ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: MORE AMENDMENTS PROPOSED FOR EXTENDED PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY REGULATIONS

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: MORE AMENDMENTS PROPOSED FOR EXTENDED PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY REGULATIONS

• 05 May 2023
• Environmental Law
• SA Legal Academy

The Department of Forestry, Fisheries & the Environment has called for input by 4 June 2023 on proposed amendments to extended producer responsibility regulations under the National Environmental Management: Waste Act, 2002. Once in force, they will affect the following sectors:

• electrical and electronic equipment
• lighting
• paper and packaging, and
• some single use products.

According to the Government Gazette notice concerned, the amendments proposed are ‘not substantial’. Their purpose is to:

• clarify certain technical issues in the context of:
  • definitions
  • reporting requirements
  • returnable packaging, and
  • deposit refunds, and
• strengthen enforcement and compliance measures.

It is also proposed that the pharmaceutical industry should be exempt from extended producer responsibility obligations.

• draft amendments
• November 2020 regulations:
  • electrical and electronic equipment
  • lighting
  • paper, packaging and some single use products
  • general , as amended in
    • January 2021, and
    • May 2021 

Published by SA Legal Academy Policy Watch

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