This is the version of this Government Notice as it was from 5 November 2020 to 14 January 2021. Read the latest available version.
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South Africa
National Environmental Management: Waste Act, 2008
Extended Producer Responsibility Scheme for the Lighting Sector, 2020
Government Notice 1186 of 2020
- Published in Government Gazette 43881 on 5 November 2020
- Commenced on 5 November 2020
- [This is the version of this document as it was from 5 November 2020 to 14 January 2021.]
1. Definitions
In this Notice any word or expression to which a meaning has been assigned in the Act and in the Extended Producer Responsibility Regulations 2020, bears that meaning, and unless the context indicates otherwise—"brand owner" means a person, category of persons or company who makes and/or sells any product under a brand label;"extended producer responsibility" means that a producer's responsibility for their product is extended to the post-consumer stage of a product's life cycle;"importer" means a person or category of persons that brings finished goods or its individual components into the country from abroad;"lighting equipment" means electrical or electronic equipment used for producing artificial light or illumination", and also includes any peripherals of the lighting bodies such as luminaires, switch components, ballasts, fixtures and modules;"producer" means any person or category of persons or a brand owner who is engaged in the commercial manufacture, conversion, distribution, refurbishment or import of new and/or used lighting equipment as identified by the Minister by notice in the Government Gazette in terms of section 18(1) of the Act;"producer responsibility organisation" means a not-for-profit organisation established by any person operating in any of the industrial sectors covered in this Notice to support the implementation of their extended producer responsibility scheme;"the Act" means the National Environmental Management: Waste Act, 2008 (Act No. 59 of 2008); and"the Regulations" means the Extended Producer Responsibility Regulations, 2020, made under section 69(1)(b), (g), (i), (o), (l), (dd) and (ee) of the Act.2. Purpose of the Notice
3. Scope of the Notice
This Notice applies to the products as identified in paragraph 4 of this Notice and the resulting waste which arises from the use by a consumer or an end user of lighting equipment.4. The identification of a product or class of products to which extended producer responsibility applies
5. Identification of the person or category of persons responsible for developing and implementing an extended producer responsibility scheme
Producers of the items listed in paragraph 4 of this Notice in conjunction with the current existing downstream waste economy role players, including the current collectors and recyclers, are responsible for developing and implementing an extended producer responsibility scheme.6. Responsibilities of producers
7. Targets for each identified waste stream for the products listed In paragraph 4 of this Notice
The targets tor each identified waste stream for the products as contained in Annexure 1 to this Notice apply for a period of 5 years from the date of the implementation of the extended producer responsibility scheme.History of this document
15 January 2021
05 November 2020 this version
Commenced