WASTE MANAGEMENT: MORE CHANGES PROPOSED FOR PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY REGULATIONS

WASTE MANAGEMENT: MORE CHANGES PROPOSED FOR PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY REGULATIONS

• 07 November 2024
• Environmental Law
• SA Legal Academy

The Department of Forestry, Fisheries & the Environment has called for input by 7 December 2024 on revised draft amendments to extended producer responsibility regulations affecting the following schemes:

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

This is the third time the department has called for public comments on amendments to the 2020 sector-specific draft regulations. Gazetted in December 2021, the original draft amendments were revised and released in May 2023 for further input, as SA Legal Academy reported at the time. With that in mind, reflecting some of the input received the latest proposals seek to:

• address any remaining technical ambiguities and uncertainties
• revise certain financial arrangements
• introduce a deposit refund system
• hold producers ‘liable for achieving published targets’, and
• provide for a pharmaceutical industry exemption.

Please click the links below for more information:

• second set of revised draft amendments
• SA Legal Academy report on May 2023 proposals

Published by SA Legal Academy Policy Watch

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