2019 Action Plan | 2019 National Waste Policy Action Plan |
2024 Action Plan | 2024 National Waste Policy Action Plan |
2024 NWRR Report | 2024 National Waste and Resource Recovery Report |
ACCC | Australian Competition and Consumer Commission |
ACOR | Australian Council of Recycling |
AFGC | Australian Food and Grocery Council |
ALGA | Australian Local Government Association |
AMCS | Australian Marine Conservation Society |
AMTA | Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association |
ANAO | Australian National Audit Office |
ANZ | Australia and New Zealand |
ANZRP | Australia and New Zealand Recycling Platform |
APCO | Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation |
ARL | Australasian Recycling Label |
ARRC | Australian Resources Recovery Council |
ATRA | Australian Tyre Recyclers Association |
Basel Convention | Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal |
BSC | Battery Stewardship Council |
CDS | container deposit scheme(s) |
CEMAG | Circular Economy Ministerial Advisory Group |
CEO | Chief Executive Officer |
COAG | Council of Australian Governments |
committee | Senate Environment and Communications References Committee |
Covenant | Australian Packaging Covenant |
CRC | Cooperative Research Centre |
CSIRO | Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation |
DCCEEW | Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water |
Decision RIS | Decision Regulation Impact Statement: Phasing out exports of waste plastic, paper, glass and tyres |
Directive | Ecodesign Directive 2009/125/EC |
DISR | Department of Industry, Science and Resources |
EPA | Environment Protection Authority |
EPR | extended producer responsibility |
EPS | expanded polystyrene |
ESP Regulation | Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation |
EU | European Union |
FOGO | food organics and garden organics |
G20 | Group of 20 |
GISA | Green Industries South Australia |
GO | garden organics |
HAC | High Ambition Coalition to End Plastic Pollution |
HPDE | high-density polyethylene |
INC | Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee |
kt | kilotonne [one thousand tonnes] |
Law Council | Law Council of Australia |
LDPE | low-density polyethylene |
Legislation Committee | Senate Environment and Communications Legislation Committee |
LGAQ | Local Government Association of Queensland |
minister | Minister for the Environment and Water |
Mt | megatonne [one million tonnes] |
MRF | materials recovery facility |
NBS | National Battery Strategy |
NEPM | National Environment Protection (Used Packaging Materials) Measure 2011 |
NPRS | National Plastics Recycling Scheme |
NSW | New South Wales |
NWRIC | National Waste and Recycling Industry Council |
OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
PC | Productivity Commission |
PET | polyethylene terephthalate |
PFAS | per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances |
Plastics Study | Australian Plastics Flows and Fates Study 2021-22 |
PP | polypropylene |
PPT | Plastic Packaging Tax |
PS | polystyrene |
PSO | Product Stewardship for Oil |
PV | photovoltaic |
PVC | polyvinyl chloride |
RAWR Act | Recycling and Waste Reduction Act 2020 |
ReMade scheme | ReMade in Australia scheme |
RMF | Recycling Modernisation Fund |
Roadmap | National Kerbside Collections Roadmap |
SA EPA | South Australian Environment Protection Authority |
SEEE | small electrical and electronic equipment |
SOR | Southern Oil Refining |
TFA | Toxics Free Australia |
TPSS | Tyre Product Stewardship Scheme |
UK | United Kingdom |
UN | United Nations |
Waste Fee Rules | Recycling and Waste Reduction (Fees) Amendment (Export of Regulated Waste Material Fees and Other Measures) Rules 2024 |
Waste Policy | 2018 National Waste Policy |
WCRA | Waste Contractors and Recyclers Association of New South Wales |
WHO | World Health Organization |
WMRR | Waste Management and Resource Recovery Association of Australia |
Working Group | National Plastics Harmonisation Working Group |
WRIQ | Waste, Recycling Industry Association of Queensland |