Review of r.18D CEO Notices under the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Regulations 2008

Overview

The Department of Water and Environmental Regulation (the department) is seeking feedback from waste industry stakeholders on the draft revised Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Notices and approved methods for liable local governments, recyclers and non-metropolitan landfills. This is required under regulation 18D of the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Regulations 2008 (WARR Regulations).

Background

‘Liable persons’ are required to report waste and recycling data annually to the CEO of the department in accordance with approved procedures under Part 3A of the WARR Regulations. 

Mandatory waste data reporting under these regulations has allowed for better capture and improved consistency of waste and recycling data in WA. The reported waste data are collated and published annually on the Waste Authority website. The data used by government to track progress against the targets in the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Strategy 2030 and to inform policies and strategies related to resource recovery.

Regulation 18D under Part 3A of the WARR Regulations requires the department’s CEO to publish a description of the information required to be reported by liable persons and the procedures to be followed by these persons when making the records and calculating or estimating the information.

In accordance with r.18D, a CEO notice for each liable person type defined in the regulations has been gazetted. Liable persons are liable recyclers, liable non-metropolitan landfills and liable local governments. 

The current CEO notices were developed in consultation with industry stakeholders before they were finalised and gazetted in June 2019. Since publication, the policy and strategic framework under which the data are collected and used has changed necessitating review. 

Consultation open

The draft revised CEO notices for liable local governments, recyclers and non-metropolitan landfills are available for consultation.

The consultation period will run from 8 November 2024. The closing date for submissions is 5pm (WST) 31 January 2025.

In the survey, please select the sections that apply to you, e.g questions for

• liable recyclers
• liable local governments
• liable non-metropolitan landfills 

Contacts

Written feedback on the consultation drafts should be submitted to waste.data@dwer.wa.gov.au. No late submissions will be considered. 

You can also complete an online survey below.

Questions about the consultation process and how to provide feedback can be sent to waste.data@dwer.wa.gov.au. 

Consultation documents

Please download the related documents below.