Waste Reduction and Recycling Amendment Regulation 2023

1Short title

This regulation may be cited as the Waste Reduction and Recycling Amendment Regulation 2023.

2Regulation amended

This regulation amends the Waste Reduction and Recycling Regulation 2023.

3Amendment of s 8 (Exempt waste—Act, s 26)

(1)Section 8(1)—
insert—

(f)residue waste from—

(i)a glass beneficiation plant; or

(ii)a material recovery facility.

(2)Section 8—
insert—

(5)In this section—

glass beneficiation plant means a plant that removes impurities from end-of-use glass through crushing, cleaning and sorting to produce cullet.

material recovery facility has the meaning given by section 99ZE(1)(a) of the Act.

4Amendment of s 16 (Rate of waste levy for non-levy zone—Act, s 37)

Section 16(2)(b)—
omit, insert—

(b)if the waste was generated in any other place outside the non-levy zone—

(i)for waste delivered before 1 July 2024—nil; or

(ii)otherwise—the level 1 rate for the financial year for the type of waste.

5Amendment of sch 3 (Recycling activities for residue waste discounting applications)

Schedule 3, item 4—
omit.