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Environmental sustainability resources: Legislation & policy

This guide has been designed for anaesthetists and specialist pain medicine physicians interested in relevant resources on environmental sustainability, including those available through the ANZCA library.

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Waste legislation, policy, and strategy (Australia and New Zealand)

Federal legislation

N ational Waste Policy

Australian Waste Definitions: Defining waste related terms by jurisdiction in Australia

Hazardous Waste (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Act 1989

Recycling and Waste Reduction Act 2020

Australian Capital Territory legislation

ACT Climate Change Strategy 2019-25

Waste Management and Resource Recovery Act 2016

ACT Waste Management Strategy

Waste management, clinical waste and hazardous materials

New South Wales legislation

NSW Climate Change Policy Framework

Protection of the Environment Operations (Waste) Regulation 2014

NSW Waste and Sustainable Materials Strategy 2041

NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) - NSW Waste Overview

NSW Health - Clinical Waste Management

Northern Territory legislation

Waste Management and Pollution Control Act 1998

The Northern Territory Circular Economy Strategy 2022-2027

Queensland legislation

Waste Reduction and R ecycling Act 2011

Qld Waste Management and Resource Recovery Strategy

Qld Climate Transition Strategy

Qld Government Dept. of Environment and Science&- Clinical and Related Waste

Qld Government Dept. of Environment and Science - Waste

South Australia legislation

Climate Change and Greenhouse Emissions Reduction Act 2007

Environment Protection Act 1993

Environment Protection (Waste to Resources) Policy 2010

EPA Guidelines - Medical Waste: Storage, Transport, and Disposal

South Australia’s Waste Strategy 2020-2025

SA EPA - Waste and Recycling

Tasmanian legislation

Tasmania’s Climate Change Action Plan 2023-25

Tasmania’s Waste Action Plan [Draft]

Environmental Management and Pollution Control (Waste Management) Regulations 2020

Approved Management Method for Clinical and Related Waste

Tas EPA - Waste Management

Victorian legislation

Climate Change Act 2017

Waste and Resource Recovery Strategy 2030 (City of Melbourne)

Environment Protection (Prescribed Waste) Regulations 1998

Clinical and related waste guidance: supplement for healthcare staff

Vic. EPA - Waste

Western Australia legislation

WA Greenhouse Gas Emissions Policy for Major Projects

Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act 2007

Code of practice for clinical and related waste management

Transporting Clinical and Pharmaceutical Waste - Fact Sheet

New Zealand legislation

Climate Change Response Act 2002

Waste Minimisation Act 2008

Land Transport Rule - Dangerous Goods

Guidelines for the Management of Hazardous Waste

Royal Australasian College of Physicians. Australia’s healthcare system must get ready for the next climate disaster.
Joint media statement from medical colleges representing over 100,000 doctors, physicians, and medical experts.
Australia’s healthcare system is finally starting to grapple with the risks to health and health systems that climate change poses. However, without urgent action healthcare systems will remain unprepared for the next climate disaster.
Royal Australasian College of Physicians. Joint statement: Climate change is the biggest threat to health system.
Medical Colleges from across Australia and New Zealand say that climate change is the biggest current threat to the future of the Australian healthcare system and is calling on the Federal Government to commit to stronger 2030 targets. The Colleges are calling for the Federal Government to urgently come up with a plan to protect Australians and the healthcare system from the impacts of climate change.

Last Updated: Jan 15, 2025 4:36 PM
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