Meeting papers

Attachment 3:




                                                                                                           Waste Plan 2023-2028
Product Stewardship Schemes and Priorities


Product stewardship is an approach to managing the impacts of different products and materials
on the environment and human health and safety. Product stewardship schemes help to manage
these impacts over a product’s life-cycle.
These schemes can be:
      • industry-led voluntary schemes
      • co-regulatory arrangements between industry and government
      • mandatory schemes under law.
The Australian Government also works with industry on potential industry-led voluntary action; or
where products and materials may be considered for schemes in the future.

Current schemes
Mandatory schemes




                       T
Oil




                     F
The Australian Government provides industry incentives to increase recycling of used oil.




                    A
Co-regulatory arrangements

TVs and computers




                   R
Work with industry to run a national recycling scheme for TVs, computers, printers and related




                 D
hardware.

Plastics and packaging
The Australian Packaging Covenant (APC) requires companies to minimise their packaging
waste. The Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation (APCO) received Product Stewardship
accreditation in 2022.
Government Accredited industry-led voluntary schemes

Mobile phones
MobileMuster collects and recycles mobile phones, batteries, modems and accessories. This
includes running public awareness campaigns to increase uptake in recycling of unused and
damaged mobile phones.

Tyres
Tyre Stewardship Australia manage the national Tyre Product Stewardship Scheme. The scheme
promotes the development of viable markets for tyre-derived products.

Large plastic bags
Big bag recovery collects and recycles bags used for products over 15kg or 15L that would
otherwise be sent to landfill.




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