Tag: EPR
Over-extension of Extended Producer Responsibility?
SOUTH Africa recently published a set of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) regulations, which aim to extend companies' financial or physical responsibility for certain identified products to the post-consumer stage of the...
EPR is coming – will you be ready?
THE implementation of the Government’s upcoming EPR (Extended Producer Responsibility) scheme is well advanced and impending legislation requires producers especially in the packaging industries to register and become or join an...
EPR Explained – creating a true circular economy for plastics packaging
South Africa has recently published the Section 18 Regulations to the National Environmental Management: Waste Act on 5 November 2020, which refers to the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) aspect of the...
EPR – What does it mean for waste in SA?
WHILE change has become fast paced and inevitable, one thing remains constant; the need to protect our environment. All possible means to do so, including recycling and reusing packaging, should be...
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Two SAB plants get R5.8 billion upgrades
The R5.8 billion investment commitment made by South African Breweries (SAB) has been utilised to increase capacity at two of its plants.
The company said...
