Cooperation of multistakeholders and consumer behavioral change are necessary to make the EPR law, or RA 11898, succeed in addressing the perennial plastic waste problem in the country and advancing a circular economy. Know more:
Department of Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Maria Antonia Yulo Loyzaga keynotes the forum dubbed “Rethinking Plastics: EPR paving the way towards circularity” at the DENR Social Hall in Quezon City.
This legislative measure lapsed into law on July 23, 2022. Earlier this year, Loyzaga signed its implementing rules and regulations . She noted that RA 11898 “is a good start and a wiser approach to waste reduction” that enables producers to become environmentally responsible and balances the process of handling wastes all throughout.NOW that the EPR law is in place, hopes are high that it will create positive impacts on the country’s economy and environment.
Atty. Jonas R. Leones, DENR Undersecretary for Policy, Planning and International Affairs, revealed that based on the data of the Environmental Management Bureau, only about 672 of the 4,000 obliged enterprises have registered under the EPR law. He said: “For now, our first step is to rally industries to help us also.”
This could be attributed mainly to initiatives like taking out the secondary plastic of sachet products with the use of paper packs, and “lightweighting” or reducing their sizes to avoid unnecessary wastage in terms of packaging materials. Nestlé is also the first fast-moving consumer goods brand to replace plastic straw with a paper-made one for its ready-to-drink offering.
The targets set under RA 11898 include the recovery of waste of the plastic product footprint generated by 20 percent and 80 percent in 2023 and 2028, respectively. “Crucial to those are transparency and accountability that we need to mobilize on the part of the government so that we can support really our long-term goal of achieving circularity,” Teh underscored.
The DENR undersecretary bared that there are exemptions or a flexible approach in engaging the MSMEs, which comprise over 99 percent of all registered businesses in the country today.
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