National Packaging Covenant Industry Data Aggregation System IDAS

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National Packaging Covenant - Industry Data
Aggregation System (IDAS)

• Tony Mahar
• National Packaging Covenant Industry Association
• Annual Report Workshops

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Overview

• NPCIA
• IDAS
• Environmental Code of Practice for Packaging
  (ECoPP)

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NPCIA

• All company signatories (around 400) are
  automatically members
• Responsible for coordinating and managing
  industry contributions
• Executive
• Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC)
• Australian Industry Group (AiG)
• Australian National Retailers Association (ANRA)
• Packaging Stewardship Forum of the AFGC (formerly
  BIEC)
• Packaging Council of Australia (PCA)
• Plastics and Chemicals Industries Association
  (PACIA)
• Australian Council of Recyclers (ACOR)

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Implications of the Covenant

• 5-year framework for demonstrating product
  stewardship
• Greater certainty for industry investment and
  action
• Could mean EPR (extended producer
  responsibility), European- and Canadian-style
  packaging levies, etc. mandated if Covenant fails
  to achieve objectives
• Mid-term review end 2008 Short time to show
  results
• Overarching targets all sectors must work
  together
• Data collection and reporting - critical

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What have we achieved ?
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400 Annual Reports haystack looking for needles?
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IDAS will make it easier..
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IDAS

• Web based link on NPC and industry association
  websites
• Quantitative information only
• Confidential no individual data reported only
  aggregated
• Externally hosted secure and confidential system
• Flexible and easy to use

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Summary of IDAS

• Need to do all we can to maintain co-regulatory
  approach
• Data is critical to achieving this
• Easy and quick system to aggregate industry data
• Annual Reports cannot be assessed until data is
  provided into IDAS
• Each signatory sent access details by end of
  September
• Data input 31 October
• Contact your industry association if you have
  queries
• Tony Mahar
• 02 62731466
• tony.mahar_at_afgc.org.au

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ECoPP and Guidelines Schedule 5

• Revised strengthened by NPCIA
• involved active stakeholder engagement
• Guidelines developed to assist implementation
  assist decision making process
• enforcement through Management Committee and
  referrals to NPCC
• greater transparency
• Recognises the role of packaging promotes
  excellence in packaging
• minimum net impact on the environment, while
• fully preserving the integrity of the product the
  packaging contains

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ECoPP continued

• Remains an industry Code of Practice
• finding of non-conformance leads to NPCC referral
• Secretariat support by Australian Food Grocery
  Council (AFGC)
• KPI under the Covenant

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Oversee implementation and conformance

• Packaging Council of Australia
• Plastics and Chemical Industry Association
• Australian Industry Group
• Australian Council of Recyclers
• Australian Food and Grocery Council
• Packaging Stewardship Forum
• Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
  (independent representative)

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Summary

• More communicating the good work !
• Report or face the impact of alternative
  arrangements
• Complete Annual Reports and IDAS by 31 October
  (less than 8 weeks)
• Data is critical
• Help is available through NPCIA and industry
  associations

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Contact the NPCIA or Relevant Associations

• AFGC Tony Mahar [phone]
• AiG Di Dibley [phone]
• ANRA Stan Moore [phone]
• PSF Jenny Pickles [phone]
• PCA Gavin Williams [phone]
• PACIA Peter Bury [phone]
• or
• NPCIA admin Christie Judge [phone].