Plastic Bags - COAG Standing Council on Environment and Water

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5 10 15 20 25 30 35 7.3. Litter focused options............................................................................................................... 46 7.3.1 General litter abatement to manage plastic bag litter ........................................................ 46 Option A: Enforcement................................................................................................................ 47 Option B: Behaviour Change....................................................................................................... 48 Option C: Litter Clean Up........................................................................................................... 50 Option D: Litter infrastructure ................................................................................................... 50 Option E: Advance disposal fee (ACG scenario 7) ...................................................................... 51 7.4. <strong>Plastic</strong> Bag Consumption Focused Options .......................................................................... 54 Option F: Baseline scenario – no further government action (ACG scenario 2)......................... 54 Option G: Extension of the voluntary code of practice for managing plastic bags (ACG scenario 3) .......................................................................................................................... 56 Option H: Industry agreement to impose an escalating charge, supported by complementary regulatory measure (ACG scenario 4) ............................................................................... 59 Option I: Industry agreement to phase out, followed by government regulation to restrict the supply of plastic bags (ACG scenario 5) ............................................................................ 62 Option J: Retailers obliged to impose a minimum charge by regulation (ACG scenario 8) ........ 66 Option K: Impose a government levy on lightweight single-use plastic bags (ACG scenario 9) 68 Option L: Elimination of plastic bags from 2009 (ACG scenario 1) ........................................... 72 Option M: A stand-alone ban on lightweight single-use plastic carry bags (ACG scenario 6) .. 76 Option N: The ANRA proposal (ACG supplementary scenarios 1a and 1b).............................. 77 Option O: The ANRA proposal, with added targets for reduction (ACG supplementary scenarios 2a and 2b)........................................................................................................... 80 8. CONSULTATION ............................................................................................................................. 83 8.1. Who are the main affected parties? ........................................................................................ 83 8.1.1 <strong>Plastic</strong> bag manufacturers.................................................................................................. 83 8.1.2 Retailers ............................................................................................................................. 84 8.1.3 Consumers ......................................................................................................................... 84 8.1.4 Government ....................................................................................................................... 85 8.1.5 Environment groups .......................................................................................................... 85 9. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDED OPTIONS................................................................. 86 9.1. Brief summary of each option ................................................................................................. 86 9.2. Preferred options....................................................................................................................... 86 10. IMPLEMENTATION ........................................................................................................................ 88 10.1. Implementing a mandatory charge ........................................................................................ 88 10.2. Implementing a Ban.................................................................................................................. 89 11. BIBLIOGRAPHY ............................................................................................................................... 90 Consultation Regulatory Impact Statement: Investigation of options to reduce the environmental impact of plastic bags January 2007 2
Acronyms ACCC Australian Competition and Consumer Commission ACG the Allen Consulting Group ADF advance disposal fee ALGA Australian Local Government Association ANRA Australian National Retailers Association ARA Australian Retailers Association ARA code Australian Retailers Association code of practice for the management of plastic shopping bags, 2003–05 <strong>COAG</strong> <strong>Council</strong> of Australian Governments DEH Department of the Environment and Heritage EPHC Environment Protection and Heritage <strong>Council</strong> GDP gross domestic product HDPE high-density polyethylene KESAB Keep South Australia Beautiful LDPE low-density polyethylene MP Member of Parliament MRA Mutual Recognition Act 1992 (Cth) MRC mandatory retailer charge MRFs Materials Recovery Facilities NEPM National Environment Protection Measure Consultation Regulatory Impact Statement: Investigation of options to reduce the environmental impact of plastic bags January 2007 3
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