EPA Victoria has released the Waste disposal categories: characteristics and thresholds to assist you to –
- assess certain wastes, including total and leachable concentrations; and
- determine the correct waste disposal category.
This Waste disposal categories: characteristics and thresholds publication, as published by EPA Victoria from time to time, is incorporated into the Regulations without modification.
The publication establishes the characteristics and thresholds necessary for complying with the Regulations, specifically, classification of wastes to determine the relevant waste disposal category in accordance with Schedule 6 of the Regulations.
In Victoria, waste must be classified to meet waste duties under Part 6.4 (Duties relating to industrial waste) and 6.5 (Duties and controls relating to priority waste) of the Environment Protection Act 2017.
The Victorian Environment Protection Regulations (the Regulations), Part 4.2 (Industrial Waste and priority waste) specifies the process for classifying waste.
A holder of waste must use the criteria and thresholds in this publication to determine a waste disposal category unless the category is determined by the Regulations.
A classification of priority waste must be consistent with any designation issued by EPA Victoria for that type of priority waste.
