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Waste and recycling data management for local governments

DEC&

Encycle Consulting

OverviewInput from audience Time

(mins)

Outline of the day Questions 10

Benefits of data collection, management & reporting 20

Data collection and reporting guidelines & resources 20

Obtaining data – sources within LG & from contractors 10

Setting up collection systems and management procedures 20

Case study – City of Swan Questions 10

Break 30

Regional Funding Programme (Brendan Mohr) Questions on projects 30

Developing a business case Comments 10

DEC: Census update (Florence Soriano) Census output reports 20

Questions and Feedback 20

Summary and close 10

Overview

Aims of the workshop:

Overview of establishing data collection and reporting

Outline case studies / examples of setting up systems, and value of data

Overview of Regional Funding Programme

Census update

Reporting expectations (State, LGs), Benefits and no “silver bullets”

Benefits of waste and recycling dataSituational analysis

Strategic planning

Assessing costs / benefits of options

Justifying potential solutions (management / Council / State)

Why selected particular option

Funding

Budget

Responding to community / media

Determining operational requirements

What is happening?

Benefits of waste and recycling data

Where are the ‘quick wins’

Demonstrating

Cost effectiveness or non-effectiveness

Opportunities

Sharing of resources / solutions

Measurement of improvement

Council / State / Community

Success or less than optimal solutions

Identifying opportunities

Guidelines: Data collection and recycling

Online links on DEC website

Guidelines & Resources: http://www.zerowaste.wa.gov.au/about/data/tools-

for-local-government-data

Where to obtain data: http://www.zerowaste.wa.gov.au/about/data/tools-

for-local-government-data/where-to-find-waste-and-recycling-data

Presentation and case studies: http://www.zerowaste.wa.gov.au/events/

Obtaining data

Who may have useful information?

Contractors

Is data provision in their contract?

Is this effective?

Is it auditable?

Accounts

Are dollars and tonnages reported?

Can analysis be made on ‘districts’ of generation and waste type?

What needs to be implemented?

Obtaining data

Who may have useful information?

Destination facilities

Format of information

Can they report electronically

Waste audits

Is not necessary to continually undertake?

How ‘changeable’ is the district?

Landfill surveys

Collection vehicles (conversion factors)

Systems and procedures

Establish systems and procedures – it will make life

easier

Passing information on to new employees

Ability to access information while you are away

Ensure year on year comparability

It will take time to establish but it WILL save time later

AND provide more accurate and useful data

Establishing Systems & Procedures

Systems: the HOW the information is collected and

analysed

Where does the data come from? (and in what format)

What assumptions or ‘massaging’ do you need to undertake

Do you establish your own conversion factors or use those in resources

What type of system to establish

Excel

Database

Establishing Systems & Procedures

Procedures: the WHY & HOW TO collect and analyse

information

Documented steps

Capture of knowledge

Transferable

Written in the LG language

Communicated in the LG culture

Case study: Establishing good systems and procedures - City of Swan

Break time

DEC: Regional Funding Program

http://www.zerowastewa.com.au/ourwork/strategypolicy/regfundm

od/

Brendan Mohr

Project Coordinator, Waste Management Branch

Department of Environment and Conservation

Phone: (08) 6467 5297

Email: brendan.mohr@dec.wa.gov.au

Business case development

Purpose: Justify the investment

Why is the project needed (problems & opportunities)?

What are the solution options?

How does each solution address the issues or opportunities (benefits)?

What are the risks (including the risk of the ‘do nothing’ scenario)?

How much money, people, and time will be needed to deliver the solution

and realise the benefits?

Business case example: mobile cardboard compactor

DEC: Census update

http://www.zerowaste.wa.gov.au/resources/

local-government-waste-and-recycle-census-

2010-2011

Questions and Feedback

jenny@encycle.com.au

www.encycle.com.au