Part 3: Waste disposal levy. Part 4: Responsibilities of territorial authorities in relation to waste management and minimisation Part 5: Offences and enforcement. Part 6: Reporting and audits. Part 7: Waste Advisory Board. Part 1 states the purpose of the Act and establishes definitions, including those for waste, diverted material, waste minimisation, disposal, disposal facility, reduction, reuse, recycling, recovery and treatment. The definitions (s 5) for waste, waste minimisation and diverted material are as follows: Waste – (a) means anything disposed of or discarded; and (b) includes a type of waste that is defined by its composition or source (for example, organic waste, electronic waste, or construction and demolition waste); and (c) to avoid doubt, includes any component or element of diverted material, if the component or element is disposed of or discarded. Waste minimisation means – (a) the reductionof waste; and (b) the reuse, recycling, and recovery of waste and diverted material. Diverted material means anything that is no longer required for its original purpose and, but for commercial or other waste minimisation activities, would be disposed of or discarded. Part 2 of the WMA contains mechanisms for accrediting and monitoring product stewardship schemes to minimise waste from products. Product stewardship is a process whereby those involved in the life cycle of a product or service are also involved in identifying and managing its environmental impacts, from the development and manufacture of the product through to its use and final disposal. Although product stewardship schemes accredited under the WMA focus on minimising waste, this does not mean they may not reduce other environmental impacts during the product’s life cycle, or the intervention needs to be at the point of disposal. Product stewardship moves responsibility for waste to those involved in the production and supply of the product (and its packaging) and indirectly to the consumer by ensuring the costs of its disposal are reflected in the purchase price. It involves those who know the most about the product, (the businesses who make and sell it), in designing the solution. The region has access to the following schemes: • Plasback – for the recovery of used farm plastics (user charges apply). • The Glass Packaging Forum’s glass packaging product stewardship scheme. • Agrecovery Rural Recycling Program - farm chemical drums (triple rinsed and empty). • Resene Paintwise - nationwide paint and paint packaging take back and recycling programme. Page 7