WASTE MANAGEMENT EXTENDED PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY REGULATIONS: MORE AMENDMENTS OUT FOR COMMENT

WASTE MANAGEMENT EXTENDED PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY REGULATIONS: MORE AMENDMENTS OUT FOR COMMENT

• 06 November 2026
• Environmental Law
• SA Legal Academy

The Department of Forestry, Fisheries & the Environment has gazetted and called for input on draft amendments to five sets of regulations under the 2008 National Environmental Management: Waste Act. The deadline for comment is 5 December 2026.

According to a covering notice, the purpose of the latest set of proposed amendments to the extended producer responsibility regulations is to:

• consolidate input received on draft amendments released in 2021 and 2024 for consultation, thus
• ‘eliminat(ing) the ambiguities and uncertainty … experienced by … (affected) regulated industry sectors and … stakeholders’.

Against that backdrop, related amendments are also envisaged for the following sector-specific extended producer responsibility schemes:

• paper, packaging and certain related single use products
• electrical and electronic equipment
• lighting, and
• pesticides.

Please click the links below for more information:

• draft amendments to the extended producer responsibility regulations
• related:
  • draft amendments to the paper, packaging and related single use product scheme
  • draft amendments to the electrical and electronic equipment scheme
  • draft amendments to the lighting scheme, and
  • draft amendments to the pesticides scheme

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