Question - City Services

1. Which of the listed items will the new recycling facility recycle, (a) soft plastics smaller than a credit card, (b) soft plastics larger than a credit card, (c) hard plastics larger than a credit card, (d) hard plastics smaller than a credit card, (e) paper larger than a credit card, (f) paper smaller than a credit card, (g) householder batteries, (h) disposable coffee cups and if so, which kind, (i) aluminium cans,  (j) liquid paperboard products, (k) disposable drink lids, (l) bamboo plates and cutlery, (m) bioplastic plates and cutlery, (n) medicine blister packs, (o) standard composite materials used in supermarket packaging, (p) plastic takeaway food containers, (q) plastic bags, (r) wax or plastic lined paper containers (such as for takeaway) and (s) any other standard items of supermarket packaging that are not included in parts (a) to (r).
2. For each items listed in part (1) that will not be recycled, when will national product stewardship ensure that these items are no longer manufactured or sold or that they are recycled with industry paying the costs of recycling.
3. When will these items be recycled through national product stewardship.
4. What is the consequence if a manufacturer or retailer chooses not to participate in voluntary regulation, given that the product stewardship scheme will be voluntary.

Please see attached PDF for a copy of the answer to question on notice No 195.