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Latest releases
- Australian waste classifications - roles in decision making - 2011
- Product stewardship legislation - consultation paper - November 2010
- National waste policy: less waste, more resources - Status report, November 2010
Biotechnology
Books and reports
- Fate of manufactured nanomaterials in the Australian environment - 2010
- Best practice and current practice in ecological risk assessment for genetically modified organisms - 2004
- Inductive hazard analysis for GMOs - 2004
- Ecological impacts of GM cotton on soil biodiversity - 2004
- Environmental risks associated with viral recombination in virus resistant transgenic plants - CSIRO, 2002
- Environmental issues raised by the release and use of genetically modified plants and animals in Australia - 1999
Brominated flame retardants
Books and reports
Technical reports
- Assessment of concentrations of polybrominated diphenyl ether flame retardants in aquatic environments in Australia - 2006
- Assessment of concentrations of polybrominated diphenyl ether flame retardants in indoor environments in Australia - 2006 (order printed copy)
- Assessment of concentrations of polybrominated diphenyl ether flame retardants in the Australian population: levels in blood - 2006 (order printed copy)
Brochures and fact sheets
Further information
- Organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in the Australian population:levels in human milk
- Interim public health risk assessment of certain PBDE congeners
Chemicals management
Books and reports
- Australia's National Implementation Plan - Obligations under the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) - July 2006
- Endocrine disrupting chemicals - information paper - 1998
- Persistent lipophilic contaminants and other chemical residues in the southern hemisphere - 1998
- National profile of chemicals management infrastructure in Australia - 1998
Dioxins
Books and reports
- Characterisation and estimation of dioxin and furan emissions from waste incineration facilities - 2001
- Dioxins in Australia: a summary of the findings of studies conducted from 2001 to 2004 - 2004
- Dioxins in food dietary exposure assessment and risk characterisation - technical report series no 27 - 2004
- Incineration and dioxins: review of formation processes - 1999
- Proposed risk assessment methodology discussion paper -2003
- Sources of dioxins and furans in Australia - air emissions - 2002
- National Dioxins Program technical reports
- Dioxins emissions from bushfires in Australia - technical report no 1 - 2004
- Dioxins emissions from motor vehicles in Australia - technical report no 2 - 2004
- Australian inventory of dioxin emissions - technical report no 3 - 2004
- Dioxins in ambient air in Australia - technical report no 4 - 2004
- Dioxins in soil in Australia - technical report no 5 - 2004
- Dioxins in aquatic environments in Australia - technical report no 6 - 2004
- Dioxins in fauna in Australia - technical report no 7 - 2004
- Dioxins in agricultural commodities in Australia - technical report no 8 - 2004
- Dioxins in the Australian population: levels in blood - technical report no 9 - 2004
- Dioxins in the Australian population: levels in human milk - technical report no 10 - 2004
- Ecological risk assessment of dioxins in Australia - technical report no 11 - 2004
- Human health risk assessment of dioxins in Australia - technical report no 12 - 2004
Hazardous waste
Books and reports
Forms and guidelines
- Applying for a permit - application forms
Books and reports
- Legislative amendments and Evidentiary certificates
- Annual reports
- Operation of the Hazardous Waste (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Act 1989 - 2009-10
- Operation of the Hazardous Waste (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Act 1989 - 2008-09
- Operation of the Hazardous Waste (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Act 1989 - 2007-08
- Operation of the Hazardous Waste (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Act 1989 - 2006-07
- Operation of the Hazardous Waste (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Act 1989 - 2005-06
- Report of the National Competition Policy Review of the Hazardous Waste (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Act 1989 and associated Regulations - Government response to the review - June 2001
- The Hazardous Waste (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Act 1989 - a National Competition Policy Review - February 2001
- Archived publications
Forms, brochures and fact sheets
- Forms and guidelines
- Advice to manufacturers of fertilizers and stockfeed - 2003 (order printed copy)
- Electronic Scrap - A Hazardous Waste - 2004
- Exporting and Importing Hazardous Waste? - 2004 (order printed copy)
- Exports to Non-OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) Countries - August 2005
- Used Lead Acid Batteries - August 2005
- Zinc ash - July 2003
Scheduled waste
Books and reports
- A case study of problem solving through effective community consultation - July 2000
- Collection and destruction of unwanted farm and household chemicals: discussion paper - June 1997
- Hexachlorobenzene waste management plan - November 1996
- National strategy for the management of scheduled waste - November 1992
- Organochlorine Pesticides
- Organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) trade or common use names - scheduled wastes fact sheet number 5 (revised) - April 1997
- Organochlorine pesticides waste management plan - June 1999
- Safe handling of organochlorine pesticides on farms - 1999
- Some previous uses of organochlorine pesticides in australia - scheduled wastes fact sheet number 4 - February 1997
- Polychlorinated Biphenyls
- Identification of PCB-Containing Capacitors - An information booklet for electricians and electrical contractors - 1997 (ANZECC 56) (order printed copy)
- Monitoring of polychlorinated biphenyls in Australia - September 1998
- Polychlorinated biphenyls management plan - April 2003 edition
- Restrictions on PCB imports
- Review of the PCB management plan: discussion paper - August 2001
- Persistent lipophilic contaminants and other chemical residues in the southern hemisphere - 1998
- Review of industry waste reduction scheme for crop protection and animal health product containers and drumMUSTER - December 2000
- Schedule X
- Scheduled wastes: appropriate technologies for the treatment of scheduled wastes - November 1997
- Treatment technologies for destruction or management of arsenic wastes - May 1998
Waste and recycling
General
- Australian Government response to the Senate Standing Committee on Environment, Communications and the Arts Committee Report: The Environment Protection (Beverage Container Deposit and Recovery Scheme) Bill 2009 - 2010
- Government response to the Senate Standing Committee on Environment, Communications and the Arts Committee Report: Management of Australia's waste streams (including consideration of the Drink Container Recycling Bill 2008) - February 2010
National Packaging Covenant
Books and reports
National Television and Computer Product Stewardship Scheme
E-bulletin
Plastics
Books and reports
- Biodegradable plastics
- Biodegradable plastics: developments and environmental impacts - October 2002
- Impacts of degradable plastic bags in Australia - April 2004
- Plastic bags
- Plastic Retail Carry Bag Use 2002-2005 Consumption: 2005 end of year report - Hyder Consulting, May 2006
- Plastic retail carry bag use 2002-2005 consumption: 2005 mid-year report - Nolan ITU, September 2005
- Plastic check-out bag use in non-supermarket retail outlets - Planet Ark, March 2005
- Plastic retail carry bag use 2002-2004 consumption - Nolan ITU, March 2005
- Plastic shopping bags: analysis of levies and environmental impacts - December 2002
- Plastic shopping bags in Australia - December 2002
- Vinyl (PVC)
Used oil recycling
Fact sheets & brochures
Books & reports
- Second Independent Review of the Product Stewardship (Oil) Act 2000 - Final Report 2008 (order printed copy
- Independent Review of the Product Stewardship (Oil) Act 2000 - May 2004
- Independent Review of the Transitional Assistance Element of the Product Stewardship for Oil (PSO) Program - March 2004
- Product Stewardship Arrangements for Oil Administrative Guidelines - 2001 (amended 2005)
Operation of the Product Stewardship for Oil Program and the Product Stewardship (Oil) Act 2000
Annual reports
- 2009-10 - Report for Period 1 July 2009 to 30 June 2010
- 2008-09 - Report for Period 1 July 2008 to 30 June 2009
- 2007-08 - Report for Period 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008
- 2006-07 - Report for Period 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007
- 2005-06 - Report for Period 1 July 2005 to 30 June 2006
EPHC news
Environment Protection and Heritage Council
The EPHC is an intergovernmental council of environment ministers.
- www.ephc.gov.au
breaking news, reports, discussion papers
- NEPMs
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