24647 Seaview Tce Enviro Mgmt Plan

Waste Management Plan
Job No. 24647 - 71 Seaview Terrace Sunshine Beach Qld 4567


    3. LEGISLATIVE REQUIREMENTS
Hutchinson Builders has made commitments relevant to waste which can be found in the EMP.
A summary of key legislation relevant to the disposal of waste for Hutchinson Builders projects are listed in Table 2 as well
as in the Environmental Legislation and Guidelines HB-HSEQ-F-005-A

Table 2: Legislation

 Legislation                          Objectives

 Environmental     Protection   Act   Environmental Protection Act 1994:
 1994
                                          The objective of this Act is to protect Queensland‘s environment while allowing
 Environmental Protection (Waste           for development that improves the total quality of life, both now and in the
 Management) Regulation 2000               future, in a way that maintains the ecological processes on which life depends
                                           (ecologically sustainable development)
 Environmental           Protection
 Regulation 2008                      Environmental Protection (Waste Management) Regulation 2000 highlights the
                                      following points in the Regulation:

                                          Offences for littering, waste dumping, unlawful disposal of hypodermic needles
                                           and unlawful activities at waste facilities

                                          Provision for a waste tracking system that tracks the movement of specific
                                           wastes to ensure correct disposal

                                          Requirements for clinical and related waste management planning including
                                           segregation, storage and disposal requirements for managing polychlorinated
                                           biphenyls (PCBs - a chemical that is very harmful to the environment)
                                          Design rules for waste equipment.
                                      Environmental Protection Regulation 2008

                                          The object of this Act is to protect Queensland‘s environment while allowing
                                           for development that improves the total quality of life, both now and in the
                                           future, in a way that maintains the ecological processes on which life depends
                                           (ecologically sustainable development). The Environmental Protection
                                           Regulation 2008 is a key mechanism for achieving the objective of the
                                           Environmental Protection Act 1994 (EP Act), which is to protect the
                                           environment while providing for ecologically sustainable development.

 Work Health and Safety Act 2011      An Act to provide comprehensively for work health and safety, to provide for a new
                                      definition of asbestos in particular legislation and for a work health and safety levy,
                                      to amend other legislation as a consequence, and to amend the Workers‘
                                      Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 for particular purposes:
                                      Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011
                                      Work Health and Safety (Codes of Practice) Notice 2011

 Waste Reduction and Recycling        The legislation will establish a new framework to modernise waste management
 Act 2011                             and resource recovery practices in Queensland. The purpose of the new legislation
                                      is to promote waste avoidance and reduction and to encourage resource recovery
 Waste Reduction and Recycling
                                      and efficiency.
 Regulation 2011
                                      The Waste Reduction and Recycling Regulation 2011 sits under the Waste
                                      Reduction and Recycling Act 2011 and provides much of the detail of the new
                                      legislative framework.




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