Strategy approach The Strategy seeks to: meet community expectations for resource recovery activities that improve the environment, community amenity and public health, while stimulating markets for the use of recovered materials for positive economic return support conditions for the resource recovery and manufacturing sectors to grow by maximising the value of recovered materials and developing quality products for end markets increase investment in and the purchase of products made from recovered materials by promoting their qualities and functionality. Strategic framework To support the delivery of Victoria’s integrated waste and resource recovery system, Table 2 (over page) presents the framework for the Strategy, including its purpose, vision, strategic directions, goals and anticipated outcomes. Strategic Directions Proposed approaches that will be applied over the Strategy’s 30 year life. Goals Overarching observable and measurable s that will be sought within the Strategy’s 30 year life. Outcomes Overarching deliverables that will be sought within the Strategy’s 10 year strategic outlook. Actions Activities to be implemented and reviewed within a five year timeframe (presented in Sections 6 and 7). The high level five year actions are outlined in Sections 6 and 7. Appendix 1 outlines the relationship between the delivery of these actions and the priority materials and products. Further detail on the implementation of actions over the first five years of the Strategy will be presented in SV’s annual business plan, and in other related material and product focused programs such as the VORRS. Links to the suite of complementary initiatives highlighted in Figure 1 are more specifically addressed in the high level actions presented in Sections 6 and 7.
Table 2: Framework of the Victorian Market Development Strategy for Recovered Resources Purpose: To outline where state government may intervene to stimulate production industries and markets for recovered resources in Victoria by reducing barriers and supporting the right conditions for product markets to grow and mature. Vision: Victoria has an integrated, statewide approach to market development within the principles of a circular economy, which supports mature and expanding production industries and markets for recovered resources. Strategic directions Framework for operational delivery Framework for planning and decision making Recover and manufacture Production and use Improve the quality of recovered resources to support manufacturing Improve consolidation and aggregation of recovered materials to contribute to growth in manufacturing Improve the performance of products incorporating recovered resources Increase the use of products incorporating recovered resources Cross government coordination within an integrated, statewide waste management framework Adopt appropriate, evidence based approaches to government intervention Capitalise on policy and market signals supporting resource recovery Goals Maximised recovery of clean materials for reuse and manufacturing Viable quantities of materials recovered to support manufacturing Design and production standards for products using recovered resources Procurement of products using recovered resources Effective statewide collaboration and engagement for market development Decision making that is informed by current knowledge and information Delivery of government policy that supports market mechanisms Outcomes Investment and collaborative procurement that supports the recovery of quality materials Improved source segregation of material types Reduced contamination in recovered material Co-location of resource recovery and manufacturing activities (‘hubs and spokes’ network), supported by investment and collaborative procurement to improve material flows and use Investment by business to capture and consolidate viable quantities of recovered resources to supply state, national and global manufacturing markets A growing manufacturing industry using recovered resources Influence product and packaging design in manufacturing, to minimise waste during production and support disassembly, reuse or recycling at end-of-life Investment in research and innovation to overcome challenges and capitalise on opportunities for the use of recovered resources in product development Quality standards and specifications applied to products with recovered resources Information dissemination programs that address challenges and opportunities for the uptake of products with recovered resources Procurement processes that support the use of products with recovered resources that meet quality standards / specifications Coordinated investment planning, implementation, evaluation and reporting Application of criteria that supports decision making for prioritising materials and products for market development interventions Collation and dissemination of data and information to support the development of markets for products with recovered resources Utilise price signals as an incentive to investment in resource recovery (e.g. landfill levy) Long term purpose of landfills to be only for the management of treated residual waste
Product stewardship A concept of shared responsibility by all sectors involved in the manufacture, distribution, use and disposal of products, which seeks to ensure value is recovered from products at end-of-life. Recycling A term that may be used to cover a wide range of activities, including collection, sorting, reprocessing and manufacture into new products. Reuse Recovering value from a discarded resource without processing or remanufacture. Social licence to operate The concept has evolved from broader concepts of ‘corporate social responsibility’ and is based on the idea that a business not only needs appropriate government or regulatory approval but also a ‘social licence’. The social licence is the acceptance that is continually granted to a business by the local community or other stakeholders to operate.