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Acts, regulations, policies and guidelines

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• The Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 (POEO Act)

• Protection of the Environment Administration Act 1991 No 60

• Protection of the Environment Legislation Amendment Act 2014 No 65

• Protection of the Environment Operations (Waste) Regulation 2014 (Version date: 01/03/2024)

• NSW Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Strategy 2014–21

• Waste Levy Guidelines 2018

• NSW Extended Producer Responsibility Priority Statement 2010

• NSW Sustainable Procurement Guide 

• Environmental Guidelines: Solid waste landfills 2016

• Specification for Supply of Recycled Material for Pavements, Earthworks and Drainage 2010

• Guidance on the resource recovery order and exemption for mulch 2016

• Resource recovery orders and exemptions 2015

• The recovered aggregate order 2014

• The recovered glass sand order 2014

• The recovered railway ballast order 2014

• The blast furnace slag order 2014

• The steel furnace slag order 2019

• The cement fibre board waste order 2014

• The excavated natural material order 2014

• The excavated public road material order 2014

• The recovered plasterboard order 2014

• NSW Illegal Dumping Strategy 2022–27

• Management of Wastes on Roads and Maritime Services Land

• Standards for managing construction waste in NSW 2019

• Waste Classification Guidelines: Part 1: Classifying waste

• Waste classification guidelines Part 2: Immobilisation of waste

• NSW Energy from Waste Policy Statement 2021

• New minimum standards for managing construction and demolition waste in NSW 2016

• Recycled materials in roads and pavements

• Environment Legislation Amendment Act 2022 No 3

• Protection of the Environment Operations (General) Amendment (Thermal Energy from Waste) Regulation 2022