{"id":11919,"date":"2024-06-05T07:09:55","date_gmt":"2024-06-05T07:09:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depocen.org\/?post_type=publications&#038;p=11919"},"modified":"2024-06-12T10:05:00","modified_gmt":"2024-06-12T10:05:00","slug":"policy-discussion-06-2024-analysis-of-extended-producer-responsibility-policy-in-vietnam","status":"publish","type":"publications","link":"https:\/\/depocen.org\/en\/publications\/policy-discussion-06-2024-analysis-of-extended-producer-responsibility-policy-in-vietnam\/","title":{"rendered":"Policy discussion 06\/2024: Analysis of Extended Producer Responsibility policy in Vietnam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">English report link: <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1sH4xHo23tGH3d7mgX9MCH1beN2fsvO4F\/view?usp=drive_link\">Click here.<\/a><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vietnamese report link: <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1st_WuD9Z68aSG-OyWYhS_iLFWj29Ho77\/view?usp=drive_link\">Click here.<\/a><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR)<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is an environmental policy widely implemented worldwide, whereby producers and importers are responsible for their products after disposal. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The primary goal<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of EPR is to increase recycling rates, reduce waste, and shift the burden from local governments and taxpayers to enterprises.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vietnam began regulating EPR in 2005<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to address producers\u2019 responsibility for waste from product use. <\/span><b><i>By 2020, the Law on Environmental Protection<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> issued detailed regulations on implementation procedures, requiring producers and importers of batteries, accumulators, lubricants, tyres, and commercial packaging to recycle their products and packaging from <\/span><\/i><b><i>January 1, 2024<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The methods for fulfilling EPR obligations include direct recycling, authorisation to intermediaries, hiring independent recyclers, or contributing recycling costs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Implementing EPR<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as a compulsory obligation poses legal and financial challenges for businesses in complying with regulations. The DEPOCEN research group&#8217;s policy discussion in June 2024 aims to provide key information, including:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b><i>Overview of EPR regulations:<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Specific regulations and the development history of EPR in Vietnam and globally.<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b><i>Recycling responsibilities of businesses:<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Mandatory recycling rates and standards.<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b><i>Waste treatment support responsibilities of businesses:<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Financial contribution methods and implementation processes.<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","cate_publications":[2238],"author_publications":[2236,2251],"topic_publications":[],"class_list":["post-11919","publications","type-publications","status-publish","hentry","cate_publications-policy-discussion","author_publications-to-thanh-liem","author_publications-vu-phuong-mai-2"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depocen.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publications\/11919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depocen.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publications"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depocen.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/publications"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depocen.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cate_publications","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depocen.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cate_publications?post=11919"},{"taxonomy":"author_publications","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depocen.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/author_publications?post=11919"},{"taxonomy":"topic_publications","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depocen.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic_publications?post=11919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}