The Minister for the Environment can declare any product a priority product when: There is potential for it to cause environmental harm There are significant waste minimisation benefits from doing so Where it can be effectively managed through a product stewardship scheme. When a product is declared a Priority Product by the Minister for the Environment, producers must join a regulated scheme that is responsible for the specified product at the end of life, and ensure the full costs of the material life cycle are paid by producers and consumers, not communities and the environment. Priority Products declared to date are: tyres, electrical and electronic products (e-waste), refrigerants and other synthetic greenhouse gases, agrichemicals and their containers, farm plastics and single-use plastic packaging.