Proposed product stewardship regulations for agrichemicals, their containers, and farm plastics

Overview

The Government sought feedback on proposed regulations to enable a national take-back and recycling scheme for agrichemicals, their containers, and farm plastics. 

• Read a short summary of the discussion document (PDF 333KB)
• Read the full discussion document (PDF 919KB)
• List of the consultation questions (PDF 169KB)
• Frequently asked questions on the proposals (PDF, 166KB)

Discarded policy options

This document gives an overview of the policy options that were considered but ultimately discarded. 

• Discarded policy options (PDF 224KB)

Webinars

We hosted two public webinars which provided an overview of the new farm plastics product stewardship scheme and the regulatory proposals being consulted on.

Watch the webinar on YouTube

What happens next

This consultation closed on 1 June 2025.

We will consider the feedback, and announce decisions on the regulations for the in-scope products.

If you have any further questions, please email rps@mfe.govt.nz.