Co-regulatory arrangements - NTCRS

The following organisations provide television and computer recycling services for the National Television and Computer Recycling Scheme (NTCRS). They are approved and monitored as co-regulatory arrangements by us.

Approved co-regulatory arrangements

Previously approved co-regulatory arrangements

Electronics Product Stewardship Australasia Pty Limited (EPSA)

EPSA applied to us to have its approval as a co-regulatory arrangement cancelled. They ceased operating as a co-regulatory arrangement on 30 June 2021.

MRI PSO Pty Ltd

In April 2021 the Minister cancelled the co-regulatory arrangement administered by MRI PSO Pty Ltd (MRI PSO). This decision was made under s87 of the Recycling and Waste Reduction Act 2020, after failing to meet their scheme outcomes for the 2016–17 and 2017–18 financial years.

Outcomes to be achieved

The Recycling and Waste Reduction (Product stewardship—televisions and computers) Rules 2021 (the Rules) require co-regulatory arrangements to achieve three key outcomes:

  1. Provision of reasonable access to collection services in metropolitan, regional and remote areas.
  2. Annual recycling targets.
  3. A material recovery target.

Co-regulator responsibilities

The following responsibilities are all outlined in the Rules.

Meet standards

Co-regulatory arrangements are expected to only undertake recycling at facilities that are currently certified to AS 5377 - the Australian Standard for the safe and environmentally sound collection, storage, transport and treatment of end-of-life electrical and electronic equipment (“e-waste").

This will ensure:

  • a consistent industry standard for NTCRS recycling providers
  • positive work health and safety outcomes.

Provide reasonable access

Approved co-regulatory arrangements must provide reasonable access to collection services.

This means that around 98 per cent of the population will have reasonable access to collection services. To provide flexibility to suit local circumstances and ensure consistency with the co-regulatory nature of the NTCRS, a collection service can take a variety of forms including:

  • a permanent collection site at a local waste transfer station or retail outlet
  • a one-off event.

Meet recycling targets

Annual targets for recycling are set each year following a methodology set out in the Rules.

Each co-regulatory arrangement is responsible for achieving their membership’s share of the NTCRS targets.

Meet material recovery targets

A material recovery target is set at 90 per cent.

This target requires each co-regulatory arrangement to ensure that at least 90 per cent of the weight of material they recycle in the financial year is sent for further processing into useable materials.

Provide annual reports

Approved co-regulatory arrangements are required to provide independently audited, annual reports to us. We then publish these reports. Co-regulatory arrangements report on their role as day-to-day administrators of the scheme, including:

  • membership details
  • collection and storage of products
  • product recycling
  • product export
  • details on contracted service providers
  • details of any environmental or work, health and safety actions.

We publish these reports in the form provided by arrangement administrators. The information contained in them does not reflect our views on the operation of the arrangements.

Read the Co-regulatory arrangement annual reports.

Co-regulatory arrangement membership

If you are a liable party and seeking to join one of these arrangements, contact them directly for information about membership requirements.

Become a co-regulator

If you are interested in seeking approval for a new co-regulatory arrangement, please contact the NTCRS team by emailing ewaste@nationalepa.gov.au.

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