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AGENDA MARKETING MEETING 3 - EC-BSG "BIOGAS WASTE-TO-ENERGY" PILOT PROJECT MTG C7
Biogas Waste-to-Energy Pilot Notice Marketing Meeting Agenda Cm3 Fri 16 Aug 2019
COMMITTEE REFUGEE SANITATION PROJECT [Cmt]
SUB-COMMITTEE BIOGAS WASTE-TO-ENERGY PILOT PROJECT [Swe]
EVENT: EC-BSG "Biogas Waste-to-Energy" Pilot REF:UNCBBM3a
TOPIC: Mgt - Can Innner West Sydney submit a suitable project to the "Blockchains for Social Good" Challenge?
DATE: Fri 16 Aug 2019 TIME: 14:00 - 14:45
VENUE:Brothers Ben Café
74 Palace St PETERSHAM 2049
INVITEES
Nicola PISACANE [NCP] Andrew TATAR [APT]
Rachel ASCHMIES [REA] Karen HAYWOOD [KrH]
Sandy THOMAS [SyT] Carline DUFFY [CJD]
Jo HOBSON [JoH] Marghanita DA CRUZ [MDC]
Peter AXTENS [PMA]Stephen GOULD [SGG] Chr
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AGENDA:A BackgroundB Possible content issuesC Extract: The impact of levies on changing ratepayer behaviourA Background
On 30 Jun 2019 a group dog owners and walkers at Petersham Park formed the "Petersham Park
Waste Collective [PPWC]"
They have been investigating ways of managing dog-poo and other park waste more effectively
as the bins provided by Council often overflow during warm week-ends and especially as dog-
poo kills the worms in worm farms once the pets have been de-wormed
PPWC is proposing that the Inner West Council enters into a 12-month Joint-Venture "Biogas
"Waste -to-Energy [W2E]" Pilot to evaluate the effectiveness of this initiative by local Rate-
Payers
PPWC have a stall at the Inner West Council "Footprints Ecofestival" on Sun 25 Aug 2019
11am-3pm at Whites Creek Valley Park ANNADALE 2038
This marketing meeting is to discuss the content of the hand-outs for interested parties in local
waste management
B Possible content issues
The following items have been proposed as possible issues of interest and your feedback is
appreciated ranking the most important (1) to the least important (6)
A Pictures of past waste spillage in Petersham Park (examples attached)
B The "Biogas Waste-to-Energy" process
C The NSW EPA currently unable to produce Residential Waste guidelines
D The Italian Government has achieved 76% recycling with 9 collection bins
E Recycling options for different waste types
F Local shop incentives for participating in local Waste Management
G other ?
Your feedback would be appreciated by 17:00 Wed 21 Aug 2019
Thank you
Stephen GOULD
Projects Co-ordinator
SUSTAINABILITY ACTION NETWORK [SAN]
B: PO Box 517 Neutral Bay Junction NSW 2089
E: ehn.1a3posgg@gmail.com
M: {61}(4)1600-9468
EXTRACT FROM FED GOVERNMENT WASTE AND RECYCLING REPORT/CHP 04 2018-12-14The impact of levies on changing ratepayer behaviour
4.36 The committee received evidence indicating that waste levies have a limited impact on
reducing the waste generated by ratepayers, as they have no direct financial
incentive to reduce waste going to landfill.
4.37 Local councils are responsible for paying waste levies on behalf of ratepayers, and this is
then recovered through household rates. GCS Consulting stated that the estimated household
contribution to the New South Wales waste levy payment is between 10 and 20 per cent of the
total rates liability.
It cited a 2012 KPMG report on the New South Wales waste levy which stated that:
Because home owners are charged a flat fee for their waste, they do not receive any financial
benefit from reducing the amount of waste they produce at the individual household level, even
hough all households would benefit if they collectively reduced waste.[43]
4.38 The Northern Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils (NSROC) submitted that the New
South Wales waste levy does not provide a 'reward or incentive for better waste management
behaviour, other than a minor reduction in the waste charge for using a smaller red bin in
some council areas'. This is because:
Waste management charges to residents reflect the actual costs to councils of delivering waste
services.
These charges are applied across the entire community and are not adjusted for actual
consumption of waste services by an individual household.[44]
4.39 Similarly, the Brisbane City Council, in considering the introduction of a waste levy in
Queensland, submitted that:
A levy is not effective on domestic waste generators as the price signal is not able to be
passed on through the rates directly...
Applying a landfill levy to domestic waste is challenging as residents cannot avoid the levy in a
domestic setting.
Council does not have a pay-as-you throw style of charging so residents are all charged equally.[45]
4.40 Other local government authorities support this view with the Adelaide Hills Region WasteManagement Authority (AHRWMA) arguing that waste disposal levies do 'not act as a direct
driver for the community to reduce waste generation or increase recycling habits' because
any increase in waste levies is 'covered by general rate revenue'.[46]
4.41 GCS Consulting recommended that any jurisdiction seeking to introduce a waste levy should,
at a minimum:
require local governments to introduce weight-based charging to permit its ratepayers to reduce
their rate liability.
This is based on the user-pays principle where the more a household throws out, the more they
contribute to disposal charges and the state government tax.[47]
