Waste Reduction and Recycling Regulation 2023

Consumer packaging material is consumer packaging made of 1 or more of the following materials—

paper;

cardboard;

steel;

aluminium;

polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastics;

high density polyethylene (HDPE) plastics;

other plastics, including—

unplasticised polyvinyl chloride (UPVC) plastics; and

plasticised polyvinyl chloride (PPVC) plastics; and

low density polyethylene (LDPE) plastics; and

polypropylene (PP) plastics; and

polystyrene (PS) plastics; and

expandable polystyrene (EPS) plastics.

Consumer packaging material, in relation to a brand owner, is—

for a brand owner who is a retailer—a plastic bag given or sold to a consumer for the transportation of products bought by the consumer from the retailer; or

for a brand owner who is an importer or Australian manufacturer of plastic bags—a plastic bag imported or manufactured, other than a plastic bag given or sold to a retailer for use as mentioned in paragraph (a); or

for any other brand owner—consumer packaging material sold in carrying on the brand owner’s business.