5 - Environmental Amenity
Environmental Amenity
Waste Management
Objectives
- O.1To reduce the quantity of waste and encourage the recycling of waste generated by new development.
- O.2To assist in achieving Federal and State Government waste minimisation targets.
- O.3To encourage building design which will minimise waste generation over the lifetime of the building.
- O.4To ensure that the disposal of waste generated by a building's occupants over its lifetime is managed appropriately and efficiently.
- O.5To ensure that waste storage facilities are located appropriately and do not impact negatively on the streetscape.
- O.6To ensure that waste can be effectively collected and managed.
Design Principles
- P.1Waste should be minimised by reducing, re-using and the recycling of demolition, construction and household waste.
- P.2Excavated material, demolition and builder's waste should be re-used or recycled or, as a last resort, processed in an appropriate manner at a site approved by the Department of Environment and Conservation.
- P.3The re-use of second hand building materials and the use of recycled building products is encouraged.
- P.4Development is required to provide an appropriate space for the temporary storage of garbage, recyclable and compostible waste to enable the efficient separation of waste products.
- P.5A waste storage area/facility is to be set aside in all new developments for the storage of waste receptacles and of materials to be collected for recycling as follows:
- the location and design of waste collection facilities is to complement the design of the development and is not to be visually obtrusive in the streetscape and should not be visible from other public places
- the area should be located so as not to cause offence to adjoining property owners or occupiers with regard to smell, visual appearance or noise disturbance
- the provision of communal or individual composting facilities is encouraged for garden waste and organic kitchen waste
- the waste storage area/facility is to be easily accessed by tenants
- P.6Developments are to incorporate convenient access for waste collection, noting that Council does not provide collection from within private properties or roads.
- P.7 Landscape design should incorporate adequate space to enable on-site composting, where appropriate.
- P.8Development applications which involve demolition and/or the construction of new buildings are to include a Waste Management Plan. A Waste Management Plan is to contain details of:
- the volume and type of waste to be generated,
- whether the waste will be re-used, recycled or disposed of,
- building materials and design techniques; and
- the operation of ongoing waste management, post-occupancy.
- P.9In the case where a development proposes to use the Council operated kerbside collection, there is to be sufficient space at the kerb for the placement of receptacles/containers for servicing by Council's waste contractor on the nominated garbage collection night.
Information demonstrating this is to be provided with the development application. Where this requirement cannot be satisfied, Council will require details of an alternative garbage collection service. Council staff should be consulted in these situations, as it may be necessary to engage a private waste collection contractor. - P.10In the case where a development proposes to use a dumpster/bulk bins, access is to be provided from the street level without the need for manual handling with sufficient space for the collection vehicle to drive to the collection point, empty the bin safely and exit without traffic interference. This service is generally not provided by Council's waste contractor, and arrangements as outlined in P.9 above may be required.
Further Information
- Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act, 2001
- Resource NSW Waste-Not Development Control Plan
- Resource NSW Better Practice Guide for Waste Management in Multi-Unit Dwellings
- Resource NSW web site, www.resource.nsw.gov.au.
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