Manufacturing and packaging industries in Kenya will be tasked with cleaning up waste from their products after use by consumers, according to proposed regulations. The Environmental Management and Co-ordination (Extended Producer Responsibility) Regulations, 2020, seeks to tie producers to their products' waste after consumers are done with them. Manufacturers will have to trace and recycle all waste coming from their factories. Companies will be forced to obtain producer responsibility registration from the government to be allowed to produce, import, market, or distribute a product. It will cost Sh5, 000 for individual compliance schemes and Sh10,000 for producer responsibility organisations to be licensed.

Source: The Star May 14, 2020 00:56 UTC