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Companies legally responsible for their own plastic waste under Extended Producer Responsibility law

Companies that produce plastic products are now legally responsible for managing their own plastic waste under the Extended Producer Responsibility law, ending a decades-long arrangement where local governments bore the sole burden of solid waste management, DENR Undersecretary Jonas Leones said Saturday. Leones made the statement in an interview on DZRH News program Special on Saturday on August 15, as part of…

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