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National Television and Computer Product Stewardship Scheme
Under the National Waste Policy: Less waste, more resources, the Australian Government agreed to develop and enact national legislation to support voluntary, co-regulatory and mandatory product stewardship and extended producer responsibility schemes.
Following extensive consultation and consideration of a regulation impact statement, in 2009 all Australian governments agreed that televisions and computers would be the first products regulated under the proposed product stewardship legislation.
The department is preparing Regulations to underpin arrangements for collecting and recycling televisions and computers under the National Television and Computer Product Stewardship Scheme. A consultation paper on the proposed Regulations was released on 8 March 2011 and submissions are now closed.
Fact sheets
- National Waste Report 2010 (PDF - 776KB) (RTF - 341KB)
- National Waste Policy: Less Waste, More Resources (PDF - 1541KB) (RTF - 347KB)
- Organic waste (PDF - 855KB) (RTF - 357KB)
- Australian Packaging Covenant (PDF - 115KB) (RTF - 327KB)
- Hazardous substances and hazardous waste (PDF - 894KB) (RTF - 441KB)
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