– Monitoring programs are put in place as required by legislation or to maintain a clean environment. – Designated waste tracking documentation is filled out correctly and by competent personnel. – Waste is disposed within correct waste treatment management faculty licensed to handle materials being moved by an appropriately licensed waste management vehicle. 4.4 Disposal Waste will be disposed in a way that causes the least harm to the environment. Materials that cannot be re-used or recycled will be disposed of within the appropriately licensed facility depending on the identified waste type. Heritage Minerals will not burn waste on-site or off-site unless formally directed by the Department of Resources. This direction should be recorded formally in writing in within the site records. 4.5 Tracking Under the (Waste) Regulation, it is a requirement that the administering authority is provided with the relevant information required to manage the environmental risks associated with trackable wastes. All waste movement from the project will be tracked in accordance with the requirements of designated environmental authority requirements. This will include the completion of the designated Waste Transport Certificates as prescribed for the collection, transport, and management of regulated wastes from the work
location. Specifically, this will include recording the following information: – Name, address, local government area and contact details of generator. – Name, address, contact details and environmental authority number of receivers. – Name, address, contact details and environmental authority number of transporters. – The day and time the waste is given to the transporter. – The load numbers. – Registration number of the vehicle transporting the load. – If the waste is a dangerous good: The type and amount of containers/storage in which the waste is contained. Its UN numbers. Its packing group designator. Its dangerous goods class and any subsidiary risk. – The following details of the waste: The type of waste. Amount expressed in kilograms or litres. Its physical nature (solid, liquid, paste or gas). Its waste code, and The waste origin code for the activity that generated the waste.
In addition to reports for regulated wastes, the relevant environmental regulatory authority Waste Transport Certificates need to be retained for waste auditing purposes. A copy of the certificate will be retained by the project and sent to the relevant environmental regulatory authority. Waste contractors will also provide Heritage Minerals with monthly reports which outline different waste types, their disposal methods and tracking. Currently engage waste contractors are: – Cleanaway Waste Management 4.6 Laboratory Waste There is currently no laboratory on site and it is anticipated to be built before end of 2025. Following construction of the laboratory, this Waste Management Plan will be updated to reference the laboratory waste management
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