A new government paper asks whether the 4,000 facilities that report through the National Pollutant Inventory should bear a greater responsibility for providing accurate emissions data and pay more of the scheme's running costs.
The Victorian government says air pollution health costs from last year's fire at an SKM recycling plant could be as high as $85 million, and has warned that insurers are increasingly concerned about risk in the waste industry.
The Turnbull government's 2018 environmental agenda will affect importers of new chemicals, companies required to report pollutant emissions, suppliers of products that lead to problem wastes, and facilities that emit large quantities of greenhouse gas.