The number of producers subject to extended liability could be reduced by 40 times

"One of the main goals of changing the PPR mechanism is a significant reduction in the number of administered persons. According to expert estimates, today the number of such persons is about 4 million. In the process of verifying organizations, the REO specialists identified about 2 million subjects of the PPR. After the adoption of the bill, their number will be reduced to 50-60 thousand, that is, 40 times,” Zabralov said.

The Russian government submitted a draft law on ROP to the State Duma in April. The first working discussion at the site of the State Duma Committee on Ecology, Natural Resources and Environmental Protection with representatives of the business community took place on June 1. Until June 14, comments and suggestions are being collected on the bill.

"New approaches to EPR will allow us to get out of the gray zone and stimulate those companies whose marketing also takes into account the issues of the end of the life cycle of their products and packaging. A conscientious and responsible business is now losing to an unscrupulous one, which does not organize recycling, and ignores the payment of eco-fee, often juggling with concepts and hot topics for citizens," added Valeria Gulimova, executive DIRECTOR of the Association for the Promotion of the Circular Economy "Resurs".