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• Koomarri
• Lone Fathers Association
• Oasis Care Inc
• Salvation Army Family Store
• Society of St Vincent De Paul Pty Ltd
• St Barnabas Anglican
• The Salvation Army Mancare Community
• The Smith Family
The Department is currently reviewing this landfill fee waiver process.
One-off landfill fee waivers
From time to time, I also grant one-off fee waivers on public interest grounds, such as where an agency must clean up waste that has been illegally dumped. For instance, in
November 2008 I granted a landfill fee waiver for the disposal of waste that had been illegally dumped in Bruce.
Landfill concessions under contract
Some ACT Government waste and recycling contractors utilise a concessional rate for sending waste to landfill or a certain allocation of free waste to landfill. This is done to ensure that contractors accept and recycle the most waste possible. If contractors had to pay full rates to send residual material to landfill, they would not accept marginal material for recycling. Controls are factored into contracts and contract management procedures to ensure that concessional rates and allowances are not abused.
The following are examples of concessional contractor arrangements.
• Both Reusables Facilities (Mugga Lane and Mitchell) may dispose of an amount of material to landfill each month free-of-charge, with concessional rates applying if this amount is exceeded.
• Resource Recovery contractor at Mugga Lane pays the Territory a concessional rate to dispose of residual waste. The rate is calculated under the contract and varies according to tonnages disposed.
• The Materials Recovery Facility makes concessional payments to dispose of residual waste. The rate for payments is calculated under the contract and varies according to tonnages disposed.
(2) Criteria for granting standing landfill fee waivers
In the past, standing landfill fee waivers have been granted based on four criteria:
a) The waste generated is associated with an established recycling process.
b) The organisation does not receive funding from either the Commonwealth or ACT Governments for providing these services.
c) The organisation does not compete with private-sector businesses to undertake the services provided.
d) The organisation is non-profit.
The Department is reviewing this process at the moment.
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