Ms Laura Burke:

It is mainly a regulatory role. However, because we report waste generation and treatment of waste, that provides the national statistics in order to support waste policy. What we are doing, and it is all on our website, is saying how much waste is generated, where it is being treated, what is being landfilled, etc. The other piece on that is, when one looks at the dependence on landfill, we have gone from a situation of having 200 landfills in the 1980s, down to four licensed lined landfills now. The local dump is gone, and our role is to ensure that the landfills that are being operated are being operated properly.