Waste Reduction and Recycling Amendment Regulation 2023 (Qld)

1   Short title

This regulation may be cited as the Waste Reduction and Recycling Amendment Regulation 2023.

2   Regulation amended

This regulation amends the Waste Reduction and Recycling Regulation 2023.

3   Amendment of s 8 (Exempt waste—Act, s 26)

(1)Section 8(1)—
insert—

(f)residue waste from—

(i)a glass beneficiation plant; or

(ii)a material recovery facility.

(2)Section 8—
insert—

(5)In this section—

glass beneficiation plant means a plant that removes impurities from end-of-use glass through crushing, cleaning and sorting to produce cullet.

material recovery facility has the meaning given by section 99ZE(1)(a) of the Act.

4   Amendment of s 16 (Rate of waste levy for non-levy zone—Act, s 37)

Section 16(2)(b)—
omit, insert—

(b)if the waste was generated in any other place outside the non-levy zone—

(i)for waste delivered before 1 July 2024—nil; or

(ii)otherwise—the level 1 rate for the financial year for the type of waste.

5   Amendment of sch 3 (Recycling activities for residue waste discounting applications)

Schedule 3, item 4—
omit.