Kyocera Australia joins the National Packaging Covenant

In line with the responsibility as an international corporate citizen to care for the environment, Kyocera Mita Australia has voluntarily joined and committed to the National Packaging Covenant. Signatories to the National Packaging Covenant are required to produce Action Plans.

To view the Kyocera Mita Australia National Packaging Covenant Action Plan click here

What is the National Packaging Covenant?

The National Packaging Covenant is the leading instrument for managing packaging waste in Australia. It was signed by the Australian and New Zealand Environment and Conservation Council Ministers, Local Government and a broad range of industries in the packaging supply chain on 27 August 1999.

It is a self-regulatory agreement between industries in the packaging chain and all spheres of government, based on the principles of shared responsibility through product stewardship, and applied throughout the packaging chain, from raw material suppliers to retailers, and the ultimate disposal of waste packaging.

The Covenant has a life span of five years. It is not prescriptive, does not tell companies how to make their packaging or what type of packaging to use; nor does it implement regulation requiring businesses to take back materials recovered from kerbside recycling collection programs.

The goals of the Covenant are to minimise the environmental impacts of consumer packaging waste throughout the entire life cycle of the packaging product, close the recycling loop, develop economically viable and sustainable recycling collection systems and ensure that the voluntary process continues.

Further information relating to the National Packaging Covenant simply visit http://www.deh.gov.au/settlements/waste/covenant/