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National Waste Policy

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National Waste Policy

Fact sheets

Papers

Resources

Waste and Recycling in Australia (Hyder 2008) - new data avaiable soon

Waste and Recycling in Australia: A Short Paper (Hyder 2006)
www.environment.gov.au/settlements/publications/waste/waste-recycling.html

National Strategy for Ecologically Sustainable Development (1992)
www.environment.gov.au/esd/national/nsesd/strategy

1992 National Waste Minimisation and Recycling Strategy
www.environment.gov.au/settlements/waste/publications/waste-strategy-1992.html

Ecologically Sustainable Development (ESD) Guidelines (2003)
www.environment.gov.au/epbc/publications/esd-guidelines.html

Intergovernmental Agreement on the Environment (1992)
www.environment.gov.au/esd/national/igae

DEH submission #1 to the Productivity Commission Inquiry into Waste Management 2006
www.environment.gov.au/settlements/publications/waste/deh-submission.html

Economic and environmental opportunities from improved resource efficiency in Australian industry, Curtin University (2006)
www.environment.gov.au/settlements/publications/waste/economic.html

DEH submission #2 to the Productivity Commission inquiry into waste generation and resource efficiency in Australia (2006)
www.environment.gov.au/settlements/publications/waste/deh2nd-submission.html

Productivity Commission Report on the Inquiry into Waste Management
www.pc.gov.au/projects/inquiry/waste/docs/finalreport

DEWHA submission to the Senate Inquiry into Australia's waste streams
www.environment.gov.au/settlements/publications/waste/waste-efficiency-inquiry-response.html

Senate Report on the Inquiry into Australia's Waste Streams
www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/eca_ctte/aust_waste_streams/report

State and territory government websites

Australian Capital Territory

Department of Territory and Municipal Services
www.tams.act.gov.au/live/Recycling_and_Waste

New South Wales

Department of Environment and Climate Change
www.environment.nsw.gov.au/waste/

Department of Energy, Utilities and Sustainability
www.deus.nsw.gov.au/Sustainability/Sustainability.asp

Northern Territory

Department of Natural Resources, Environment and the Arts
www.nt.gov.au/nreta/environment/waste/index.html

Queensland

Department of Environment
www.epa.qld.gov.au/environmental_management/waste/waste_management/

South Australia

Zero Waste SA
www.zerowaste.sa.gov.au/Home.mvc

Tasmania

Department of the Environment, Parks, Heritage and the Arts
www.environment.tas.gov.au/index.aspx?base=346

Victoria

Department of Sustainability and Environment
www.dse.vic.gov.au

Sustainability Victoria
www.sustainability.vic.gov.au/www/html/1517-home-page.asp

Western Australia

Department of Environment and Conservation
www.dec.wa.gov.au/pollution-prevention/waste-management/index.html

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