CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -OECD defines Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) as an environmental policy approach in which a producer’s responsibility for a product is extended to the post-consumer stage of a product’s life cycle.

Detailed explanation-2: -Government notifies Guidelines on Extended Producers Responsibility on plastic packaging under Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016. Will strengthen the circular economy of plastic packaging waste and provide a roadmap for businesses to move towards sustainable plastic packaging: Shri Bhupender Yadav.

Detailed explanation-3: -Notes: The Government of India’s Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has recently notified guidelines on Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for plastic packaging, under the Plastic Waste Management (Amendment) Rules, 2022.

Detailed explanation-4: -Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) is one tool we can use to address our trash problem. EPR is a mandatory policy requiring manufacturers take responsibility for their product and packaging through all life cycle stages, including disposal.

Detailed explanation-5: -Extended Producer Responsibility or EPR is a legislative strategy used by most industrialised nations to promote the chemical recycling of plastic waste.