Inquiry into the Management of Australia's Waste Streams

Terms of Reference

The Senate has referred the following matter to the Committee for inquiry and report by 3 September 2008:

Management of Australia's waste streams, with particular reference to:

1. trends in waste production in Australia across household, consumer, commercial and industrial waste streams;
2. effectiveness of existing strategies to reduce, recover or reuse waste from different waste streams;
3. potential new strategies to reduce, recover or reuse waste from different waste streams;
4. the economic, environmental and social benefits and costs of such strategies;
5. policy priorities to maximise the efficiency and efficacy of efforts to reduce, recover or reuse waste from different waste streams; and
6. consideration of the Drink Container Recycling Bill 2008.

 

For further information, contact:

Committee Secretary
Senate Standing Committees on Environment, Communications and the Arts
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia

Phone:	+61 2 6277 3439
Fax:	+61 2 6277 5809
Email:	eca.sen@aph.gov.au