Licensing Requirements
Please note that information provided here is intended to be used as a guide only and may not be comprehensive or current. Users must contact regulators in their jurisdiction for up-to-date licensing information.
There are no national licensing requirements for individuals working in the Waste Management Sector. Waste management facilities (landfills, transfer stations, resource recovery facilities, waste processing plants, some transport systems etc) are licensed in each state and territory by the respective environmental protection authority. These licenses place restrictions on the amount of material that can be received, the types of material that can be received, and the emissions that are permitted to the receiving environment. Licenses are for specific facilities and in the name of the owner/operator.
In addition, companies and personnel engaged in waste management are covered by legislation or regulations concerning aspects of their activities, including environmental, industrial and occupational health and safety matters.
These pages provide guidance on licensing requirements for each state and territory based on information sourced from the relevant website for each regulator:
Remember you must contact or visit the websites of individual regulators to confirm licensing requirements in your state or territory.
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Australian Capital Territory
ACT Regulator
New South Wales
NSW Regulator
Northern Territory
Environment Protection is responsible for the assessment and advice on the environmental impacts of development proposals and policy advice and regulatory services to provide for effective waste management and pollution control. Their role includes:
- Implement the Environmental Assessment Act to ensure that development decisions in the Northern Terrtitory take environmental impact into consideration.
- Undertake environmental assessment of development proposals.
- Undertake compliance assessment of the environmental performance of developments.
- Provide technical advice to government and the community on waste and pollution management issues.
- Issue licences to regulate activities subject to the Waste Management and Pollution Control and Water Acts.
- Develop guidance material to promote good environmental practices.
- Advise Government and the community on environmental matters.
- Develop and implement environmental policies including greenhouse, air quality, stormwater etc.
NT Regulator
Environment, Heritage and the Arts Division
PO Box 496
Palmerston NT 0831
Phone: 08 8924 4137
Web:
Queensland
Queensland Regulator
South Australia
The EPA regulates the management of solid and liquid waste in South Australia under the Environment Protection Act 1993. This includes the transport, handling, storage, treatment and disposal of waste, as well as activities that produce certain types of waste. However there is a range of other legislation relevant to the waste and resource recovery industry.
A contractor who has his own business working for a larger business must apply for an environmental licence.
SA Regulator
EPA
GPO Box 2607
Adelaide SA 5001
Phone: 08 8204 2058
Website: www.epa.sa.gov.au/licenees/general_licences
Tasmania
Tasmanian Regulator
Victoria
Victorian Regulator
Western Australia
WA Regulator