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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; and
 (c) support materials recovery systems and infrastructure for reprocessing used packaging materials in collaboration with state and local governments; and
 (d) report and demonstrate continuous improvement against the key performance indicators and targets specified in the Covenant.

 (4) Local government signatories to the Covenant have made commitments in relation to good practice in the delivery of kerbside recycling collection systems.

 (5) The Commonwealth, State and Territory governments have made commitments in relation to:
 (a) facilitating product stewardship through their legislation by developing a national environment protection measure on used packaging materials; and
 (b) facilitating market development initiatives; and
 (c) applying product stewardship to their own operations; and
 (d) supporting kerbside and other recycling collection services.

 (6) As the Covenant includes a voluntary system of industry self regulation, the intent of Council is to ensure that industry signatories do not suffer any competitive disadvantage as a result of fulfilling their commitments under the Covenant.

6 National Environment Protection Goal

  The goal of the Measure is to reduce environmental degradation arising from the disposal of used packaging and conserve virgin materials through the encouragement of waste avoidance and the re-use and recycling of used packaging materials by supporting and complementing the voluntary strategies in the Covenant and by assisting the assessment of the performance of the Covenant.

7 Scope

  The scope of the Measure is limited to the recovery, re-use and recycling of used consumer packaging materials and will focus on:
 (a) materials used for packaging retail products consumed in industrial, commercial and domestic premises and public places; and
 (b) materials used for packaging food and beverages intended for consumption in public places or in commercial provision of food services to individuals in hotels and restaurants; and
 (c) distribution packaging that contains multiples of products intended for consumer use.

Part 3 National Environment Protection Guidelines

8 Purpose of Part (Act, s 14 (3) (c))

  The purpose of this part is to set guidelines that give guidance on possible means for achieving desired environmental outcomes.

9 Statutory Obligations and Rights

 (1) To achieve the desired environmental outcomes, participating jurisdictions should establish a statutory basis for ensuring that signatories to the Covenant are not competitively disadvantaged in the market place by fulfilling their commitments under the Covenant.

 (2) Participating jurisdictions should oblige brand owners to:
 (a) undertake or assure the systematic recovery of consumer packaging in which the brand owner's products are sold; and
 (b) undertake or assure the re-use, recycling or energy