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24 Apr 2025
Packaging stewardship
Brand owners have obligations to manage the environmental impacts of packaging waste.
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16 Apr 2026
Previous waste data surveys and audits
Find previous NSW local council reports on domestic waste, and recycling and surveys of commercial and industrial waste streams (waste from manufacturers, shops and businesses).
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21 Jun 2019
Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Strategy Progress Report
The Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Strategy Progress Report details the performance of NSW against the NSW Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery (WARR) Strategy 2014-21. The reporting requirement is set out in Section 53 of the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act 2001.
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14 Jul 2021
NSW waste and resource recovery infrastructure
The EPA acknowledges that a forward-thinking waste strategy is needed to provide long-term solutions to ensure NSW is prepared for the future.
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07 Nov 2022
Waste Less, Recycle More
Information about the NSW Government's transition from the Waste Less, Recycle More initiative to new funding opportunities guided by the Waste and Sustainable Materials Strategy 2041: Stage One.
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14 Jul 2021
Waste Less, Recycle More Education Strategy
The Waste Less, Recycle More Education Strategy 2016–21 will drive education and behaviour change initiatives to achieve the NSW waste and recycling targets. The strategy – Changing Behaviour Together – outlines clear actions for the Environment Protection Authority (EPA), our program partners and stakeholders and provides a framework for the evaluation of education initiatives.
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22 Dec 2025
Return and Earn
Information about how to redeem money in the Return and Earn container deposit scheme, what containers can be returned and how the scheme is managed.
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10 Aug 2018
Interested in being a collection point operator?
Collection Point Operators will play an important role in the NSW Government’s Container Deposit Scheme, Return and Earn, which will contribute to the Premier’s Priority of reducing litter by 40% by 2020.