National Environmental Management: Waste Act, 2008 (Act No. 59 of 2008)

Notices

Extended Producer Responsibility Scheme for Paper, Packaging and some Single Use Products

4. The Identification of a product or class of products to which extended producer responsibility applies

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(1) Extended producer responsibility applies to the following identified products or class of products:
(a) Paper & paper packaging material:
(i) Liquid board packaging - filled and unfilled;
(ii) Paper packaging;
(iii) Paper packaging boards - unprinted;
(iv)Paper packaging boards - printed;
(v) Paper - corrugated case materials;
(vi) Paper, including but not limited to (cardboard);
(vii) Laminated, printing and writing paper;
(viii) Plastic coated paper;
(ix) labels; and
(x) paper sack.

 

(b) Plastic packaging (both printed and unprinted):
(i) Type 2, 4, 5 Polyolefin - rigid;
(ii) Type 2, 4, 5 Polyolefin - flexible;
(iii) PolyEthylene Terephthalate (PET) - rigid
(iv) PolyEthylene Terephthalate (PET) - flexible/strapping;
(v) Polystyrene (including expanded polystyrene protective packaging and high impact polystyrene packaging);
(vi) Poly Vinyl Chloride (PVC) (Resin Code 3)
(vii) Vinyls (rigid and flexible); and
(viii) Other (multilayer plastic packaging including those with resin code 7).

 

(c) Biodegradable and compostable packaging (approved compostable raw materials complying to relevant SABS and/or ISO standards 17088).

 

(d) Single use products:
(i) Films/Flexibles: agricultural mulch films, garbage bags, pallet wrap;
(ii) Injection moulded products: cups, tubs, cutlery (knives, forks, and spoons), stirrers;
(iii) Blow moulded products: bottles, containers, jars;
(iv) Extruded products: straws, sheets; and
(v) Thermoformed products: trays, punnets, cups, various packaging.

[Paragraph 4(1)(d) substituted by section 16(g) of Notice No. 400, GG44539, dated 5 May 2021]

 

(e)Single use compostable products:
(i) Compostable Films/Flexibles: agricultural mulch films, garbage bags, pallet wrap;
(ii) Compostable Injection moulded products: cups, tubs, cutlery (knives, forks, spoons), stirrers;
(iii) Compostable Blow Moulded products: bottles, containers, jars;
(iv) Compostable Extruded products: straws, sheets; and
(v) Compostable products: trays, punnets, cups, various packaging.

[Paragraph 4(1)(e) substituted by section 16(h) of Notice No. 400, GG44539, dated 5 May 2021]

 

(f)Single use biodegradable products:
(i) Biodegradable Films/Flexibles: agricultural mulch films, garbage bags, pallet wrap;
(ii) Biodegradable Injection Moulded products: cups, tubs, cutlery (knives, forks, spoons), stirrers;
(iii) Biodegradable Blow Moulded products: bottles, containers and jars;
(iv) Biodegradable Extruded products: straws, sheets; and
(vi)Biodegradable products: trays, punnets, cups, various packaging.

[Paragraph 4(1)(f) substituted by section 16(i) of Notice No. 400, GG44539, dated 5 May 2021]

 

(g)Glass packaging:
(i) Glass (Bottles and Jars); and

 

(h)Metal packaging including:
(i) Tinplate (Ferrous); and
(ii)Aluminium (non-ferrous).

[Paragraph 4(1)(h) substituted by section 16(j) of Notice No. 400, GG44539, dated 5 May 2021]