8Product stewardship schemes

8 Product stewardship schemes

8 Product stewardship schemes

(1) The regulations may establish a scheme for the stewardship of the lifecycle of a regulated product (a product stewardship scheme).

(2) The regulations for the scheme may—

(a) prescribe a requirement (a product stewardship requirement) for the stewardship of the lifecycle of a regulated product, including the development, design, creation, production, assembly, supply, use or re-use, collection, recovery, recycling or disposal of the regulated product, and

(b) specify a target about a product stewardship requirement, including a target expressed as a percentage.

(3) Without limiting subsection (2), the regulations may prescribe a product stewardship requirement about the following—

(a) the use or re-use of recycled materials or other materials that will minimise the environmental or resource impact of a product’s creation,

(b) the membership of, or agreements or other arrangements with, product stewardship organisations,

(c) the traceability of materials,

(d) the ability of a product to be recycled, composted, repaired, processed, re-processed or re-used,

(e) the re-use, re-manufacture, recovery, recycling, take-back, use or disposal of a product or resources from a product,

(f) the safe collection, transport or storage of a product or resources from a product,

(g) the prevention, reduction or recovery of litter,

(h) the prevention or reduction of unlawful waste disposal or unsafe product disposal,

(i) the reduction in material used in a product,

(j) the design of a product,

(k) the labelling or packaging of a product,

(l) the maintenance, sharing, repair, refurbishment or upgrade of a product,

(m) the longevity of a product,

(n) the reduction of the impact, including the potential impact, of a product or the lifecycle of a product on resource management or waste management, including in relation to the following—