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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: [email protected]
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
