12Requirements for aggregated waste diversion activities

12  Requirements for aggregated waste diversion activities

 (1) A project proponent that undertakes 2 or more activities may choose to include some or all of the activities in an aggregated waste diversion activity if:

 (a) were the activities not included, they would be new waste diversion activities or expansion waste diversion activities; and

 (b) the eligible organic material diverted from landfill by the included activities is processed at the same waste treatment facility or unit.

 (2) An activity that is included in an aggregated waste diversion activity is a sub‑activity.

Note 1: An aggregated waste diversion activity may consist of both activities that would otherwise be new waste diversion activities and activities that would otherwise be expansion waste diversion activities.

Note 2: An aggregated waste diversion activity is a single source separation activity.

 (3) If:

 (a) the project proponent decides to no longer include a particular sub‑activity in an aggregated waste diversion activity; and

 (b) as a result of that decision, the aggregated waste diversion activity consists of only one remaining sub‑activity;

the project proponent may continue to treat the remaining sub‑activity as an aggregated waste diversion activity.

Note: The project proponent must notify the Regulator if the project proponent decides to no longer include a particular sub‑activity in an aggregated waste diversion activity (see section 55).

13  Requirements for particular kinds of new waste diversion activities, expansion waste diversion activities and aggregated waste diversion activities

 (1) An activity that is a new waste diversion activity, an expansion waste diversion activity or a sub‑activity in an aggregated waste diversion activity may (but need not) be:

 (a) a commercial food waste activity; or

 (b) a municipal food waste activity; or

 (c) a municipal garden and park waste activity; or

 (d) a municipal food and garden and park waste activity.

Note: If a new waste diversion activity, an expansion waste diversion activity or a sub‑activity is of a kind mentioned in any of paragraphs (a) to (d), the table in section 33 may be used to work out the quantity of a waste mix type present in material collected by the activity or sub‑activity (see sections 31 and 32).

 (2) To be a commercial food waste activity, the activity must meet the following requirements:

 (a) the activity must involve the waste mix type food being separated at the point of generation from the waste stream commercial and industrial waste;

 (b) the food waste must be primarily free of packaging when it is separated at the point of generation;