Circular Economy (Waste Reduction and Recycling) Act 2021.

The purposes of this Act are— (a) to introduce a circular economy in Victoria that maximises the continued use of products and waste material over their life cycle and accounts for their environmental impacts; and (b) to provide for the Head, Recycling Victoria; and (c) to require councils and Alpine Resort Management Boards to provide municipal residual waste and municipal recycling services; and (d) to support best practice procurement and contract management of waste and recycling services by councils and Alpine Resort Management Boards, and facilitate strategic procurement for councils and Alpine Resort Management Boards; and (e) to provide for service standards; and (f) to establish a container deposit scheme; and (g) to provide for data collection and reporting; and (h) to provide for a system of criminal and civil penalties and other enforcement measures; and (i) to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts.
Part 1 contains definitions and principles applicable to waste management, follow: Circular economy hierarchy, Principle of equity, Principle of shared responsibility, Integrated decision-making, Principles of transparency and accountability, Risk management, proportionality and the precautionary principle. Part 2 establishes the Head, Recycling Victoria and provides for functions and powers, sets reporting and planning obligations, inquiries procedures. Part 3, data collection, concerns reporting requirements of regular reporting entities and occasional reporting entities and information sharing. Part 4 is on public procurements. Part 5 concerns waste and recycling services and includes mandatory services provided by councils (municipal residual waste and municipal recycling services), service standards made by the minister under section 63. Part 6 coordinates the Container deposit scheme. Part 7 concerns enforcement, offences and notices.