| ALDFG |
abandoned, lost or otherwise discarded fishing gear |
| AFGC |
Australian Food and Grocery Council |
| AFMA |
Australian Fisheries Management Authority |
| AIMS |
Australian Institute of Marine Science |
| ALGA |
Australian Local Government Association |
| AMDI |
Australian Marine Debris Index |
| AMSA |
Australian Maritime Safety Authority |
| APC |
Australian Packaging Covenant |
| APEC |
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation |
| BPA |
bisphenol A |
| CDS |
container deposit scheme |
| COAG |
Council of Australian Governments |
| CWA |
Clean Water Act (US) |
| DDT |
dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane |
| EDC |
endocrine disrupting chemical |
| EPA |
Environment Protection Authority |
| EPBC Act |
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 |
| GBRMPA |
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority |
| GPML |
Global Partnership on Marine Litter |
| ICNA Act |
Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Act 1989 |
| MARPOL |
International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships |
| MOU |
Memorandum of Understanding |
| MPP |
marine plastic pollution |
| NELA |
National Environmental Law Association |
| NEPC |
National Environment Protection Council |
| NEPM |
National Environment Protection Measure |
| NICNAS |
National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme |
| NPCIA |
National Packaging Industry Association |
| NRM |
Natural Resource Management |
| PCB |
polychlorinated biphenyl |
| PCP |
personal care product |
| PET |
polyethylene terephthalate |
| PFOA |
perfluorooctanoic acid |
| PFOS |
perfluorooctane sulfonate |
| POP |
persistent organic pollutant |
| RIS |
Regulation Impact Statement |
| RVMS |
Reverse Vending Machine Scheme |
| SCEW |
Standing Council on Environment and Water |
| SOLAS |
International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea |
| SPREP |
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme |
| TAP |
Threat Abatement Plan |
| UNEP |
United Nations Environment Programme |