Australian Standard AS 4736-2006: Biodegradable Plastic-Biodegradable Plastics Suitable for Composting and other Microbial Treatment - Australian Capital Territory

Description

You must comply with this standard if you are a retailer that provides shopping bags to customers.

This standard specifies requirements and procedures to determine the compostability, or anaerobic biodegradation, of plastics by addressing biodegradability, disintegration during biological treatment, effect on the biological treatment process and effect on the quality of the resulting compost

You must not provide customers with a plastic shopping bag unless it is made of a biodegradable plastic. A plastic shopping bag is a bag that is made, in whole or in part, of polyethylene with a thickness of less than 35 microns. A plastic shopping bag does not include a bag that is an integral part of the packaging in which goods are sealed prior to sale or a bag used to protect its contents from degrading factors such as moisture or air.

Service type

Code of Practice

A code of practice is a set of rules which details how people in a certain industry should behave. A code of practice can be defined as a result of legislation or by industry regulators and bodies.

Act(s) name

Plastic Shopping Bags Ban Act 2010 Australian Capital Territory

Regulation(s) name

Plastic Shopping Bags Ban Regulation 2011 Australian Capital Territory

Administering agency

Environment, Planning and Sustainable Development Directorate

Environment

Contact details

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