{"id":10882,"date":"2016-06-07T12:41:35","date_gmt":"2016-06-07T16:41:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wasteadvantagemag.com\/?p=10882"},"modified":"2016-06-07T12:41:35","modified_gmt":"2016-06-07T16:41:35","slug":"chile-new-law-on-waste-management-extended-liability-of-the-producer-and-recycling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wasteadvantagemag.com\/chile-new-law-on-waste-management-extended-liability-of-the-producer-and-recycling\/","title":{"rendered":"Chile: New Law On Waste Management, Extended Liability Of The Producer And Recycling"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wednesday, June 1st, the Framework Law for the Management of Waste, Extended Liability of the Producer and Promotion of Recycling No. 20,920 (the “Law”) was published.<\/p>\n

Purpose
\n<\/em>The Law seeks to reduce the generation of waste and encourage its reuse, recycling and other types of recovery. With this end, it establishes the Extended Liability of the Producer (“REP” on account of its Spanish acronym),\u00a0making the producer liable for the waste generated by its products, from its inception to its final recovery or elimination.<\/p>\n

Scope of Application
\n<\/em>The Law establishes various priority products, to which the REP system shall apply. These are:<\/p>\n