Urgent fixes to stem Australia’s losses due to broken producer responsibility regulations
Australian households pay the price but cannot fix regulatory failures, new report warns. Landmark report says families, councils and businesses are paying the price for a fragmented national system on products and packaging that is 15 years behind many countries.
Australian governments can easily act in 2026 announcing a timeframe and program to nationally regulate for producer responsibility, thereby turning flailing industry sectors into flourishing innovative supply chains like in other nations.
Recent Webinar, 22 July 2026
The webinar recording will be available soon.
Australia can fix its productivity and key sector resilience by adopting international standard EPR regulations.
Speakers
Richard Collins as moderator, Associate Technical Director, Arcadis
Professor John Thwaites AM, Professor of Practice in Sustainability, Monash Business School, Former Chair, Circular Economy Ministerial Advisory Group (2023 – 2024)
Joachim Quoden, Managing Director, Extended Producer Responsibility Alliance, Brussels/Cologne
Helen Millicer, GAICD, Churchill Fellow, CEO One Planet Consulting, Report Author.
Helen Millicer