Resource Sustainability Act 2019 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 1 · Preliminary
3. Purposes of Act
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The purposes of this Act are —
to implement a framework where persons who profit from the supply of products bear the cost of collecting and treating these products when they become waste;
supply
“supply”, in relation to any regulated product, includes —(a)the supply of the regulated product by way of sale (including by barter or exchange) or hire‑purchase;(b)the supply of the regulated product by retail or by wholesale;(c)the supply of the regulated product in connection with any agreement; and(d)the offer to supply the regulated product or exposure of the regulated product for supply.
to encourage producers of packaging to reduce, re‑use or recycle packaging; (ba)to reduce the use of disposable carrier bags by persons supplied goods by way of retail; and
packaging
“packaging” means any material or combination of materials used for the containment, protection, handling, delivery or presentation of any goods, but does not include any material that remains in the possession of a producer of specified packaging to be re‑used for the containment, protection, handling, delivery or presentation of any goods;
to enable proper segregation and treatment of food waste.
waste
“waste” includes any discarded, rejected, unwanted, surplus or abandoned substance, and a substance is not precluded from being waste for the purposes of this Act merely because it is or may be processed, recycled or recovered.