S.L. 549.149 Art. 12Awareness raising.       S.L. 549.63.

The Minister after consultation with the competent authority and the Agency shall take measures to inform consumers and to incentivise responsible consumer behaviour, in order to reduce litter from products covered by these regulations, and shall take measures to inform consumers of the single-use plastic products listed in Part E of Schedule 1 and users of fishing gear containing plastic about the following:

(a) the availability of re-usable alternatives, re-use systems and waste management options for those single-use plastic products and for fishing gear containing plastic as well as best practices in sound waste management carried out in accordance with paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 5 to the

Waste Regulations;

(b) the impact on the environment, in particular on the marine environment of littering and other inappropriate waste disposal of those single-use plastic products and of fishing gear containing plastic; and

(c) the impact on the sewage network of inappropriate means of waste disposal of those single-use plastic products.