Environmental group World Wide Fund for Nature Philippines shared on Wednesday a plan requiring policymakers and stakeholders to hold plastic producers accountable for the plastics they put out in the market.Extended Producer Responsibility Scheme Assessment for Plastic Packaging Waste in the Philippines
“Obliged businesses pay EPR fees to the PRO, which then contracts and pays waste management operators, who then dispose products from consumers that are bought from the businesses,” said Ms. Guingona. The first EPR study WWF released in 2020 also found that 35% of the plastic items consumed by Filipinos leak into the open environment while 33% are disposed of in sanitary landfills and open dumpsites, with only 9% recycled.A lack of MRFs exacerbates the problem, according to Maria Antonia N. Tanchuling, founding partner of engineering consulting firm AMH Philippines, Inc.
Czarina Constantino-Panopio, WWF’s national lead for the No Plastics in Nature initiative, said that the EPR scheme hinges on the full force of legislators as well as the public who must take on a greener mindset.
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