Proposed product stewardship regulations for agrichemicals, their containers, and farm plastics
Results updated 3 Dec 2025
The Government has approved the drafting of regulations to support a nationwide rural recycling scheme covering agrichemicals and plastic farm waste.
Read farm plastics recycling scheme gets green light (Beehive).
Submissions – published 3 December 2025
From 31 March to 1 June 2025, the Government consulted on proposed regulations to enable a take-back and recycling scheme for agrichemicals, their containers, and farm plastics.
Thank you to all who made a submission.
Published responses
View submitted responses where consent has been given to publish the response.
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.
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.
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