Male’, Maldives – 07 December 2022 The Maldives parliament, the People’s Majlis, passed the much awaited Waste Management Act (WMA) on the 28th of November 2022. This is the first legislation of its kind on waste management in the Maldives. The waste...
What is a PRO? Producer Responsibility Organizations (PROs) come into play when a collective EPR system is being implemented. This means that instead of each party being responsible for the disposal and management of the waste it produces or imports, a third party is...
Singapore Case Study To solve a problem, one must first understand the scale of the it. For this reason, the EPR Maldives project team set out to understand the volume of plastic products entering the market through stakeholder interviews and analysis of import data...
Overview Characteristics EPR form Competitive EPR system Scope of material included E-Waste and Plastic Packaging Costs for producers Differing depending on state, chosen model and PRO Special Features Three different EPR models suggested: Model 1: Fee-based Model 2:...
Although the concept of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) has received increased attention in the Maldivian context only in the last year, it is by no means a new concept. The recycling markets that existed in the 1980s, especially for high-value plastic...
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