Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Scheme Assessment for Plastic Packaging Waste in the Philippines

A proposed EPR model for the country was developed by taking into consideration the current solid waste management system in place.

This proposed EPR scheme builds upon the already existing SWM infrastructure in place and sees to it that the principle of producer responsibility is applied to address the gaps in the current system rather than to propose measures that may cause major disruptions to already established value chains and end up being impractical to implement.

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Reuse systems for packaging focus on systems where packaging can be used multiple times for the same purpose. This helps reduce waste and the need

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