Action Priority/timeframe Output Outcome Responsibility 4.04 Assess the effectiveness of Identified issues and trends in CSIRO, NESP Marine Biodiversity High priority—within 2 years of An investigation of the littering, with associated Hub Australia’s product stewardship the TAP entering into eff effectiveness of different opportunities for reducing litter at government investments in and waste management in source points State and territory governments reducing the impacts of plastic reducing the levels of plastics packaging and reducing litter entering the marine moving into the marine Improved ability for making environment environment cost-effective decisions based on high-quality data Identified littering hotspots. Pinpoint key approaches and Identified pathways (e.g. sites to enhance recycling of stormwater) for litter and packaging away from sources other refuse to reach the and households marine environment Flow-on effects include reduced litter and other solid waste impacts on terrestrial and marine ecosystems 4.05 Continue to monitor High priority—ongoing for the Comprehensive Australian data Publicly available, long-term Community, Australian, state persistent organic pollutant life of the TAP included in International Pellet data indicates trends in and territory governments contamination using plastic resin Watch dataset persistent organic pollutant (www.pelletwatch.org) levels in plastic resin pellets from Plastics industry pellets from Australian beaches Australian beaches 4.06 Regularly assess mean Ongoing for the life of the TAP Regular assessment of mean Understanding of the amounts, CSIRO, Australian, state and NT surface plastic loads and surface plastic loads and sources and potential impacts of governments, other research associated hazardous chemical the most abundant forms of providers associated hazardous chemical contaminants in Australian plastic, microplastic and contaminants across Australian waters associated hazardous chemical jurisdictions and territories contaminants in Australian waters 4.07 Enhance collection of data Ongoing for the life of the plan Long-term datasets on ghost net Improved ability to conduct Department of Environment related to ghost net retrievals retrievals from Australian source reduction planning in and Energy working with Commonwealth waters, relation to ghost nets Australian Government and from Commonwealth waters including data on the presence charter vessel operators across northern Australia of entangled threatened species Assistance with identification of accumulation zones for ghost nets
Action Priority/timeframe Output Outcome Responsibility 4.04 Assess the effectiveness of Australia’s product stewardship and waste management in reducing the levels of plastics entering the marine environment High priority—within 2 years of the TAP entering into eff An investigation of the effectiveness of different government investments in reducing the impacts of plastic packaging and reducing litter moving into the marine environment Identified littering hotspots. Identified pathways (e.g. stormwater) for litter and other refuse to reach the marine environment Identified issues and trends in littering, with associated opportunities for reducing litter at source points Improved ability for making cost-effective decisions based on high-quality data Pinpoint key approaches and sites to enhance recycling of packaging away from sources and households Flow-on effects include reduced litter and other solid waste impacts on terrestrial and marine ecosystems CSIRO, NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub State and territory governments 4.05 Continue to monitor persistent organic pollutant contamination using plastic resin pellets from Australian beaches High priority—ongoing for the life of the TAP Comprehensive Australian data included in International Pellet Watch dataset (www.pelletwatch.org) Publicly available, long-term data indicates trends in persistent organic pollutant levels in plastic resin pellets from Australian beaches Community, Australian, state and territory governments Plastics industry 4.06 Regularly assess mean surface plastic loads and associated hazardous chemical contaminants across Australian jurisdictions and territories Ongoing for the life of the TAP Regular assessment of mean surface plastic loads and associated hazardous chemical contaminants in Australian waters Understanding of the amounts, sources and potential impacts of the most abundant forms of plastic, microplastic and associated hazardous chemical contaminants in Australian waters CSIRO, Australian, state and NT governments, other research providers 4.07 Enhance collection of data related to ghost net retrievals from Commonwealth waters across northern Australia Ongoing for the life of the plan Long-term datasets on ghost net retrievals from Australian Commonwealth waters, including data on the presence of entangled threatened species Improved ability to conduct source reduction planning in relation to ghost nets Assistance with identification of accumulation zones for ghost nets Department of Environment and Energy working with Australian Government and charter vessel operators
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