Appendix F - Amended Solid Waste Management Plan

        Figure 2.1 Waste Management Hierarchy (source: Queensland Waste Avoidance and Resource
                                      Productivity Strategy 2014)

2.2. Waste Avoidance
Waste Avoidance is an important step in the WMH and involves the prevention of waste material
being created. Essentially, it involves changing the entire perspective of how the community looks
at procuring commodities, in order to minimise the production of wastes. Some waste reduction
initiatives that can be adopted by tenants of the proposed development are listed below:

    •    Adoption of a “Purchasing Policy” to drastically reduce the amount of waste being produced;
    •    A “Whole of Systems” review of each tenancy to assess waste generation and adopt
         sustainable and environmentally-friendly measures and practices to enable the reduction of
         wastes being generated;
    •    Ongoing auditing and monitoring of waste generation practices of each tenancy and data
         collection; and
    •    Education programs to educate and motivate tenants and residents to avoid buying
         commodities and materials that are not necessary.

The development will be encouraged to adopt the WMH principles in relation to paper and cardboard.
To ensure that no paper is landfilled, the following measures will be promoted:

    •    Avoid printing of unnecessary documents/emails;
    •    Use of 100% recycled paper;
    •    Use double-sided photocopies and use the reverse sides of scrap paper for notes and drafts;
         and
    •    Once paper is used on both sides, put it into the appropriate recycle bin.

Staff, residents and managers will be encouraged to buy products that use less packaging (economy
sizes, refills or concentrates), reuse boxes and jars for storage as much as possible, and donating
reusable items to charities or others. Furthermore, in order to decrease the amount of waste
produced the following policies are recommended:


Client:    Palm Lake Works Pty Ltd
Doc No.: BE150106-RP-SWMP-01
Doc Title: Solid Waste Management Plan                                                     Page 9