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Material Recovery under the National Television and Computer Product Stewardship Scheme – Regulation Impact Statement – Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities

On 29 November 2011, the Product Stewardship (Televisions and Computers) Regulations 2011 were amended to include a ‘material recovery’ target. The target has been set at 90 per cent, and comes into effect in 2014–15. The target sets requirements for the minimum weight of materials that need to be recovered through the recycling process for further processing into useable materials. Together with the existing ‘recycling’ target, the material recovery target aims to maximise resource recovery and minimise waste to landfill. The Regulation Impact Statement was prepared by the Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. It was assessed as adequate by the Office of Best Practice Regulation. (Note: In 2009, a Decision Regulation Impact Statement [External Link IconPDF Icon - 1.57MB] was prepared for the Environment Protection and Heritage Council on the impacts of television and computer waste.)