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Govt urges more CPG firms to get onboard packaging waste reduction plan
An environment ministerial regulation dated 2019 aims to cut consumer waste by 30 percent and marine plastic debris by 70 percent by 2025, but the mandatory policy doesn't have a detailed provision on sanctions for offending or recalcitrant businesses.
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Environment and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya Bakar holds up a wooden plaque, given to companies that have shown progress in reducing their plastic output, during a virtual award ceremony on June 6, 2020 in Jakarta. (Courtesy of /KLHK)
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he government is urging producers across all consumer-oriented industries to submit their road map on packaging waste reduction before the end of the year, so the country remains on track to fulfill its ambitious waste reduction plan by 2025.
The plan involves cutting consumer waste by 30 percent and marine plastic debris by 70 percent over the next four years, and the government has enlisted producers, manufacturers and suppliers involved in the consumer packaged goods (CPGs) industry to contribute fully to the national effort.
In accordance with Environment and Forestry Ministerial Regulation No. 75/2019, all relevant companies are required to submit a packaging waste reduction road map through to 2030 that upholds the principles of a circular economy.
A circular economy is a production-consumption model based on reusing, recycling, repairing, repurposing, refurbishing and other methods to derive as much use and value from products and raw materials to keep them in the market for as long as possible and prevent them ever ending up in a landfill.
Essentially, it is an economic system designed to eliminate waste, wastage and pollution while regenerating resources and protecting the environment, primarily in relation to consumer-oriented goods and industries.
The regulation applies to companies operating in the manufacturing, food and beverage and retail sectors that produce packaging made of plastic, aluminum, glass or paper across multiple industries, including personal care and cosmetics as well as restaurants and hotels.
Once the companies submit their road map, the documents are to be vetted by the government to ensure that they fulfill the circular economy principles, and then the approved companies can commence their trial period starting on Jan. 1, 2022.
