Product Lifecycle Responsibility Act 2025

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

The regulations for the scheme may—

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

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

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

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

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

the traceability of materials,

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

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

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

the prevention, reduction or recovery of litter,

the prevention or reduction of unlawful waste disposal or unsafe product disposal,

the reduction in material used in a product,

the design of a product,

the labelling or packaging of a product,

the maintenance, sharing, repair, refurbishment or upgrade of a product,

the longevity of a product,

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—

virgin materials,

demand for landfill,

damage to resource recovery and waste infrastructure,

the environment,

human health,

access to service points for re-use, collection, recovery, recycling or disposal, including hours of operation and the number or geographical spread of service points,

training, education, advertising and public awareness campaigns about a product.

To avoid doubt, the regulations may apply to a product that contains a regulated product.

The regulations may declare that a product stewardship requirement is a safety requirement.