AustralianLandfillOwnersAssociationACN134694956
Level13,200QueenStreet,MelbourneVIC3000T(03)83999514F(03)86920520
Wednesday24February2016HonMarkButlerPO Box 6022 HouseofRepresentativesParliamentHouseCanberraACT2600Mark.Butler.MP@aph.gov.auDearSirRe:FutureCarbonPolicyinAustraliaIwritetoyouonbehalfoftheAustralianLandfillOwnersAssociation(ALOA).ALOAwasformedin2008andisanincorporatedentitywithcommercialandlocalgovernmentmembersacrossAustralia.ALOAmemberlandfillsprovidewasteservicestothegeneralpublic,localgovernment,industryandconstruction,miningandagriculture.LastweekALOAmadeasubmissiontotheClimateChangeAuthority‘SpecialReview’oncarbonpolicyoptionsflowingformtheParisClimateChangeConference.Acopyofthesubmissionisattached.Inessencethissubmissionarguesthatasthewastesectorhassignificantlyreduceditsemissionsoverthepasttwentyyearsandisontrackforfurtherreductionsthroughto2030,itshouldnotbecoveredinanyfuture‘capandtrade’orbaselineandcreditscheme.ThisargumentissupportedbyarecentNewZealandstudythatshowsrecentwasteindustryemissionreductionshavebeeninfluencedmorebyimprovedregulationandenforcementthanbythecurrentemissionreductionprogram.AswemovetowardsthenextfederalelectionIwouldliketomeetwithyoutodiscussthepositionoutlinedinoursubmissiontotheAuthority,Yourssincerely
MaxSpeddingChiefExecutiveOfficerALOA
