Western Australian Current Regulations Western Australian Current Regulations (1) In this
regulation —
consumer packaging material means the principal
components of the container and does not include incidental components, such
as labels or closures.
(2) A brand owner to
which this Part applies must, for each financial year, keep for at least
5 years the following information for consumer packaging material used by
the brand owner in the financial year —
(a) the
total weight of consumer packaging material used by material type;
(b) the
number of units of consumer packaging material by unit and material type;
(c) the
total weight of consumer packaging material recovered by material type;
(d) the
total weight of recovered consumer packaging material reused and recycled in
Australia by material type;
(e) the
total weight of recovered consumer packaging material reused and recycled by
material type through export;
(f) the
total kilojoules of embedded energy recovered;
(g) the
total weight of recovered consumer packaging material disposed of at a
landfill site;
(h) how
consumers have been advised as to how consumer packaging material is to be
recovered.
Penalty: a fine of $5 000.
(3) A brand owner to
which this Part applies must, if requested in writing by the CEO, give the
information mentioned in subregulation (2) to the CEO within 28 days
after the day the CEO requests it.
Penalty: a fine of $5 000.