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Inquiry into Municipal Waste Management in NSW

The Standing Committee on Public Works has resolved to inquire into municipal waste management practices in New South Wales with a view to examining and reporting on those processes and whether alternative municipal management practices might offer lower incremental costs and preferred environmental outcomes.
This inquiry was self-referred on 29 November 2005.

The NSW Standing Committee on Public Works has resolved to inquire into municipal waste management practices in New South Wales with a view to examining and reporting on those processes and whether alternative municipal management practices might offer lower incremental costs and preferred environmental outcomes. The Inquiry will in particular examine: 1. The effectiveness and appropriateness of current municipal waste management. 2. Impediments and incentives to best practice municipal waste management. 3. Best practice methods, including cost effectiveness, of planning and providing municipal waste management services. 4. The development of new technology and industries associated with waste management. 5. Minimising harm to the environment in the provision of waste management services.


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