Meeting papers

Attachment 03: Product                                                               Large plastic bags
                                                                                     Big Bag Recovery collects and recycles bags used for products over 15kg or 15L that
                                                                                     would otherwise be sent to landfill.

Stewardship Schemes                                                                  Batteries
                                                                                     The Battery Stewardship B-cycle Scheme is a national battery collection network
and Priorities                                                                       that recovers and recycles used hand-held batteries. It also raises public awareness
                                                                                     on battery safety and disposal options.

                                                                                     Aluminium cladding
Product stewardship is an approach to managing the impacts of different              Ecoloop takes used aluminium cladding and recycles it into new materials for local
products and materials on the environment and human health and safety. Product       manufacturers.
stewardship schemes help to manage these impacts over a product’s lifecycle.
These schemes can be:                                                                Plastics and packaging
• industry-led voluntary schemes                                                     The Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation (APCO) administers the
• co-regulatory arrangements between industry and government                         Australian Packaging Covenant and works with industry members from across the
• mandatory schemes under law.                                                       packaging supply chain to design more sustainable packaging that can be reused
The Australian Government also works with industry on potential industry-led         and recycled.
voluntary action; or where products and materials may be considered for schemes
in the future.                                                                       Plastic paint pails
                                                                                     Dulux Project Earth recycle and remanufacture used Dulux brand plastic paint pails
                                                                                     from commercial and industrial work sites.
Current schemes
TVs and computers                                                                    Priority products
Work with industry to run a national recycling scheme for TVs, computers, printers
and related hardware.                                                                Each year the Minister for the Environment announces the Minister’s Priority List.
                                                                                     The list names products and materials that need urgent product stewardship action.
Oil
The Australian Government provides industry incentives to increase recycling of      Minister’s Priority List 2022/23
used oil.                                                                            • Photovoltaic systems
Co-regulatory arrangements                                                           • Electrical and electronic products
                                                                                     • Oil containers
Mobile phones                                                                        • Child car seats
MobileMuster collects and recycles mobile phones, batteries, modems and              • Clothing textiles
accessories. This includes running public awareness campaigns to increase uptake     • Problematic and unnecessary single use plastics
in recycling of unused and damaged mobile phones.                                    • Mattresses
                                                                                     • Plastics in healthcare products
Tyres                                                                                • End-of-life tyres
Tyre Stewardship Australia manage the national Tyre Product Stewardship Scheme.
                                                                                     For more information visit https://www.dcceew.gov.au
The scheme promotes the development of viable markets for tyre-derived products.



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