Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) is an environmental policy approach where the producer's responsibility for a product extends beyond its initial sale and includes the post-consumer stage of the product's life cycle. The goal of EPR is to reduce the environmental impact of products by making the company responsible for managing the product throughout its entire life cycle, including disposal and recycling. This responsibility applies not only to domestic producers but also to importers who bring products and packaging into the market.

No, Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) is not a tax. Instead, EPR is an environmental policy approach that requires producers to take responsibility for the entire lifecycle of their products, including post-consumer stages. This often involves managing the collection, recycling, or proper disposal of products and packaging. While it can involve financial contributions or fees to support these activities, EPR is fundamentally about shifting the responsibility for environmental impacts from the consumer and government to the producers themselves and promote circular economy principles.

Means an entity that introduces goods, products and packaging into the country using authorized means by manufacturing, importing, converting, filling, refilling, repackaging or rebranding.

Requirements placed by law on producers to manage the environmental impact of their products throughout their entire life cycle.