Australian Packaging Covenant & Used Packaging Materials NEPM

The Australian Packaging Covenant ('Covenant') is an agreement between companies in the supply chain and all levels of government to reduce the environmental impacts of consumer packaging.

 
Consultation Regulatory Impact Statement - Used Packaging Materials
The purpose of this Consultation Regulatory Impact Statement (RIS) is to explore options to address the current government policy objective of reducing the environmental impacts of packaging. This policy objective is outlined in the National Waste Policy: Less waste,more resources (2009).
The public consultation period has now closed.

Description of proposed variation to NEPM. Public consultation period has now closed.

The EPHC engaged a consultant to identify and assess economic instruments that might be complementary to the objectives of the Covenant and assist in achieving the performance targets established under the current Covenant, with such instruments to be available should the mid-term review show the Covenant will fail to deliver satisfactory outcomes.

The mechanisms identified through this work could also inform EPHC in the development of future Covenants, or in any review of the balance and relationships between the regulatory, economic and voluntary mechanisms for achieving packaging targets.

McLennan Magasanik Associates Pty Ltd, in conjunction with the BDA Group, have identified these potential mechanisms in this report.

The Used Packaging Materials NEPM was varied in 2005. The variation will ensure consistency between the NEPM and the strengthened National Packaging Covenant and provide for the continuation of an effective co-regulatory arrangement in relation to the management of consumer packaging and consumer paper for the life of the Covenant.

This version of the NEPM as varied is the most up-to-date version of the NEPM and includes all of the amendments made to the NEPM.

This is the summary of submissions received in relation to the draft Variation and impact statement for used packaging materials and NEPC's responses to those submissions.

This impact statement examines the costs, benefits and impacts of the introduction of a variation to the Used Packaging Materials NEPM.

This is Appendix A of the Impact Statement released with the draft Used Packaging Materials NEPM.  The document details overseas experiences in management of used packaging materials.