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WASTE AVOIDANCE AND RESOURCE RECOVERY ACT 2001 - SECT 19
Objects of Part
19 Objects of Part
(1) The objects of this Part are as follows-- (a) to recognise the
responsibility that the beverage industry shares with the community for
reducing and dealing with waste generated by beverage product packaging,
(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.
(2) The container
deposit scheme established by this Part includes the following features-- (a)
it provides for the establishment of a Scheme Coordinator and
network operators with responsibility for the administration of the scheme,
(b) it provides for the payment of refund amounts to persons depositing at
collection points empty beverage containers that are subject to the scheme,
(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,
(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,
(e) it prohibits the supply of beverages in containers
of a kind that are not approved by the EPA.
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