AU: Packaging waste and litter analysis released

23 January 2015

The Australian Government, in conjunction with State and Territory Governments, has released the Packaging Impacts Decision Regulation Impact Statement. This statement analyses ten options to manage packaging waste and litter, including container deposit and industry-based approaches.
The release of this statement finalises an investigation on the costs and benefits of different national approaches to managing packaging waste and litter. State and Territory Environment Ministers have been considering the statement since April 2014. No consensus has been reached regarding the need for additional national-level regulation in this area (Media Release Australian Government, 19 December 2014).
Click here for the media release.
Click here for the Packaging Impacts Decision Regulation Impact Statement (7.15 MB).

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