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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Related documents
South Africa
National Environmental Management: Waste Act, 2008
Extended Producer Responsibility Scheme for Paper, Packaging and Some Single Use Products, 2020
Government Notice 1187 of 2020
- Published in Government Gazette 43882 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—"biodegradable plastic" means plastic, produced from either renewable materials or fossil fuels that are degradable due to the action of micro-organisms and enzymes in the presence of oxygen which convert the organic material into carbon dioxide, mineral salts, water and new biomass, or in the absence of oxygen to carbon dioxide, methane, mineral salts and biomass to a specific extent within a given time;"brand owner" means a person, category of persons or company who makes and/or sells any products under a brand label;"compostable plastic" means plastic that undergoes degradation by biological processes during composting to yield Carbon dioxide, water, inorganic compounds and biomass at a rate consistent with other known compostable materials and leave no visible, distinguishable or toxic residue (ISO 14088);"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 bring finished goods or their individual components into the country from abroad;"packaging" means any material, container or wrapping or corrugated cases, used for the containment, transport, handling, protection, promotion, marketing or sale of any product or substance, which may be primary packaging, containing the actual product or secondary packaging or tertiary packaging, typically containing products already packaged in primary packaging, but excludes—(a)shipping containers used solely for the transportation of any consumer commodity in bulk to manufacturers, packers, or processors, or to wholesale or retail distributors thereof;(b)packaging made of timber and textile; and(c)plastic pallets and industrial bulk containers with a capacity exceeding 1000 litres;"paper" means any substance made from wood pulp, rags, straw, or other fibrous material used for writing, printing, or as a wrapping material;"producer" means any person or category of persons or a brand owner, who is engaged in the commercial manufacture, conversion, refurbishment or import of new and/or used products, paper, packaging and some single-use products as identified by the Minister by Notice in the Government Gazette in terms of section 18(1) of the Act;"recyclate" means post-consumer waste or material used for recycling purposes;"single-use plastics" means disposable plastics (petrochemicals, compostable & biodegradable), that are commonly used for plastic packaging and include items intended to be used only once before they are thrown away or recycled including but not limited to food packaging, bottles, straws, containers, tubs, cups and cutlery;"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, issued under section 69(1)(b), (g), (i), (l), (o), (dd) and (ee) of the Act.2. Purpose of the Notice
3. Scope of the Notice
This Notice applies to waste which arises from the use by a consumer or an end-user of—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 will be 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 for 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