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The Living Environment Program, an initiative of the 2005-06 State Budget, is a package containing 15 projects in nine programs tackling a range of urban environmental issues that affect Tasmanians in their day-to-day life.

The three projects relating to waste management are:

• Household Hazardous Waste Collection
  Involves working with Local Government to establish the collection of common household hazardous wastes, including paint, outdated or banned pesticides, batteries, photographic and cleaning chemicals, waste oil and old medicines.
  
• Controlled Waste Tracking System
  This project will build on work done under the 2005 Controlling Waste Program, which developed a proposal for a tracking system for controlled waste from the point-of-generation to disposal. This is a web-based tracking system for hazardous waste backed by regulations to safeguard public health and reduce the potential for illegal dumping. The tracking system will be an important environmental and public health safeguard by reducing the potential for the illegal dumping or inappropriate management of controlled wastes.
  
• Resource Discovery
  This project is designed to increase recovery of resources in Tasmania by offering grants to financially support case studies, and the promotion of outcomes from the funded projects.
  
  There are many potential resources being deposited to landfill every day, some of which are too costly to re-use or reprocess, whereas others may be easily recovered. There is also a high amount of incomplete recycling / reuse occurring at present, where many items with recycling / reuse systems in place are still ending up as litter or in landfill.
  
  In 2007 a grants program was offered to support case study projects. The outcomes of the funded projects will be promoted to local government, businesses and the general community to encourage further resource recovery in Tasmania.