Victorian Current Acts

CIRCULAR ECONOMY (WASTE REDUCTION AND RECYCLING) ACT 2021 - SECT 74M

    (1)     Subject to this section, a thermal waste to energy process means—

        (a)     a thermal process used—

              (i)     to recover energy from waste in the form of heat (which may be converted to steam or electricity); or

              (ii)     to produce fuel from waste; or

        (b)     a thermal waste to energy process prescribed by the regulations.

    (2)     A thermal waste to energy process does not include—

        (a)     an advanced recycling process; or

        (b)     a biological waste to energy process; or

        (c)     landfill gas collection and combustion; or

        (d)     the incineration of waste without energy recovery; or

        (e)     a process that recovers energy from a material other than waste; or

        (f)     a process prescribed not to be a thermal waste to energy process.

S. 74N inserted by No. 36/2022 s. 14.