Nepc annual Report 2014-15

Table 4: Number of movements of controlled waste into New South Wales for the period,
1 July 2014 to 30 June 2015

NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Ext Terr*
	2338	1175	262	319	257	2135	20

Victoria

Report to the NEPC on the implementation of the National Environment Protection (Movement of Controlled Waste between States and Territories) Measure for Victoria by the Hon. Ryan Smith, Minister for Environment and Climate Change (until 29 November 2014) and the Hon. Lisa Neville MP, Minister for Environment, Climate Change and Water, for the reporting year ended 30 June 2015

PART 1—IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEPM AND ANY SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

There continues to be close consultation between the state and territory agencies, established under the NEPM agreement. However, there continues to be a decline in compliance by the waste industry.

PART 2—ASSESSMENT OF NEPM EFFECTIVENESS

In the 2014–15 reporting period, Victoria issued 379 authorisations. This is a decrease of 51 approvals from the previous year. Most authorisations were for the recycling and energy recovery of controlled waste.

The total amount of controlled waste that was brought into Victoria during the reporting year was 24290 tonnes. This was a slight decrease of 908 tonnes from the amount reported in 2013–14.

Due to the continuing implementation of EPA’s new integrated information management system, the data for discrepancies in movements of controlled waste into Victoria in 2014–15 (refer to table 3 below) remains unavailable at the time of reporting.

Inorganic chemicals remain the largest percentage of the total tonnage transported to Victoria. The inorganic chemicals waste stream, consisting of metallic constituents, again accounted for almost 25% of the total volume in 2014–15.

In 2014–15, EPA Victoria again focused on the transportation of industrial waste from Victoria to both limit the possibility of the movement of waste from Victoria and ensure that Victorian waste is taken to permitted facilities in Victoria. This is a multi-faceted strategy that targets generators, consignors and transporters of industrial waste. Victoria will continue to work with our counterparts in NSW and Queensland to deliver it.

Table 1: Number of consignment authorisations issued by Victoria

Reporting Year	Consignment authorisations issued
2013–14	430
2014–15	379

Table 2: Quantity of controlled waste into Victoria for the period 1 July 2014 to 30 June 2015—Tonnes per waste category by State/Territory

Code	Description	NSW	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Ex-Terr	Total (tonnes)
A	Plating & heat treatment									0.00
B	Acids	83	–	–	0					83.38
C	Alkalis	20	–	–	106					125.37
D	Inorganic chemicals	6,369	18	7	13	63		3.52		6473.04
E	Reactive chemicals	18	–	–	–					17.84
F	Paints, resins, inks organic sludges	1,082	456	414	94					2046.36
G	Organic solvents	1,537	191	164	110	836				2838.31
H	Pesticides	59	296	1,681	9					2044.82
J	Oils	2,811	959	111	121	267				4268.46
K	Putrescible/organic waste	3,839	–	–	219					4057.82
L	Industrial washwater	78	34	58	–					170.55
M	Organic chemicals	98	2	–	1	22				123.16
N	Soil/sludge	258	135	5	58	118				574.66
R	Clinical & pharmaceutical	226	730	9	388	1				1354.19
T	Misc.	27	40	23	21	1				112.44
State Totals (tonnes)		16505.05	2861.78	2471.26	1139.77	1309.00	0.00	3.52		24290.39

Table 3: Discrepancies in movements of controlled waste into {name of jurisdiction} for the period 1 July 2014 to 30 June 2015—Percentage of total movements

Discrepancy Type	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Ext Terr *
Consignment non-arrival	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Transport without authorisation	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Non-matching documentation	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Waste data	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

Table 4: Number of movements of controlled waste into Victoria for the period 1 July 2014 to
30 June 2015

NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Ext Terr*
2120	n/a	311	212	642	194	0	12	0