Red Tape Review of WRAPP – No change in 2007 reporting requirements

The Waste Reduction and Purchasing Policy (WRAPP) was reviewed as part of the Government’s internal Red Tape Review. This review recommended a number of changes to WRAPP. NSW Treasury now advises that the Review's recommendations relating to WRAPP reporting (17.1 and 17.2) will not apply until after this current round of reporting has concluded. More information: RedTapeReview.pdf (PDF file 14kb)

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The NSW Government’s Waste Reduction and Purchasing Policy (WRAPP) was announced by the Premier in September 1997 (see Premiers Memos 97-20 and 99-19). The policy requires all state government agencies and state owned corporations to develop and implement a WRAPP plan to reduce waste in four scheduled areas:

paper products
office equipment and components
vegetation material; and
construction and demolition material.

It also requires that priority be given to buying materials with recycled content where they are cost and performance competitive. WRAPP plans provide information on strategies each agency will undertake to reduce waste and increase purchases of recycled content products and provide data on:

total quantities of scheduled wastes being generated and recycled; and
total quantities of materials being purchased which contain recycled content.

The policy requires agencies to report progress in implementing their WRAPP plans biennially to the Department of Environment and Conservation (formerly the NSW Environment Protection Authority). See How to comply with WRAPP. Accordingly, state government agencies & state owned corporations should direct their WRAPP Plans, Progress Reports and any other WRAPP related enquiries to the Department of Environment and Conservation WRAPP team

NSW Government - leading by example

The Government is leading by example by incorporating waste minimisation and resource recovery principles into its business practices through it’s Procurement Policy and the Waste Reduction and Purchasing Policy (WRAPP).

To achieve more efficient use of resources and minimise the environmental impacts of waste, the Government is reforming waste management in NSW by changing waste legislation, consolidating pollution laws and implementing education programs backed up with new regulatory powers. These reforms are driving a significant shift in the way waste is managed in NSW.

Government agencies are required to include the principles of Ecologically Sustainable Development in business practices and policies. Environmental Management Systems Guidelines have been developed to help agencies include environmental considerations in purchasing decisions.

These two initiatives support and complement each other: they help to recover valuable resources from the waste stream and encourage the purchase of recycled content products using recovered waste materials.