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Student’s full name: XX Student’s full name: XX Student’s full name: XX Student’s full name: XX   Contents Introduction 3 Project governance 3 Stakeholders 4 Project team structure 4 Project board 5 Project board membership 5 Project board responsibility 5 Roles and responsibility 5 Project owner 6 Project manager 6 Project team 7 Project stakeholders 7 Project steward 8 Project status reporting 8 RACI matrix 8 Conclusion 9   Introduction The paper recycling project mainly include the business plan of converting the used and waste paper into the reusable paper and other paper related products like paper bags, gift paper, tissue paper, and note book. According to the latest Australian technology in the waste paper recycling plant, each year 80,000 tonnes of waste paper can be diverted for recycling process.Interestingly, according to research work of Zamanet al. (2014), it is found that more than 13 trees can be saved from one tonne recycled paper and hence the paper recycling project is not only helpful in reducing the waste, but is also potent to fulfil the objective related to the eco-friendly sustainable approach. The major processes included in the paper recycling process are pulping, screening, centrifugal cleaning, dispersion, washing, bleaching and dissolved in air floatation. Particularly, in Australia, the recycling of paper and cardboard is governed primarily by three major companies like Amcor, Norke Skog and Visy. The raw material generated from waste paper and cardboard is much more cost effective than manufacturing and using the virgin materials like the wood chips. The scope of the present report is further to discuss the project governance schemes, associated stakeholders, project team and its associate and the stewardship relevant within the scope. Project governance The project for paper recycling in Australia is governed by many organisation and institution like Australian recycling sector, Embassies of Australia, Sweden. They provide the existing standards, guidelines and specifications for the execution of the project. More importantly, the mentioned companies which are undertaking these projects are also partially supported by the Australian government such that the sustainability issues related to environment and waste management can be achieved in this cost effective procedure (Arminen, Hujala&Tuppura, 2015). Stakeholders The necessary stakeholders involved in the proper application of the paper recycling project involves the municipalities, existing recyclers and farmers, tourist activities, collection and waste treatment companies and other complementary agents. In particular, the networking starts with local employees, who are assigned the responsibility for collection of waste paper products, which will be supplied to the firms as raw material. The technical speciality later, processes the water recycling paradigm and to the next phase, the outcomes will be acting as raw material for various companies, who are involved in manufacturing of paper-associated articles. In this regard, Too&Bajracharyaet al. (2016), suggested that it is necessary to improve the relationship between the waste stakeholders and the local organisation, such that the procedural conductance can be continued to achieve the environmental sustainability goals. Project team structure Project team structure of this paper recycling project is highly organised and well defined, so that each member has its specified job assigned to them. Employees are assigned to collect the raw materials and the others are employed to recycle the same. The paper recycling companies have technical specialities for the processing. The industry also include various vendors, suppliers, and third party for managing the transportation of material and processing of re-cycled manufacturing procedure. In addition to this, the administrative and financial department are the responsibility of the higher authority. Overall, the procedure is referred to combined approach of several personnel (technical and non-technical) to recycle the paper waste into reusable materials. Project board The present section illustrates the associative members of the board that are involved in the paper recycling project. In addition to this, their corresponding responsibilities and roles are also discussed in relevant context. Project board membership The project board members for the paper recycling project includes typically the senior managers, project manager and executive within the paper recycling organisation. As mentioned, the hierarchy of board members mainly include form municipality authorities, industrial sector, public welfare department, environmental authorities, and government of Australia. Of note, the board members of the project also include views, suggestion, and recommendation from various associated stakeholders. Project board responsibility The project board members should be senior enough so that they have the authority to make strategic decisions regarding the design and build of the sustainable pulp, paper mills, and also cleaning of the energy plants. The senior project manager is also is also responsible for maintaining cordial relationship with all the stakeholders so that the recycling process can be carried out effectively. Other than this, the officials from the government or environmental authorities are responsible for reviewing the procedures functional at global level, such that implementation into the working procedures, bringing cost-effective measures, reducing the environmental impact, and use of scientific advancement into the program can be managed, with time. Roles and responsibility The key role associated with the project team and associated networking is to collect the paper waste, process them synthetically, market them for reusable procedures, and then distributing the recycled products. In addition to this, another group is also associated with the scheduling, who is having the responsibility to make and implement decisions related to environmental norms, national regulations, and scientific measures(Ximenes& Grant, 2013). Project owner The project ownership in the paper recycling project can include more than one member having equal shares within the project. Within the context of industrial level, each one of them is assigned different position and responsibility such as managing director, production manager, marketing manager, and financial manager. The managing director holds the responsibility of controlling the administration department. The marketing manager is involved with marketing and supply authority in the paper production mill. The production manager is involved in the production in the plant and control in warehouse and have full authority about it. Finally the financial manager is involved in the financial plan and also the manufacturing plan. Likewise, in the government and scientific sector, specific officials are considered as the owner of project, and they will be having responsibility to review, implement, and monitor the sustainability of the procedures (Wan, Booth, Hiew, Hong, 2015). Project manager It is the responsibility of the project manager to execute the operational plan of the whole project starting from collecting the scrap paper,processing raw material and making paper pulp. The project manager should timely inspect the paper processing plant for making the administration and product as the most efficient one. Notably, the responsibility also includerecruitment of the project staff and managing or leading the project team effectively (Rahman, Hussain&Basri, 2014). This also include the scope for providing the time to time update to the upper management, such as governmental officials, environmental authorities, and policy makers; to bring necessary implementation, within the context. Project team Project team include the members who regularly and actively work on one or more phases of the paper recycling process. The team members include the external consultants as well as in-house staff who work for the project on regular and part-time basis(Ordóñez, Hermosilla, Merayo, Gascó, 2014). It is noteworthy to mention that in this context, typically the local stakeholder are more responsible for conducting and scheduling the working procedures. In addition to this, there also exists project team members which have the responsibility for the networking, pricing strategy as for making the paper pulps to paper in the industry, the financial analyst, such that the normal market price is being charged with some credit facilities. Apart from that some are involved in the distribution pattern for targeting customers, promotional activity, and buying patterns of the raw material from waste paper collector and dealers (Ordóñez, Hermosilla,Merayo, Gascó, 2014). The official and the scientific consultants are also key team members within this project, with which the policy implementation, rescheduling of the working procedures, and monitoring of the issues to bring sustainability into the project is managed. This also include the financial allocation from government, such as to conduct and maintain the working procedures in accurate direction could be sustained. Project stakeholders The key stakeholder involved in the process is the local municipality authorities and the local government who is responsible for specific programs and also granting certain supporting schemes for recycling and the resource recovery. The industry stakeholder include collection and recycling treatment companies and the recyclers, who collect the waste paper from dealers and then recycle it. Importantly, the stakeholders related to the marketing practices are not financially linked with the government funding and that the budgetary allocation is only responsible for collection of waste, recycling of the paper, and preparing the reports for subsequent analysis (Kong, Hasanbeigi& Price, 2016). Project steward The project steward is responsible for acting as a liaison and communicating the relevant ongoing process. In addition to this, it also include decision making processes from one group to the other within the scope of paper recycling project. The steward should possess enough knowledge regarding either side of the group for effective communication. Likewise, it is also critical to consider the financial issues, such that the procedure can remain a cost-effective measure and that it will be sustainable enough to render effective environmental solutions (Ximenes& Grant, 2013). Project status reporting The project status reporting is also another critical factor that facilitates documentation. This is also critical for the functionality of various stakeholders engaged into the project, and is discussed in the preceding section. RACI matrix Codes Names Project Sponsor Business Analyst Stage A Municipality A01 Employees D A02 Non-technical staff B Stage B Paper industry B01 Employees B B02 Technical staff B D B03 Non-technical staff B Stage C Networking and Marketing C01 Employees B C02 Technical staff B, D Stage D Government officials Stage E Design Solution E01 Policy Makers D E02 Scientific Staff B E02 Industrial Partners D Conclusion In particular, the present report discussed the stakeholders, project team, and its associated members, which are concerned towards paper recycling schedule and environmental sustainability. 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