74LDefinitions

74L Definitions

advanced recycling process means a prescribed advanced recycling process;

allocated cap amount, in relation to a cap licence, means the amount of permitted waste specified in the licence under section 74T(5)(a), as amended under section 74ZB or 74ZC;

approved applicant means a person that the Head, Recycling Victoria has determined under section 74R(4) or (5) may apply for a cap licence for a proposed thermal waste to energy facility or an existing facility (as appropriate);

banned waste means—

(a) waste other than permitted waste or exempt waste; and

(b) eligible containers;

biological waste to energy process means a process that uses microbial action to recover energy from waste;

cap licence means a licence issued under section 74T;

cap limit means the prescribed maximum aggregate amount (expressed in tonnes per financial year) of permitted waste that is specified in cap licences issued by the Head, Recycling Victoria as permitted waste that may be processed in thermal waste to energy facilities using thermal waste to energy processes (including cap licences suspended under section 74ZD or 74ZE);

exempt waste means waste prescribed to be exempt waste;

existing facility means a facility or proposed facility in relation to which each licence or permit (however described) required under the Environment Protection Act 2017 or the Planning and Environment Act 1987 for permitted waste to be processed using a thermal waste to energy process at the facility—

(a) is in force; and

(b) was in force immediately before 1 November 2021 (whether or not any permitted waste had been processed using a thermal waste to energy process at the facility before that day);

existing operator means a person who operates an existing facility;

existing operator licence means a licence issued under section 74Y;

S. 74L def. of municipal garden organics service amended by No. 41/2025 s. 3(Sch. 1 item 10.1).

municipal garden organics service means a service provided by or on behalf of a council or Alpine Resorts Victoria—