Construction Waste Lab (CWL)
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Overview: This page provides useful information about the C&D waste legislation framework in Victoria. 

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 Acts, regulations, policies and guidelines

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• The Environment Protection Act 1970

• The Environment Protection Act 2017

• The Environment Protection (Resource Efficiency) Act 2002

• The Environment Protection (Amendment) Act 2018

• Sustainability Victoria Act 2005

• Environment Protection (distribution of landfill Levy) Regulations 2014

• Environment Protection (Industrial Waste Resource) Regulations 2009

• Environment Protection (Scheduled Premises) Regulations 2017

• Waste Management Policy (Movement of Controlled Waste Between States and Territories)

• Waste Management Policy (Siting, Design and Management of Landfills) 2004

• Recycling Victoria: A New Economy 2020 

• State-wide Waste and Resource Recovery Infrastructure Plan 2018

• Victorian Market Development Strategy for Recovered Resources 2016

• Guideline: Energy from Waste 2017

• Victorian Waste Education Strategy 2016 

• A Circular Economy for Victoria 2020

• Toolkit for the management of solid waste from civil and construction & demolition sites

• Circular Economy (Waste Reduction and Recycling) Act 2021