Waste Supply
Tools:
Maps – Waste
Links:
Department of Environment, Parks, Heritage and the Arts
Resource Development and Planning Commission
The Australian Government Department of the Environment and Water Resources
The disposal of large volumes of regular waste relies on the use of transfer stations. Waste is deposited by collection vehicles and then sorted into categories for subsequent collection and transfer to appropriate landfill or recycling destinations.
There are four types of waste:
- solid inert material
- potentially contaminated materials
- putrescible waste
- controlled waste.
Controlled waste (which includes clinical waste) has special handling and / or treatment and disposal requirements. The Environmental Management and Pollution Control Act 1994 defines controlled waste.
Further information on the types of waste and their disposal is available on the Department of Environment, Parks, Heritage and the Arts website.
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