NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: WASTE ACT 59 OF 2008: DRAFT GUIDELINE AND TOOLKIT FOR THE DETERMINATION OF EXTENDED PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY FEES
Notice Title: National Environmental Management: Waste Act 59 of 2008 (“NEMWA”): Draft Guideline and Toolkit for the Determination of Extended Producer Responsibility Fees
Government Notice: GN 4308 in GG 50067 on 2 February 2024
Commencing date: Comments to be submitted on or before 4 March 2024
The Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, published the Draft Guideline and Toolkit for the Determination of Extended Producer Responsibility Fees in terms of sections 72 and 73 of the NEMWA (“the draft Guideline”) for public comment.
The Draft Guideline intends to provide direction for the enactment and implementation of regulations 7 and 7A of the Extended Producer Responsibility Regulations, 2020 (“EPRR”), which deal with financial arrangements.
The purpose of the Draft Guideline is to provide producers and Producer Responsibility Organisations with a realistic way of determining Extended Producer Responsibility fees, utilising the criteria provided in regulations 7(3) or 7A (3) of the EPRR.
The goal of the Draft Guideline is to:
- Provide producers and Producer Responsibility Organisations with guidance on determining Extended Producer Responsibility fees;
- Provide a consistent mechanism for determining Extended Producer Responsibility fees applicable to the identified products; and
- Ensure transparency, fairness, standardization, and universality in Extended Producer Responsibility fee determination.
Members of the public are invited to submit written comments and inputs on or before 4 March 2024. For a copy of the Government Gazette Notice click here.
For more information or assistance please contact Jan Nel at jan@shangoni.co.za
