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In 2022, Republic Act (“RA”) No. 11898, otherwise known as the Extended Producer Responsibility (“EPR”) Act of 2022 was passed as an amendment to RA No. 9003 or the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act. The law sought to institutionalize the practice of extended producer responsibility as a practical approach to efficient waste management, with a focus on waste reduction, recovery and recycling, and the development of environment-friendly products. The law will advocate the internationally accepted principles on sustainable consumption and production, circular economy, and producers’ full responsibility over the life cycle of their products. To implement the said law, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (“DENR”) issued Administrative Order 2023-02 (“EPR IRR”) on 24 January 2023.
The kNOwWaste Knowledge Platform was developed through a Project Cooperation Agreement funding by UNEP on 2016. The platform provides data and information on holistic waste management to stakeholders in Asia and the Pacific region. The platform was developed with the following aims: generate and consolidate data or information on holistic waste management, transform data into easily comprehensible outputs for use by key stakeholders, map out and disseminate information on international waste management projects under the GPWM and UNEP projects as well as other international partners, and provide capacity building support through dissemination of data or information support for relevant stakeholders on holistic waste and waste management system.
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