Hw policy development & improvement - projects

Below is a selection of hazardous waste policy development & improvement projects recently completed by Ascend Waste and Environment.

Policy influence and management strategy (2016, Tellus Holdings)

Ascend Waste and Environment provided Tellus with an extensive analysis of the current policy and regulatory landscape in Australia, an assessment of its business in that policy context and then distilled a strategy and set of actions to ensure their adherence to, and ability to stay ahead of, the ‘policy curve’.

Review of the Regulated Waste framework (2015, QLD DEHP)

Ascend completed a project for the Queensland Department of Heritage Protection (DEHP) to review their Regulated Waste framework by analysing national and international frameworks, identifying waste substances of concern to Queensland, setting concentration limits and thresholds for waste substances of concern, developing testing regime for these contaminants in waste and creating a decision making framework to assist waste generators to correctly classify their wastes.

The Health and Environmental Impacts of Hazardous Wastes (2015, Aus. Gov. Department of the Environment

Ascend Waste and Environment prepared a collation of Australia-relevant knowledge on the health and environmental impacts of hazardous waste (actual and potential). A catalogue of 49 individual hazardous waste impact profiles was produced for publication, designed to strengthen the knowledge of hazards, impacts, potential risks and the management of hazardous waste specifically relevant to Australia.

Hazardous waste stockpiles in Australia (2017, Aus. Gov. Department of the Environment & Energy)

Ascend, along with partner Randell Environmental Consulting, conducted a baseline study for the Australian Government to assess the quantities of stockpiled hazardous waste around Australia, where the major storages are located and what the key drivers for their retention have been. The work involved consultation and analysis of existing regulatory approaches to stockpile clearance with new definitions and terms about what constitutes a stockpile agreed.

Spent Pot Lining project; feasibility of an agreement for clearing stockpiles (2016, Aus. Gov. Department of the Environment)

Ascend, along with partner Randell Environmental Consulting, conducted a detailed assessment of spent pot liner (SPL) stockpiles in Australia, the processing options available and an assessment of the feasibility of different agreement options between the aluminium smelting industry and government on SPL stockpile removal.

Review of compliance requirements for export of mobile phones (2017, Phonecycle)

Ascend conducted a review of the potential impact of new Basel Convention e-waste transboundary movement guidelines to PhoneCycle’s phone export procedures and, in doing so, provided a broader assessment of this process with respect to its compliance to relevant environment requirements.