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Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act 2001
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#### 19 Objects of Part
19 Objects of Part
> > (1) The objects of this Part are as follows—
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> > > (a) to recognise the responsibility that the beverage industry shares with the community for reducing and dealing with waste generated by beverage product packaging,
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> > > (b) to establish a cost effective State-wide container deposit scheme to assist the beverage industry to discharge that responsibility and to promote the recovery, reuse and recycling of empty beverage containers.
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> > (2) The container deposit scheme established by this Part includes the following features—
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> > > (a) it provides for the establishment of a Scheme Coordinator and network operators with responsibility for the administration of the scheme,
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> > > (b) it provides for the payment of refund amounts to persons depositing at collection points empty beverage containers that are subject to the scheme,
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> > > (c) it provides for the establishment by the Scheme Coordinator of a cost recovery scheme under which beverage suppliers agree to make contributions towards the cost of paying those refund amounts,
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> > > (d) it prohibits the supply of beverages in containers that are subject to the container deposit scheme by beverage suppliers who have not agreed with the Scheme Coordinator to make those contributions,
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> > > (e) it prohibits the supply of beverages in containers of a kind that are not approved by the EPA.
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> **s 19:** Ins 2016 No 57, Sch 1 \[3\].