Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery (Container Deposit Scheme) Regulation 2017 (2017-66) (NSW)

Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery (Container Deposit Scheme) Regulation 2017

Part 1 Preliminary

1 Name of Regulation This Regulation is the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery (Container Deposit Scheme) Regulation 2017.

2 Commencement (1) This Regulation commences on the day on which it is published on the NSW legislation website, except as provided by subclause (2). (2) Division 2 of Part 2 commences on 7 April 2017.

3 Definitions (1) In this Regulation— alternative waste treatment plant operator means a person who— (a) carries on a business that is or includes the processing for reuse or recycling of domestic waste that— (i) is general solid waste (putrescible) within the meaning of Schedule 1 to the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997, and (ii) is collected by that or any other person during the course of domestic waste management services, and (b) holds either or both of the following— (i) a resource recovery licence, (ii) an environment protection licence under the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 that authorises waste processing (non-thermal treatment), within the meaning of that Act, Schedule 1, clause 41. director, in relation to a body corporate, includes a person concerned in the management of the affairs of the body corporate. flavoured milk means milk to which flavouring has been added. flavouring means any natural or artificial flavouring, but does not include sweetener. glass container means a container made wholly or partly of glass. milk includes a liquid milk product, a substance in the nature of milk produced from milk concentrate or milk powder and a plant-based milk substitute, but does not include the following— (a) fermented milk, (b) flavoured milk, (c) milk with added cultures, for example, drinking yoghurt or kefir. resource recovery licence means an environment protection licence under the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 that authorises the recovery of general waste (within the meaning of clause 34 of Schedule 1 to that Act) at specified premises. rewards scheme means a program established by any supplier of goods or services under which rewards (whether expressed as points, a monetary amount or otherwise) are credited to an account registered in the name of a customer and redeemable by the customer for goods or services. Scheme commencement day means 1 December 2017. the Act means the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act 2001.