Outcome 2: Sustainable environment
Outcome 2
Improved capacity of Australian communities and industry to protect the environment by promoting waste reduction and regulating hazardous substances, wastes, pollutants, ozone depleting substances and synthetic greenhouse gases
At a glance
- 2 983 fuel samples from across Australia were tested in 2010–11 against the requirements of the Fuel Quality Standards Act 2000.
- 64 signatories to FluoroCycle, a voluntary scheme to reduce the amount of mercury entering the environment from the disposal of mercury-containing lighting.
- Pollution emission and transfer data for over 4 200 reporting facilities published on the National Pollutant Inventory website.
- The Product Stewardship Act 2011 was passed by parliament on 22 June 2011. It establishes a national framework for the effective management of the environmental, health and safety impacts of products and materials such as televisions and computers.
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