 KB)
030 National Association of Retail Grocers of Australia (PDF - 196 KB)
025 National Timber Product Stewardship Group (Word - 71 KB)
029 National Waste Educators Division (WMAA) (Word - 164 KB)
042 NSW Landfill Working Group (WMAA) (PDF - 267 KB)
053 Planet Ark (PDF - 245 KB)
051 Publishers National Environment Bureau (Word - 38 KB)
035 SITA Environmental Solutions (PDF - 146 KB)
039 South Australian Waste Educators Working Group (Word - 255 KB)
021 South East Resource Recovery Regional Organisation of Councils (Word - 75 KB)
027 Southern Sydney Regional Organisatoin of Councils (Word - 265 KB)
031 Standards Australia (PDF - 140 KB)
009 Transpacific Industry (PDF - 67 KB)
003 VEOLIA (PDF - 414 KB)
017 WA Local Government Association (PDF - 91 KB)
019 Wannon Water (Word - 1230 KB)
044 Winemakers' Federation of Australia (PDF - 266 KB)

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Revisions
The discussion paper Draft National Waste Policy Framework - less waste more resources was amended on 17 July by revising section 6.5.3 Pursuing sustainability on page 17 paragraph 1 to:

COAG Standing Council on Environment and Water

Waste Management