{"id":26080,"date":"2024-04-10T05:32:40","date_gmt":"2024-04-10T05:32:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=26080"},"modified":"2024-04-10T05:32:40","modified_gmt":"2024-04-10T05:32:40","slug":"waste-levy-scrapped-for-more-flood-hit-areas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2024\/04\/10\/waste-levy-scrapped-for-more-flood-hit-areas\/","title":{"rendered":"Waste levy scrapped for more flood-hit areas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Residents facing the challenging task of cleaning up after intense rainfall along the NSW coast can take flood-generated waste to the tip without paying the waste levy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The NSW Government has lifted the waste levy fee for another 7 Local Government Areas (LGAs) to bolster recovery efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Natural Disaster Waste Levy Exemption now applies to the following additional LGAs:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Blue Mountains<\/li><li>Camden<\/li><li>Liverpool<\/li><li>Penrith<\/li><li>Sutherland<\/li><li>Wingecarribee<\/li><li>Wollondilly.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Hawkesbury, Wollongong, Shoalhaven, Shellharbour and Kiama LGAs have already received waivers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Residents in these 12 council areas will not be charged for the waste levy to dispose of flood-generated waste and debris at landfill sites. Local landfill gate fees may still apply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The exemption covers waste on public and private land, including damaged building materials, furniture, carpet, gardening debris, and any other flood-related products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lifting the levy fee makes it easier for locals to get rid of flood-affected household items safely and efficiently. It also provides financial relief as communities strive to rebuild as soon as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The waiver for all 12 LGAs is in place until 30 June 2024, with requests for extensions to be considered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the clean-up process continues, the EPA could expand this benefit to support other areas impacted by heavy rainfall and flash flooding.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Residents facing the challenging task of cleaning up after intense rainfall along the NSW coast can take flood-generated waste to the tip without paying the waste levy. The NSW Government has lifted the waste levy fee for another 7 Local Government Areas (LGAs) to bolster recovery efforts. The Natural Disaster Waste Levy Exemption now applies &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2024\/04\/10\/waste-levy-scrapped-for-more-flood-hit-areas\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Waste levy scrapped for more flood-hit areas&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26080"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26080\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26081,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26080\/revisions\/26081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}