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Recycling and Waste Reduction Act. No. 119, 2020

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Summary

This bill establishes a framework to: regulate the export of waste materials, in line with the agreement to ban the export of waste plastic, paper, glass and tyres by the Council of Australian Governments in 2020; manage the environmental, health and safety impacts of products, in particular those impacts associated with the disposal of products; and provide for voluntary, co-regulatory and mandatory product stewardship schemes.

Source
Issuer

Australia

Year

2020

Region

Oceania

Issuer (type)

Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (Government)

Instrument type

Act

Disclosure instrument

No

Geographical scope

National

Mandatory or voluntary

Mandatory

Text analysis

    • High 1.05%
    • Low 0.02%
    • E focus: conservation, energy, environment, hazardous substances, hazardous waste, product stewardship, recycled materials, recycling, waste, water, biodiversity
    • S focus: intellectual property, compensation
    • G focus: audit, accountability
    • Administrative services, Finance, Management, Manufacturing, Public administration