Sustainable Waste Management (Extended Producer Responsibility) Regulations, Legal Notice no. 176 of 2024.

These Regulations apply to producers of products and related waste that negatively impact the environment, human and animal health, due to: their reuse and recyclability, the high management cost of the products at post-consumer stage. The Regulations concern: circular economy; collective extended producer responsibility compliance scheme; deposit refund scheme; environmentally friendly; environment sustainability. The Regulations aim at: extending the responsibility of a producer over a product and its packaging during the life cycle of the product or its packaging; providing a framework for the establishment and operation of mandatory extended producer responsibility scheme; ensuring the operationalisation of the polluter pays principle. Matters covered by the Regulations include: extended producer responsibility obligations and fees; registration of producers; approval of extended producer responsibility compliance scheme by Authority; issuance of licences; offences and penalties.