2018-06-27 SM - Attachment 1 to Item 2 - Directions Paper Transforming Queensland's Recycling & Waste Industry

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       1 Introduction
       1.1 Background to the strategy
       The Queensland Waste Avoidance and Resource Productivity Strategy 2014-2024 (the Strategy), was released in
       December 2014. Development of the Strategy was led by the Waste Avoidance and Resource Productivity
       Strategy Steering Committee (Steering Committee) comprised of representatives from business and industry, the
       waste and resource recovery sector, local government, and community and environment groups.

       The Strategy sets out a vision for Queensland to become a national leader in avoiding unnecessary consumption
       and waste generation, adopting innovative resource recovery approaches, and managing all products and
       materials as valuable and finite resources. This vision is underpinned by five key principles, four objectives, several
       priorities, and several state-wide and regional targets to be achieved by 2024 (as shown in Table 1).

       The Strategy was intended to be implemented through voluntary action plans developed by the Queensland
       Government, industry sectors, and peak bodies. Each action plan was intended to describe how the Strategy’s
       targets and objectives would be achieved. Voluntary action plans were not required from councils and state
       government departments that were already required to prepare waste reduction and recycling plans under Chapter
       6 of the Waste Reduction and Recycling Act 2011 (the Act).

       1.2 Scope of the review
       The former Department of Environment and Heritage Protection (EHP) commenced the statutory triennial review of
       the Strategy in early 2017, in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 2 of the Act), to inform the development
       of a revised or new waste and resource recovery strategy for Queensland. This review, which covers the three-year
       period from 1 July 2013 to 30 June 2016, has considered:

          the progress towards achieving the targets, objectives and vision of the Strategy
          the issues affecting implementation of the Strategy
          the ongoing relevance of the strategic settings
          opportunities to improve the Strategy.

       1.3 Consultation
       This draft review report has been prepared by the Department of Environment and Science (the department) and is
       informed by preliminary consultation undertaken during March and April 2017 between the former EHP and other
       Queensland Government departments, waste generators, the waste and resource recovery industry, environment
       groups, and stakeholders, as identified in Appendix 1.




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