Publications and Reports

External Links

Key Strategy Documents:

The ACT Government, through the Department of the Environment, Climate Change, Energy and Water, is developing the ACT Sustrainable Strategy 2010-2025 - see http://www.environment.act.gov.au/waste

Historical Strategy Documents

2004 - Turning Waste into Resources - No Waste Strategy Action Plan 2004 -2007 ( PDF 388.6 KB)

2002 - The Waste Pricing Strategy for the ACT ( PDF 126.1 KB)

2000 - The Next Step in the No Waste Strategy - No Waste Strategy implementation 2000-2003 ( PDF 155.7 KB)

1996 - The No Waste by 2010 Strategy - a Waste Management Strategy for Canberra ( PDF 132.7 KB)

Annual Progress Reports

2004 - No Waste Strategy Progress Report (including Household Recycling Guide and Calendar) ( PDF 1023.5 KB)

2003 - No Waste Strategy Progress Report ( PDF 447.2 KB)

2002 - No Waste Strategy Progress Report ( PDF 446.2 KB)

2001 - No Waste Strategy Progress Report ( PDF 122.0 KB)

Best Practice Guides

2006 - Enlarged Diagrams (Development Control Code) ( PDF 433.5 KB)

2006 - Draft Revised Development Control Code ( PDF 3.4 MB)

2004 - Recycling Guide / Where does your recycling go? ( PDF 222.2 KB)

2002 - Guide to Recycling at Public Events ( PDF 654.8 KB)

1999 - Waste Management Plan (Development Control Code) ( PDF 86.6 KB)

1999 - Development Control Code for Best Practice Waste Management in the ACT.pdf ( PDF 215.8 KB)

Reports and Audits

2011 - Skip Bin Audit ( PDF 2.9 MB)

2010 - ACT Landfill Combined Final Audit ( PDF 1.6 MB)

2009 - MRF Residual Waste Audit ( PDF 2.2 MB)

2009 - Kerbside Domestic Waste 7 Recycling Audit ( PDF 420.4 KB)

2008 - Wright Report - Review and Assessment of Options ( PDF 548.2 KB)

2008 - Wright Report - Full Data Summary (MS EXCEL 190.5 KB)

2008 - Wright Report - Alternative Waste Technologies ( PDF 1.7 MB)

2008 - Queanbeyan Kerbside Waste Audit ( PDF 2.0 MB)

2007 - Materials Recovery Facility Residuals Audit ( PDF 116.5 KB)

2007 - Domestic Waste Audit ( PDF 205.3 KB)

2006 - Materials Recovery Facility Residuals Audit ( PDF 110.6 KB)

2005 - Materials Recovery Facility Residuals Audit ( PDF 83.4 KB)

2004 - Report on the attitudes and behaviour of the ACT community to the kerbside services ( PDF 269.8 KB)

2004 - Canberra Residential Waste Audit ( PDF 269.8 KB)

2003 - Canberra Residential Waste Audit ( PDF 313.0 KB)

2003 - Canberra Residential Waste Audit ( PDF 331.9 KB)

2002 - The impacts of Container Deposit Legislation for the ACT ( PDF 1.2 MB)

2001 - Chifley Bio Bin Trial Report ( PDF 635.7 KB)

2001 - Canberra Garbage Audit ( PDF 824.2 KB)

Contact Details

Postal Address
GPO Box 158
Canberra ACT 2601

Street Address
Macarthur House, 12 Wattle Street
Lyneham ACT 2602

Contact Number
13 22 81

Facsimile
(02) 6207 6255

Email
nowaste@act.gov.au