House of Representatives

Product Stewardship (Oil) Bill 2000

Customs Tariff Amendment (Product Stewardship for Waste Oil) Bill 2000

Excise Tariff Amendment (Product Stewardship for Waste Oil) Bill 2000

Product Stewardship (Oil) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2000

Explanatory Memorandum

(Circulated by authority of the Minister for the Environment and Heritage, Senator the Hon Robert Murray Hill)

Some public submissions received in response to the Discussion Paper argue that some of this loss is potentially recoverable, possibly up to a level of 300 ML

State and Territory waste regulations will not be impacted negatively by the preferred option for product stewardship. Indeed it is envisaged that the preferred market-based option would seek to reinforce these State and Territory systems by making benefits to recyclers from the product stewardship arrangements dependent on compliance with the relevant State or Territory regulations regarding waste oil.

The results of the current economic modelling and life cycle analysis studies are not available at this time, however, this RIS will be updated to include such information as it becomes available.

This date altered to 1 January 2001


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