Queensland’s Waste Reduction and Recycling Strategy 2010–2020
The government has a vision for creating a low-waste Queensland that looks for ways to avoid waste generation in the first place, and sees the wastes that cannot be avoided as a resource rather than a problem. In doing so, Queensland can seize the economic, environmental and job opportunities arising from better waste and resource management.
Queensland’s Waste Reduction and Recycling Strategy 2010–2020 (PDF, 462K)* will drive a decade of significant improvement in waste and resource management and move Queensland towards achieving this vision.
The strategy sets clear targets which, supported by a strong legislative framework and a price signal to discourage disposal, underpin the behavioural change required to reduce waste generation and disposal.
Implementing this strategy will progressively shift the emphasis from recycling toward a culture where waste reduction is an accepted lifestyle choice. This will become the usual way of doing business for Queenslanders, while still recognising the need for flexibility based on local and regional economic, social and environmental conditions.
The strategy will help the state meet its obligations under the national waste policy and the Queensland Government’s ‘Toward Q2: Tomorrow’s Queensland’ target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Development of an up-to-date waste strategy was also a government commitment arising from the Queensland Growth Management Summit held in March 2010. A full list of summit outcomes is available at the Queensland Growth Management Summit website.
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Last updated 2 April 2012