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reprocessed and used as a raw material for the manufacture of a new product.
recycle, for a product, means recover the product and use it as a raw material to produce another product.
re-use, for a product, means use a product for the same or similar purpose as the original purpose without subjecting the product to a manufacturing process which would change its physical appearance.
signatory means a signatory to the Covenant, and includes an organisation that accedes to the Covenant after it is made, whether before or after the commencement of this Measure.
Sustainable Packaging Guidelines means the guidelines which comprise Schedule 2 of the Covenant. The guidelines assist the design, manufacture and end-of-life management of packaging, tackling the sometimes conflicting demands of market performance and cost, consumer protection, and the environmental health, while meeting the needs of a sustainable society.

Note   The following expressions used in this Measure are defined in subsection 6 of the Commonwealth Act and in the equivalent provisions of participating states and territories:
          * Agreement
          * Council
          * national environment protection goal
          * national environment protection guideline
          * national environment protection measure
          * national environment protection protocol
          * participating jurisdiction
          * participating State
          * participating Territory
          * Territory

Part 2 National Environment Protection Goal

4 Purpose of Part (Act, s 14 (3) (b))

  The purpose of this Part is to set out a goal that:
       (a) relates to the desired environmental outcomes; and
 (b) guides the formulation of strategies for the management of human activities that may affect the environment.

5 Background

 (1) The Covenant is an agreement entered into by governments and industry participants in the packaging chain based on the principles of product stewardship and shared responsibility. Product stewardship imposes an obligation on all those who benefit from production to assume a share of responsibility for a product over its lifecycle. The Covenant covers consumer packaging.

 (2) All signatories to the Covenant have made a commitment to:
 (a) work together to achieve the overarching targets established under the Covenant; and
 (b) produce and report on public action plans with measurable actions that will deliver improved environmental outcomes appropriate to their production, usage, sale, recovery and/or reprocessing of consumer packaging; and
 (c) work co-operatively to develop good practice collection systems and markets, and education and promotion programs; and
 (d) provide data to assess the performance of the Covenant and progress towards the national environment protection goal.

 (3) Packaging chain signatories to the Covenant have made commitments to practice product stewardship throughout the lifecycle of consumer packaging, including to:
 (a) design packaging to minimise use of materials and elimination of excessive packaging; and
 (b) adopt and implement the Environmental Code of Practice for Packaging;