The plan is designed to reduce the large amount of waste produced by the construction industry each year, of which 1/3 ends up in a landfill, and to tackle flytipping.
Those responsible for SWMP will be required to evaluate the waste that will be produced and detail how it will be reused, recycled or disposed of. Higher level reporting processes will apply to projects totally more than $676,714.
Environment Minister Bed Bradshaw told Contract, “Rising levels of waste crime are stopping us from achieving a sustainable construction sector, and rising numbers of fly-tips around the country, many of which are made up of construction and demolition waste, adversely affects the quality of life in many communities.”
Some issues still needing to be addressed are whether to make the plan a statutory requirement, the minimum level at which a project should require a SWMP and the level of detail that will be required. Consultation ends on July 9.