- Title
- Consequence of waste levy revocation: case study Queensland, Australia
- Creator
- Forghani, Reza; Sher, Willy; Kanjanabootra, Sittimont; Totoev, Yuri
- Relation
- 23rd Annual Pacific Rim Real Estate Society Conference. Proceedings from the PRRES Conference - 2017 (Sydney 15-18 January, 2017)
- Publisher
- Pacific Rim Real Estate Society (PRRES)
- Resource Type
- conference paper
- Date
- 2017
- Description
- Since 1994 several regulations and policies have been enacted in Queensland to protect the environment and biodiversity of the state. The Department of Environment and Resource Management (DERM) in Queensland introduced a waste levy in 2011 to manage and reduce waste disposal. Unexpectedly, this levy was revoked in 2012 having been in operation for only seven-months. This change has affected the environment and is likely to continue to do so in the future. It therefore warrants further investigation. A study of behaviour and trends in waste generation and disposal will inform decisions about waste management after such an unexpected policy change. This paper reviews the status of waste generation and disposal before and after this change. It discusses the problems and challenges of waste management that have occurred after the withdrawal of the levy. Data were gathered from the Queensland government's annual reports. These were systemically reviewed and relevant statistics were analysed to understand the trend of waste management between 2007 and 2015. Analysis of these data indicates that the repeal exerted extra pressure on Queensland's waste management infrastructure and has led to increased construction and demolition waste disposal in the short term. This study highlights the need for rational waste management regulations to protect the environment and to increase the efficiency of waste management.
- Subject
- waste levy; construction waste; demolition waste; Queensland
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1399127
- Identifier
- uon:34533
- Language
- eng
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