National Waste Policy reports
- National Waste Policy Progress Summary Report - 2022
- Australian hazardous waste data and reporting standard 2022 edition - 2022
- Basel Summary Report – 2020 data - 2022
- Australian waste and resource recovery infrastructure database
- Hazardous Waste in Australia 2021
- Data on imports of Australian wastes - annual summary 2020-21 - 2021
- National standard for waste and resource recovery data and reporting - 2021
- Data on exports of Australian wastes - annual summary 2019-20 - 2020
- Review of standards and specifications for recycled content - 2020
- Recycling market situation - Summary Review - 2020
- National Waste Policy Action Plan - 2019
- Data on exports of Australian wastes - annual summary 2018-19 - 2019
- Hazardous Waste in Australia 2019
- National Waste Policy: Less Waste, More Resources - 2018
- Analysis of Australia’s municipal recycling infrastructure capacity - 2018
- National Waste Policy: Less Waste, More Resources - 2009
- Data on exports of Australian wastes - annual summary 2017-18 - 2018
- Waste export summaries
- December 2020
- November 2020
- October 2020
- July to September 2020
- May 2020
- April 2020
- March 2020
- February 2020
- January 2020
- December 2019
- November 2019
- October 2019
- September 2019
- August 2019
- July 2019
- May 2019
- April 2019
- March 2019
- February 2019
- January 2019
- December 2018
- November 2018
- October 2018
- September 2018
- August 2018
- July 2018
- National Waste Policy Implementation
- National waste data and reporting cycle 2017-19 - 2019
- National Waste report - 2022
- National Waste report - 2020
- National Waste report - 2018
- National Waste report - 2016
- National Waste report - 2013
- National Waste report - 2010
- National Waste Overview 2009
- National Waste Policy - Regulatory Impact Statement - 2009
Guides and manuals
- Comparison of Modern Manufacturing and Recycling Modernisation Programs - 2021
- Sustainable procurement guide - 2020
- Sustainable procurement guide - 2018
- Guide for sustainable procurement of services - 2013
- Construction and demolition waste guide - recycling and re-use across the supply chain - 2011
- Food and Garden Organics Best Practice Collection Manual - 2012
- Unit conversion factors - 2017
Supporting research
- Environmentally responsible trade in waste plastics in the Asia Pacific region - 2020
- Providing friendly feedback on recycling contamination - 2020
- Costs and benefits of banning exports of waste - 2020
- Assessment of Australian paper & paperboard recycling infrastructure and 2018-19 exports, including to China - 2019
- Assessment of Australian recycling infrastructure - Glass packaging - 2019
- Plastics infrastructure analysis update - 2019
- Tyre flows and recycling analysis - 2019
- Understanding drivers of recycling behaviour in ACT multi-unit dwellings - 2019
- Headline economic value for waste and materials efficiency in Australia - 2017
- Australian hazardous waste data and reporting standard - 2017
- Testing the Australian Hazardous Waste Data and Reporting Standard - 2017
- Unit conversion factors - 2017
- Analysis of landfill survey data - 2013
- Analysis of the Republic of Ireland's Survey System for National Waste Reporting - 2013
- Australian landfill capacities into the future - 2009
- Australian recycling sector - 2012
- Australian waste classifications - roles in decision making - 2011
- Australian waste definitions: defining waste related terms by jurisdiction in Australia - 2012
- Beneficial reuse and resource recovery of waste materials: an inventory of Australian over-arching objectives and guiding principles - 2012
- Beneficial reuse and resource recovery of waste materials: An inventory of national Commonwealth and state and territory objectives and guiding principles in waste and resource recovery - 2013
- Biosolids snapshot - 2012
- Climate change and the resource recovery and waste sectors - 2010
- Construction and demolition waste status report - management of construction and demolition waste in Australia - 2011
- Construction and demolition waste guide - recycling and re-use across the supply chain - 2011
- Cost of landfill disposal in Australia - 2009
- Cost of landfill disposal in Australia - peer review - 2009
- Data collection and reporting through licensing arrangements - 2012
- Data governance and collection best practices report - 2012
- Employment in waste management and recycling - July 2009
- Hazardous Waste Data Assessment and Summary - April 2013
- Investigation of opportunities for the interim improvement of recycler data - 2012
- Landfill ban investigation - Final report - 2011
- Liquid Waste Assessment Report - 2012
- National Food Waste Assessment - Final report - 2011
- National Waste Data System Requirements Study - 2009
- National Waste Data Systems Review and System Summaries - 2009
- Organics recycling in Australia – Industry statistics 2012 - 2013
- Organics Recycling in Australia - Industry Statistics 2011 - 2011
- Place-based approaches to commercial and industrial waste and recycling - 2012
- Review of Australia's international waste-related reporting obligations - 2012
- Review of the application of landfill standards - 2010
- Role and performance of local government - waste and recycling related data and information - 2011
- A stock-take of waste-related standards, specifications and guidelines - January 2013
- A study into commercial and industrial (C&I) waste and recycling in Australia by industry division - 2013
- Summary of the history and development of WasteDataFlow - 2013
- Sustainable procurement in the Australian Government report 2013
- Waste and Recycling in Australia: Amended report (Hyder 2009)
- Waste and recycling in Australia 2011 - 2012
- Waste classifications in Australia - A comparison of waste classifications in the Australian Waste Database with current jurisdictional classifications - 2011
- Waste definitions and classifications: report on issues, opportunities and information gaps - 2013
- Waste generation and resource recovery in Australia - Report and Data Workbooks - 2013
- Waste Technology and Innovation Study - 2009
Organic waste
- Australian Organics Recycling Industry Capacity and Capability Assessment: 2020-21 - 2021
- Opportunities to increase organic waste recovery - Final report - 2020
- Food and Garden Organics Best Practice Collection Manual - fact sheets and presentations - 2012
Product stewardship
- Product Stewardship Oil statistics for 2021-22 - 2022
- Product Stewardship Oil statistics for 2020-21 - 2021
- Product Stewardship Oil statistics for 2019-20 - 2021
- Product Stewardship Oil statistics for 2018-19 - 2021
- Product Stewardship Oil statistics for 2017-18 - 2021
- Fourth independent review of the Product Stewardship (Oil) Act 2000 - 2021
- Review of the Product Stewardship Act 2011 - 2020
- Review of the Product Stewardship Act 2011, including the National Television and Computer Recycling Scheme - consultation paper - 2017
- End-of-Life Domestic Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Equipment in Australia - 2014
- Cost benefit analysis: product stewardship for domestic refrigerators and air conditioners at end-of-life - 2014
- Common data requirements for product stewardship - 2010
- Product Stewardship in North America and Europe - 2009
- Product stewardship schemes in Asia: China, South Korea, Japan and Taiwan - 2009
Product stewardship fact sheets
- Product stewardship Centre of Excellence fact sheet - 2020
- National Product Stewardship Investment Fund
- Product Stewardship (Televisions and Computers) Regulations 2011
- Product Stewardship Act 2011
National Television and Computer Recycling Scheme
- National Television and Computer Recycling Scheme Compliance Framework - 2021
- Evaluation of the National Television and Computer Recycling Scheme - 2017
- Material recovery measurement and reporting methodology for the National Television and Computer Recycling Scheme - 2014
- Alternative trajectories for computer and television recycling: Achieving the 80 per cent target by 2021-22 - 2011
- Baseline analysis of mass balance rate of television and computer recycling in Australia - 2011
- A comprehensive baseline analysis of Occupational Health & Safety (OHS) statistics specific to the e-waste recycling industry within Australia, including collection, storage, handling, transport and treatment/processing - 2011
- Implementation Working Group Achievements Report - March 2010 to October 2011
- Import conversion factors for the National Television and Computer Recycling Scheme - 2011
- Independent review of the draft AIIA and PSA draft interim industry standard - 2011
- National Television and Computer Product Stewardship Scheme: Targets, trajectories and implications for scheme design - 2011
- Regulation Impact Statement - Material Recovery under the National Television and Computer Recycling Scheme - 2011
- Thresholds for the proposed television and computer recycling scheme - 2011
- A Study of Australia's Current and Future E-Waste Recycling Infrastructure Capacity and Needs - 2010
- Televisions and Computers Decision Regulatory Impact Statement (RIS), Consultation Regulatory Impact Statement (RIS), Willingness To Pay For E-Waste Recycling - Final Report (Choice Modelling study) - 2009
Scheme outcome reports
- National Television and Computer Recycling Scheme - Outcomes 2014-15 - 2016
- National Television and Computer Recycling Scheme - Outcomes 2013-14 - 2015
- National Television and Computer Recycling Scheme - Outcomes 2012-13 - 2014
Approved co-regulatory arrangements - annual reports
2021-22
As at 18 April 2023 the department has received annual reports from three approved co-regulatory arrangements which provided television and computer recycling services in the 2021-22 scheme year.
- Australia and New Zealand Recycling Platform Limited - Annual Report 2021-22
- Ecycle Solutions Pty Ltd - Annual Report 2021-22
- The Activ Group Solutions Pty Ltd - Annual Report 2021-22
2020-21
- Australian & New Zealand Recycling Platform Limited - Annual Report 2020-21
- Ecycle Solutions - Annual Report 2020-21
2019-20
- Australian & New Zealand Recycling Platform Limited - Annual Report 2019-20
- Electronic Product Stewardship Australasia - Annual Report 2019-20
- Ecycle Solutions - Annual Report 2019-20
- MRI PSO - Annual Report 2019-20
Note - The approved co-regulatory arrangement administered by MRI PSO Pty Ltd was cancelled on 15 April 2021. This annual report is published as provided and the department does not guarantee its accuracy.
2018-19
- Australian & New Zealand Recycling Platform Limited - Annual Report 2018-19
- Electronic Product Stewardship Australasia - Annual Report 2018-19
- Ecycle Solutions - Annual Report 2018-19
- MRI PSO – Annual Report 2018-19
2017-18
- Australian & New Zealand Recycling Platform Limited – Annual Report 2017-18
- Electronic Product Stewardship Australasia – Annual Report 2017-18
- Ecycle Solutions – Annual Report 2017-18
- MRI PSO – Annual Report 2017-18
2016-17
- Australian & New Zealand Recycling Platform Limited – Annual Report 2016-17
- Electronic Product Stewardship Australasia – Annual Report 2016-17
- Ecycle Solutions – Annual Report 2016-17
- MRI PSO – Annual Report 2016-17
2015-16
- Australian & New Zealand Recycling Platform Limited – Annual Report 2015-16 - 2017
- Ecycle Solutions – Annual Report 2015-16 - 2017
- Electronic Product Stewardship Australasia – Annual Report 2015-16
- MRI PSO – Annual Report 2015-16
2014-15
- ANZRP – Annual Report 2014-15
- DHL Supply Chain – Annual Report 2014-15
- Ecycle Solutions – Annual Report 2014-15
- EPSA – Annual Report 2014-15
2013-14
- ANZRP - Annual Report 2013-14
- DHL Supply Chain - Annual Report 2013-14
- Ecycle Solutions - Annual Report 2013-14
- EPSA - Annual Report 2013-14
- Reverse E-Waste Annual Report 2013-14
2012-13
- ANZRP Annual report 2012/13
- DHL Supply Chain Annual report 2012-13
- Ecycle solutions Annual report 2013
Fact sheets
- Changes to the Scheme - 2015
- Operation of the Scheme - 2015
- Myths and facts - 2015
- Product weights and recycling targets - 2015
- Liable parties - 2018
- Role of co-regulatory arrangements - 2015
- Guide for Householders - 2015
- Guide for Local Government - 2015
- The Role of Recyclers in the Scheme - 2015
- Roles and responsibilities infographic - 2015
Tyres
- Fact sheet - Product stewardship for end-of-life tyres - 2014
Glass
Plastics
- National Plastics Plan - Pathway to more sustainable use of expanded polystyrene (EPS) - 2021
- Waste Plastics Export Regulation Phase 2 – Processing Requirements - 2022
- Waste Plastics Industry Standards report - 2021
Plastics fact sheets
- Action on plastic waste - 2021
- National Plastics Plan summary - 2021
- How businesses can reduce plastic waste - 2021
- How you can reduce plastic waste - 2021
Packaging and plastics
- Australian Plastic Flows and Fates Study 2020-21 National Report - 2022
- National Plastics Plan - 2021
- Australian Plastic Flows and Fates Study 2019-20 National Report - 2021
- Australian plastics recycling survey - national report - 2018-19 - 2020
- Australian plastics recycling survey - national report - 2017-18 - 2018
- National Environment Protection (Used Packaging Materials) Measure 2011 Audit methodology - 2018
- Assessment of the voluntary phase-out of microbeads - 2018
- Assessment of the sale of microbeads in personal care and cosmetic products - 2018
- Australian plastics recycling survey - national report - 2016-17 - 2017
- Australian Packaging Covenant 2017 - 2017
- Australian Packaging Covenant - Action Plan - 2010 to 2015
- Australian Packaging Covenant Strategic Plan 2017-2022 - 2017
- Australian Government 2011-2012 Annual Report on the Australian Packaging Covenant Action Plan - 2012
- Australian Government 2010-2011 Annual Report on the Australian Packaging Covenant Action Plan - 2012
- Packaging Impacts Consultation Regulation Impact Statement - 2012
- Archived publications
Food waste
- Review of Regulations and Standards for Recycled Organics in Australia - 2021
- Voluntary Commitment Program - 2020
- A Roadmap for reducing Australia's food waste by half by 2030 - 2020
- Resources for implementing national food waste strategy - 2020
- How food waste is managed in Australia infographic - 2017
- National Food Waste Strategy - 2017