How to comply with WRAPP
WRAPP plans provide information on specific strategies each agency will undertake to reduce waste and increase purchases of recycled content products and how these will be monitored and reported. Plans cover key areas of activity such as:
- inclusion of WRAPP principles in corporate plans and operational policies and practices
- including contract specifications requiring the supply of recycled content products
- improving waste avoidance and recycling systems
- establishing data collection systems
- increasing the range and quantity of recycled content materials being purchased
- raising staff awareness about the WRAPP
All agencies and state-owned corporations regardless of their size must continue to have an up-to-date WRAPP plan with key and proposed results and actions.
Large agencies (over 200 staff) must also collect and report data every two years on:
- total quantities in each of the four waste areas being generated and recycled;
- total quantities of products in each of the four areas being purchased with recycled content.
All NSW government agencies and state owned corporations with over 200 staff (Full time equivalent) are required to report to OEH on progress every two years. (see Premier's Memoranda 97-20 , 99-19 and 03-05) Monitoring and reporting on the policy is coordinated by the Sustainability Programs Division within OEH. The department issues guidelines ahead of each reporting period to assist agencies in preparing their progress report.
The next WRAPP Progress Report is due on 31 August 2011. Large state government agencies and state owned corporations should direct their WRAPP Plans, Progress Reports and any other WRAPP related enquiries to the WRAPP team.
Under the policy, the Minister for the Environment is required to report to the Premier on agencies that are not complying with the WRAPP or their own WRAPP plans. The department uses agency data to prepare a whole-of-government summary of performance.
In addition to the biennial progress report to OEH, agencies and state-owned corporations with over 200 staff must also include in their annual report a summary of the progress made against the requirements of the WRAPP in the following areas:
- reducing the generation of waste (waste avoidance and minimisation)
- resource recovery (waste reuse and recycling)
- the use of recycled material (purchase of recycled-content materials)
For smaller agencies with fewer than 200 staff this information on progress only needs to be provided in their annual report once every three years.
For further information refer to:
Treasury Circular 08-08
Annual Reports (Departments) Regulation 2010
Annual Reports (Statutory Bodies) Regulation 2010
Refer to Schedule 1 of each regulation.
Page last updated: 03 August 2011
