Greening up: Environmental sustainability in general practice

The waste hierarchy

Download PDF

Table of contents

Last revised: 12 Jul 2022

It’s also useful to consider the waste hierarchy when creating an environmentally sustainable practice. The waste hierarchy is a set of priorities for the efficient use of resources and waste management used in Australian policymaking. These include (in order of preference):

avoidance, including action to reduce the amount of waste generated by households, industry and all levels of government
resource recovery, including re‑using, recycling, reprocessing and energy recovery consistent with the most efficient use of the recovered resources
disposal, including management of all disposal options in the most environmentally responsible manner. ⁽¹³⁾

Advertising