Environment quality publications
Most publications are only available online. Hardcopies of publications marked Order printed copy can be ordered online.
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Latest releases
- Organics Recycling in Australia - Industry Statistics 2011
- Hazardous Waste Data Assessment and Summary - April 2013
- Sustainable procurement guide
- Guide for sustainable procurement of services
- Analysis of the Republic of Ireland's Survey System for National Waste Reporting
- Summary of the history and development of WasteDataFlow
Australian Packaging Covenant
Books and reports
- Australian Packaging Covenant - Action Plan - 2010 to 2015
- Australian Government 2010-2011 Annual Report on the Australian Packaging Covenant Action Plan - 2012
- Archived publications
Biotechnology
Books and reports
- Fate of manufactured nanomaterials in the Australian environment - 2010
- Best practice and current practice in ecological risk assessment for genetically modified organisms - 2004
- Inductive hazard analysis for GMOs - 2004
- Ecological impacts of GM cotton on soil biodiversity - 2004
- Environmental risks associated with viral recombination in virus resistant transgenic plants - CSIRO, 2002
- Environmental issues raised by the release and use of genetically modified plants and animals in Australia - 1999
Brominated flame retardants
Books and reports
- Assessment of concentrations of polybrominated diphenyl ether flame retardants in aquatic environments in Australia - 2006
- Assessment of concentrations of polybrominated diphenyl ether flame retardants in indoor environments in Australia - 2006
- Assessment of concentrations of polybrominated diphenyl ether flame retardants in the Australian population: levels in blood - 2006
Brochures and fact sheets
Further information
- Organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in the Australian population:levels in human milk
- Interim public health risk assessment of certain PBDE congeners
Chemicals management
Books and reports
- Australia's National Implementation Plan - Obligations under the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) - July 2006
- Endocrine disrupting chemicals - information paper - 1998
- Persistent lipophilic contaminants and other chemical residues in the southern hemisphere - 1998
- National profile of chemicals management infrastructure in Australia - 1998
Dioxins
Books and reports
- Characterisation and estimation of dioxin and furan emissions from waste incineration facilities - 2001
- Dioxins in Australia: a summary of the findings of studies conducted from 2001 to 2004 - 2004
- Dioxins in food dietary exposure assessment and risk characterisation - technical report series no 27 - 2004
- Incineration and dioxins: review of formation processes - 1999
- Proposed risk assessment methodology discussion paper -2003
- Sources of dioxins and furans in Australia - air emissions - 2002
- National Dioxins Program technical reports
- Dioxins emissions from bushfires in Australia - technical report no 1 - 2004
- Dioxins emissions from motor vehicles in Australia - technical report no 2 - 2004
- Australian inventory of dioxin emissions - technical report no 3 - 2004
- Dioxins in ambient air in Australia - technical report no 4 - 2004
- Dioxins in soil in Australia - technical report no 5 - 2004
- Dioxins in aquatic environments in Australia - technical report no 6 - 2004
- Dioxins in fauna in Australia - technical report no 7 - 2004
- Dioxins in agricultural commodities in Australia - technical report no 8 - 2004
- Dioxins in the Australian population: levels in blood - technical report no 9 - 2004
- Dioxins in the Australian population: levels in human milk - technical report no 10 - 2004
- Ecological risk assessment of dioxins in Australia - technical report no 11 - 2004
- Human health risk assessment of dioxins in Australia - technical report no 12 - 2004
Hazardous waste
Forms and guidelines
- Applying for a permit - application forms
Books and reports
- Legislative amendments and Evidentiary certificates
- Annual reports
- Operation of the Hazardous Waste (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Act 1989 - 2010-11
- Operation of the Hazardous Waste (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Act 1989 - 2009-10
- Operation of the Hazardous Waste (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Act 1989 - 2008-09
- Operation of the Hazardous Waste (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Act 1989 - 2007-08
- Operation of the Hazardous Waste (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Act 1989 - 2006-07
- Report of the National Competition Policy Review of the Hazardous Waste (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Act 1989 and associated Regulations - Government response to the review - June 2001
- The Hazardous Waste (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Act 1989 - a National Competition Policy Review - February 2001
Scheduled waste
Books and reports
- A case study of problem solving through effective community consultation - July 2000
- Collection and destruction of unwanted farm and household chemicals: discussion paper - ANZECC, June 1997
- Hexachlorobenzene waste management plan - ANZECC, November 1996
- National strategy for the management of scheduled wasten - ANZECC, November 1992
- Organochlorine Pesticides
- Organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) trade or common use names - scheduled wastes fact sheet number 5 (revised) - April 1997
- Organochlorine pesticides waste management plan - ANZECC, June 1999
- Safe handling of organochlorine pesticides on farms - 1999
- Some previous uses of organochlorine pesticides in australia - scheduled wastes fact sheet number 4 - February 1997
- Polychlorinated Biphenyls
- Identification of PCB-Containing Capacitors - An information booklet for electricians and electrical contractors - ANZECC, 1997
- Monitoring of polychlorinated biphenyls in Australia - September 1998
- Polychlorinated biphenyls management plan - ANZECC, April 2003 edition
- Restrictions on PCB imports
- Review of the PCB management plan: discussion paper - August 2001
- Persistent lipophilic contaminants and other chemical residues in the southern hemisphere - 1998
- Review of industry waste reduction scheme for crop protection and animal health product containers and drumMUSTER - December 2000
- Schedule X
- Scheduled wastes: appropriate technologies for the treatment of scheduled wastes - November 1997
- Treatment technologies for destruction or management of arsenic wastes - May 1998
Waste and recycling
General
- Australian Government response to the Senate Standing Committee on Environment, Communications and the Arts Committee Report: The Environment Protection (Beverage Container Deposit and Recovery Scheme) Bill 2009 - 2010
- Government response to the Senate Standing Committee on Environment, Communications and the Arts Committee Report: Management of Australia's waste streams (including consideration of the Drink Container Recycling Bill 2008) - February 2010
National Waste Policy
Fact sheets
- Product Stewardship (Televisions and Computers) Regulations 2011 (PDF - 581KB) | (Word - 7499KB)
- Product Stewardship Act 2011 (PDF - 2672KB) | (Word - 251KB)
- Guide for Householders (PDF - 445KB) | (Word - 332KB)
- Guide for Local Government (PDF - 277KB) | (Word - 1944KB)
- The Role of Recyclers in the Scheme (PDF - 654KB) | (Word - 1688KB)
- Liable Parties (PDF - 363KB) | (Word - 3889KB)
- Co-regulatory Arrangements (PDF - 445KB) | (Word - 332KB)
- Recycling Targets (PDF - 599KB) | (Word - 213KB)
- Conversion Factors (PDF - 202KB) | (Word - 240KB)
- Product Stewardship (Televisions and Computers) Regulations 2011 (PDF - 581KB) | (Word - 7499KB)
- National Waste Report 2010 Fact Sheet
- National Waste Policy: Less Waste, More Resources
- Organic waste
- Australian Packaging Covenant
- Hazardous substances and hazardous waste
E-news
National Waste Policy reports
Some of these publications are available on the Standing Council on Environment and Water (SCEW) website - www.scew.gov.au
- National Waste Policy: Less Waste, More Resources - 2009
- National Waste Policy Implementation
- National Waste Policy Implementation Report 2011 - 2012
- Status report on National Waste Policy implementation - November 2010
- National Waste Policy Implementation Plan - July 2010
- National Waste Report Evaluation workshops - 2010
- National Waste Report 2010
- National Waste Overview 2009
- National Waste Policy - Regulatory Impact Statement - 2009
- More about the National Waste Policy reports
Guides and manuals
- Construction and demolition waste guide - recycling and re-use across the supply chain - 2011
- Food and Garden Organics Best Practice Collection Manual - 2012
Supporting research
- Analysis of the Republic of Ireland's Survey System for National Waste Reporting
- Australian landfill capacities into the future - 2009
- Australian recycling sector - 2012
- Australian waste classifications - roles in decision making - 2011
- Australian waste definitions: defining waste related terms by jurisdiction in Australia - 2012
- Beneficial reuse and resource recovery of waste materials: an inventory of Australian over-arching objectives and guiding principles - 2012
- Biosolids snapshot - 2012
- Climate change and the resource recovery and waste sectors - 2010
- Construction and demolition waste status report - management of construction and demolition waste in Australia - 2011
- Construction and demolition waste guide - recycling and re-use across the supply chain - 2011
- Cost of landfill disposal in Australia - 2009
- Cost of landfill disposal in Australia - peer review - 2009
- Data collection and reporting through licensing arrangements - 2012
- Employment in waste management and recycling - July 2009
- Hazardous Waste Data Assessment and Summary - April 2013
- Landfill ban investigation - Final report - 2011
- Liquid Waste Assessment Report - 2012
- National Food Waste Assessment - Final report
- National Waste Data System Requirements Study - 2009
- Organics Recycling in Australia - Industry Statistics 2011 - 2011
- Place-based approaches to commercial and industrial waste and recycling - 2012
- Review of the application of landfill standards - 2010
- Role and performance of local government - waste and recycling related data and information - 2011
- A stock-take of waste-related standards, specifications and guidelines - January 2013
- Summary of the history and development of WasteDataFlow
- Waste and Recycling in Australia: Amended report (Hyder 2009)
- Waste and recycling in Australia 2011 - 2012
- Waste classifications in Australia - A comparison of waste classifications in the Australian Waste Database with current jurisdictional classifications - 2011
- Waste Technology and Innovation Study - 2009
Public consultation
- Exposure draft of the Product Stewardship (Televisions and Computers) Amendment Regulation 2012 - 2012
- Exposure draft of the Regulations for the National Television and Computer Recycling Scheme
- Consultation Paper on Proposed Regulations - National Television and Computer Product Stewardship Scheme
- Consultation paper - Product Stewardship Legislation
- Discussion paper - Draft National Waste Policy Framework - less waste more resources
- Consultation paper - A National Waste Policy: Managing Waste to 2020
Used oil recycling
Fact sheets & brochures
Books & reports
- Second Independent Review of the Product Stewardship (Oil) Act 2000 - Final Report 2008
- Independent Review of the Product Stewardship (Oil) Act 2000 - May 2004
- Independent Review of the Transitional Assistance Element of the Product Stewardship for Oil (PSO) Program - March 2004
- Product Stewardship Arrangements for Oil Administrative Guidelines - 2001 (amended 2005)
Operation of the Product Stewardship for Oil Program and the Product Stewardship (Oil) Act 2000
Annual reports
- 2009-10 - Report for Period 1 July 2010 to 30 June 2011
- 2009-10 - Report for Period 1 July 2009 to 30 June 2010
- 2008-09 - Report for Period 1 July 2008 to 30 June 2009
- 2007-08 - Report for Period 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008
- 2006-07 - Report for Period 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007