Environmental Management (Extended Producer Responsibility) Regulations, 2018 (SI 65 of 2018)

l 7thAugust, 2018 Statutory Instruments GOVERNMENT OF ZAMBIA STATUTORY INSTRUMENT No. 65 OF 2018 The Environmental Management Act (Actl'�o. 12 of2011) The Environmental Management (Extended Producer Responsibility) Regulations, 2018 IN EXERCISE of the powers contained in sections 43 and 134 of the Environmental Management Act, 2011, and in consultation with the Agency, the following Regulations are made: PART I PRELIMINARY 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Environmental Title Management (Extended P roducer Responsibility) Regulations, 2018. 651 2. In these Regulations unless the context otherwise Interpretation requires "Agency" means the Zambia Environmental Management Agency established under Section 7 of the Act; "alternative shopping bag" means a carrier bag that is made from environmentally friendly materials and designed to be used progressively over a period of approximately one year; "beverage can" means a packaging composed primarily of aluminium material, used to hold a single serving of a beverage for commercial distribution and which is not returnable for reuse; "carton" means packaging made from light polyethylene coated paperboard folding box and includes foil laminates used for packaging liquid beverages for commercial distribution, and which is not returnable for reuse; Copies of this Statutory Instrument can be obtairted from the Government Printer. PO. Box 30136, 10101 Lusaka. Price K32.00 each. 652 Statutory Instruments 1 7th August, 2018 "chemical container" means a container use for the storage, processing, mixing and transportation and where container used for hazardous substances, is appropriately labelled and not used or desegrated for use for any other purposes of a chemical substance; "commercial distribution" means making available of at least 0.25 tonnes per annum of a packaging material or product directly or indirectly for packaging or carrying goods or waste, by the public or specialised groups within the Republic; "inspector" means a person appointed inspector under section 14 of the Act; "non returnable glass bottle" means a glass container intended for use in packaging of beverages for commercial distribution, which is not returnable for reuse; "non returnable plastic bottle" means a plastic container intended for use in packaging of beverages for commercial distribution, and which is not returnable for reuse; "packaging material" includes a carton, plastic caITier bag, plastic flat bag, non returnable glass, beverage can or plastic bottle used for the general purpose of carrying goods or waste; "permit" means a packaging material registration permit issued under Regulation 4; "pesticide" means a substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying or controlling a pest, including vectors of human or animal disease or unwanted species of plants or animals causing harm or otherwise interfering with the production, processing, storage, transport or marketing of food, agricultural commodities, wood, wood products or animal feed, or which may be administered to animals for the control of insects, mites, spider mites or other pests in or on their bodies, and includes substances intended for use as a plant growth regulator, defoliant, desiccant, or agent for thinning fruit or preventing the premature fall offruit, and substances applied to crops either before orafter harvest to protect the commodity from deterioration during storage or transport; 17thAugust, 2018 Statutory Instruments "plastic carrier bag" means a bag, made of plastic film, with handles, and with or without gussets, which have the properties specified in Zambian Standard on plastic carrier bags and flat bags; "plastic flat bag" means bag, made of plastic film, without handles, and with or without gussets, which has the properties specified in Zambian Standard on plastic carrier bags and flat bags; "plastic film" means a continuous, thin, non woven membraneous skin or layer of flexible material made of thermoplastic material; "product" includes any packaged item or material that has the potential to become waste; "producer responsibility measures" means actions that extend a person's financial or physical responsibility for a product to the post consumer stage of the product; "specified day" means for the purposes of these regulations the day that falls one hundred eighty days from the date of the coming into operation of these Regulations; "trade" means the sale and purchase of or making available for public use, at least 0.25 tonnes per annum, of a packaging material or product to any person, including a manufacturer, wholesaler or retailer of goods, for use within the Republic. PART II PRINCIPLE OF EXTENDED PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY 3. ( 1) The Agency may, other than for a packaging material or product or class of products listed in the First Schedule, specify (a) a product or class of products; (b) the producer responsibility measures that must be taken in respect of a specified product or class of products; and (c) the category of persons required to take responsibility measures. (2) The Agency may, in terms of subsection (1 ) ( a) specify the requirements in respect of the implementation and operation of a waste minimisation programme, including the requirements in respect of the avoidance of waste generation, recovery, re use and recycling; 653 Producer responsibility requirements for certain Packaging materials 654 Statutory Instruments l 7th August, 2018 (b) determine the financial arrangements of a waste minimisation programme including financial contributions to a fund that may be established to promote the recovery, re-use or re-cycling of waste; (c) establish institutional arrangements for the administration of a waste minimisation programme; (d) indicate the percentage of products required to be recovered under a waste minimisation programme; (e) specify labelling requirements; (!)prohibit or restrict the sale of a product or class of products in such circumstances as the Agency may specify and publish in a daily paper of general circulation; (g) require the producer of a specified product or class of products to carry out a life-cycle assessment in relation to the product, in such manner or in accordance with such standards or procedures as the Agency specifies; (h) specify the requirements that must be complied with in respect of the design, composition or production of a product or packaging, including a requirement that (i) cleaner production measures be implemented; (ii) the composition, volume or weight of packaging be restricted; and (iii) packaging be designed, produced and used so as to be capable of being recovered, recycled or reused; and (i) establish awareness programmes to inform the public of (i) the impacts of waste emanating from the product on human health and the environment; and (ii) any other measures to reduce the potential impact of the product on human health and the environment. (3) The manufacture, trade and commercial distribution of domestically produced and imported plastic carrier and flat bags, for use within the Republic, other than those having the properties in the Zambian Standard on Plastic Carrier Bags and Flat Bags is prohibited. l 7thAugust, 201 8 Statutory Instruments PART III REGISTRATION 4. (I) A person who intends to manufacture, retail, import, trade or commercially distribute in Zambia a packaging material or a product specified in the First Schedule shall apply to the Agency for registration in Form I set out in the Fourth Schedule on payment of the application fee set out in the Second Schedule. (2) An application for a registration made under sub regulation ( 1 ) shall be submitted to the Agency at least one month prior to the intended commencement of an activity in respect of which the application is made. (3) The Agency shall issue a permit in Form II set out in the Fourth Schedule where the Agency is satisfied that the applicant has complied with the requirements of the Act or any other applicable law and has adequately provided all the necessary information required by the Agency. ( 4) Where the Agency refuses to grant a registration pennit, the Agency shall notify the applicant in Form III set out in the Fourth Schedule. ( 5) A person manufacturing, importing, trading or commercially distributing products listed in the First Schedule prior to the commencement of these Regulations shall, within six months from the specified day, apply for a registration pennit specified in regulation 3 ( 1 ). 5. On or after the specified day a person shall not provide a plastic carrier bag or flat bag to a customer in contravention of these Regulations. 6. ( 1 ) A person to whomregulation(l) (b) applies shall display, in a prominent position in the English language and any other local language where applicable, in the person's premises, a notice that includes the words set out in the Fifth Schedule. (2) The requirement for a notice to be displayed in a prominent place does not apply in relation to a notice in electronic form. 7. ( 1 ) Where an inspector has reasonable cause to believe that a person has contravened any of the provisions of the registration condition the inspector shall serve a compliance order on that person. 655 Person must provide al tern ati ve shopping bag until prescribed day Person not to provide plastic carrier bag or flat bag not complying with ·regulations Display of notice Compliance order 656 Plastic identification Offences and penalties Provision of alternative bags Statutory Instruments 1 7th August, 2018 (2) A compliance order served under sub regulation (1) shall­ ( a) state the provisions or conditions of the registration which have been contravened or are likely to be contravened; (b) specify the steps that have to be taken to remedy the contravention or avoid the contravention, as t�e case may be; and (c) specify the time limit within which the steps described under paragraph (b) should be taken. (3) A compliance order shall be inFormIV set out in the Fourth Schedule. 8. (1) A person who intends to manufacture, import, trade or commercially distribute recyclable plastic packaging materials in Zambia shall, within twenty-four months from the commencement of these Regulations, ensure that a Plastic Identification Code (PIC) is available at the base or at the side of the plastic packaging and container. (2) The PIC shall appear inside a three chasing arrow recycling symbol, the symbol shall indicate whether the plastic can be recycled into new products. (3) Sub-regulation (1) does not apply to plastic packaging films. (4) A plastic Identification Code (PIC) shall be in a Form set out in the Third Schedule. 9. (1) A person who breaches a condition of a registration permit after a compliance order has been issued under these Regulations or contravenes any part of these Regulations (a) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine set out in section 125 of the Act; and (b) shall have their registration permit suspended or cancelled. 10. (1) From the day on which these regulations come into operation until the day immediately preceding the specified day, a person who at any premises makes plastic carrier bags or flat bags available to customers as a means of carrying goods purchased, or to be purchased, from the person shall provide an alternative shopping bag to a customer who requests that the person provide the customer with such a bag. (2) This regulation does not prevent a person from requiring a customer to pay a fee for the provision of an alternative shopping bag. l 7thAugust, 2018 Statutory Instruments 657 No. I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ll 12 13 14 Cartons Non-ret11mablc glass bottles Non-returnable plastic bottles FIRST SCHEDULE (Regulation 3) Tvpe of Packaging Ma1erial or Product Plastic Carrier and Flat Bags complying with Zambian Standard on Plastic Carrier Bags and Flat Bags Beverage cans Waste Oils Waste lubricant containers Used Lead Acid Batteries Pesticides containers/packaging Chemicals containers/packaging Expired chemicals Used tyres Near end of life or end of life electrical and electronics Electrical and electronic equipment 658 Item No. I . 2 . 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 1 1 . 1 2 . 13 . Statutory Instruments SECOND SCHEDULE (Regulation 3) Type of Packaging Material or Produc/ R£GISTlATI ON fEE Manufacturing Non-returnable glass bottles I OOO Non-returnable plastic bottles IOOO Cartons 1000 Plastic carrier and flat bags 1 000 Beverage cans IO00 Waste oils 2000 Waste lubricant container 1 000 Used lead acid batteries 2000 Pesticides/chemical containers 1 000 Expires chemicnfs 2000 Used tyres 2000 Near end of life or end of life electrical and 2000 electronics Electrical and electronic equipment 2000 1 7th August, 201 8 Fee Units Retailing Importing 1 000 1 200 1 000 1 200 I 1 000 1 200 1 000 1 200 1 000 1 200 1 000 1200 1 000 1 200 1000 1 200 1 000 1 200 1 000 1 200 1 000 1200 1 000 1 200 1 000 1 200 1 7th August, 20 1 8 Plnstic lde11tijicntio11 Type ofplnstic polymer Code 8 Polyethylene 'lerephthulate (PET, PETE) PET 61 High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) PE-HD & Polywnyl Chloride (PVC) PVC & Low Density Polyethylene (LOPE) P E-LD & Polypropylene (PP) pp & Polystyrene (PS) PS & Other (often polycarbonate) 0 Statutory Instruments 659 THIRD SCHEDULE (Regulmion 8) ;: Properties . Clarity, strength, toughness, barrier to gas and moisture. Stiffness, strength, toughness, resistance to moisture, permeability to gas. Versatility, clarity, ease of blending, strength, toughness. Ease of processing, strength, toughness, 11exibility, ease of sealing, barrier to moisture. Strength, toughness, resistance to heat, chemicals, grease and oil, versatile, barrier to moisture. Versatility, clarity, easily formed Dependent on polymers or combination or polymers Common Packaging Materials Soft drink, water and salad dressing bonles; peanut butter and jam jars Milk, juice and water bottles; trash and reta i I bags. Juice bottles; cling films; PVC piping. Frozen food bags; squeezable bottles, e.g. honey, mustard; cling films; flexible container lids. Reusable microwaveable ware; kitchenware; yogurt containers; margarine tubs; microwaveable disposable take-away containers; disposable cups and plates. Egg cartons; packing peanuts; disposable cups, plates, trays and cutlery; disposable take-away containers. Beverage bottles; baby miik bottles; electronic casing. 660 Statutory Instruments 17th August, 20 1 8 FOURTH SCHEDULE ··•· 11.Jll'>bkJ EnviQri.f'fl(tnbt Mar'!egemen-1 Agancy The Environmental M anagement Act (No. 1 2 of 20 1 1 ) The Extended Producer Responsibility Regulations, 2018 Application to Register Packaging Materials or Product To: The Director-General Zambia Environmental Management Agency P O Box 35 1 3 1 LUSAKA I . Name ofapplicant: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FORM I (Regulation 3) 2 . Address of applicant: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Physical: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . · - · . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Postal: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Telephone no: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fax no: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Telex: .... E-mail: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3. Line of Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4. Detai ls of the packaging materials or product handled: Tvpe qf Unit ·weight Quantities q( Source of Colour q( PIC Number packaging (grams) packaging materials packaging material packaging {applicable LO materials per annum (Tonnes) (lmpon/local) materials plastic oo/vmers) 5 . Number of year 's fi rm has been handl i ng the sa id packag i n g materi a l N o . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . years . . 6. Cost (in Zambian Kwacha) of manufacture, importation, or purchasing the packaging material per ton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17thAugust, 2018 Satutory Instruments 661 7. Company's future extended prduct responsibility strategy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · • · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 8 . Any other company infonnatim. 9. I hereby :ertify that the move particulars are to the best of my knowledge, true and correct. Chief Execut,ve Officer FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY: Received by Title: Date: Signature: ATTACHMENTS: Signature I . Samples of each packaging materials applied for. Official Date Stamp 662 Statutory lmtruments 1 7th August, 20 1 8 The Environmental Manaiement Act (No. i 2 of 20 1 1 ) The Extended Producer ResponsibiiitJ Reguiations, 20i8 Packaging Material or Product Reghtration Licence ZEMA Pe1111 i t No: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Name: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FoRM I I (Regulation 3 ) Contact Address: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . You are hereby registered to manufacture/retail/import/trade or commercial ly di stribute the following packaging material s or product and their respective quantities: Type of Unit 1veight Quantities of Source of Colour of PIC Number packaging (grams) packaging materials packagir� material packaging (applicable t0 mmeria/s per annum {Tonnes) (lmpon!Local) materials plastic oolymers) This licence is granted subject to the following conditions: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dnte Di rector-Genera I l 7thAugust, 201 8 Statutory Instruments 663 ( I ) Here i n sert the full names and address of applicant (2 ) Here i nsert the reference No. of the application ( 3 ) Here insert the type of application . e Zombie En .ircf\mentol Mor.ogemt-nt Agency The Environmental Management Act ( No. 1 2 of 20 1 1 ) FoRM I l l (Regulation 4 (4) The Extended Producer Responsibility Regulations, 20 18 NOTICE OF REJECTION OF APPLI CATION TO: ( 1 ) . . . . . . . . . · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · • · · · · · · • · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · • • · · , . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · • · · · · · · · · · · · · • · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·" REFERENCE NO. t2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . · · · · . . . · · · · You are notified that your application for (3) registration/renewal ofrcgistration as an agricultural professional has been rejected on the following grounds: (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (c) · · · · · • · · · · · · • · . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (d) · · · · · · . . · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · . . . · . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dated this . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . day of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , 20 . . . . . . . . . . . Director -General 664 ( 1 ) Here i nser1 the full names and address of ap·p licant (2) Here i nseri the reference No. of the appl icat ion Statutory Instruments lomt ,-=-:fnvr,, .. �,.,..o� t,;,--;;.-iog �...,, Ag1,nc., The Environmental M anagtment Act (No. 1 2 of20 l l ) 1 7th August, 201 8 FORM IV (Regulation 7 (3) The Extended Producer Responsibility Regulations, 2 0 1 8 COM PLIANCE ORDER T0: ( 1 ) . . . . . . . . . . . . I N THE MATTER OF ( 2 ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . You are notified that you arc in breach or likely to be in breach of the fol lowing: (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . · · · · · · · · · (d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ( 3 ) Here i nsen the type or Accord ingly, you are requested to remedy the breaches set out in paragraphs appl icat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (above) in accordance with the steps attached to th is order ( 4) Signature of D i rector­ General within (3 ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Days ofreceiving th is Order. Fa ilure to remedy the said breaches shall result in the *suspension/cancel lation of your registration penn it. Dated this . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . clay of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , 20 . . . (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director-Genera/ OFFICIAL STAMP 1 7thAugust, 20 1 8 Statutory Instruments FIFTH SCHEDULE (Regulation 6) 665 The Zambian Government i s banning the manufacture, trade and commercial distribution of domestically produced and imported plastic carrier and flat bags, for use within the Republic of Zambia, other than those having the properties in the Zambian Standard on Plastic CaJTier Bags with in 80 days from the coming into operation of the Environmental M anagement (Extended) Producer Responsibi l i ty Regulations, 20 1 8 . Jn the lead up to the ban, this retail outlet w i l l supply or sell alternative shopping bags on request. LUSAKA 3rd August, 20 1 8 [MWDSEP.20/ 1 / 1 ) DR D. M. WACH!NGA, Minister of Water Development, Sanitation and Environmental Protection 666 Statutory Instruments 1 7th August, 20 1 8