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Lightcycle SA NPC Producer Responsibility Organisation Section 18 WEEE Policy Framework Lighting Industry EPR Scheme Proposal

IESSA Webinar Friday - 12th of June Presented By: Patricia Schröder – Urban Elements (Pty) Ltd

Legislative Background

• 5 September 2018 – S28 Plan

Submission to DEA for approval

• 9 Dec 2019 – New Minister Ms.

Barbara Creecy withdrew S 28

• Intention to Issue Section 18 and

invited Industry’s that submitted plans in 2018, to make proposals towards the framework of the WEEE EPR Policy

• Lighting Industry proposal on

Section 18 EPR Scheme Framework submission - 15 Jun 20

• Timeframe to full implementation

6 - 12 months from Feb 2020 (Est. Jan 2021)

EPR

Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) is a policy approach under which producers are given the end-of-life FINANCIAL responsibility for their products put on market. This mainly involves a take-back scheme of post- consumer products for the collection, transportation, repair, refurbishment, management and treatment. Assigning such responsibility could in principle provide incentives to prevent waste going to landfill, promote environment protection and support the achievement of consumer recycling and materials management goals.

Regulated Extended Producer Responsibility Scheme Models per the National Pricing Strategy for Waste Management

Lightcycle SA NPC

Customs/ SARS/DEFF

(Support)

Lightcycle SA Black Box Registry Producers Pre-Consumer Lightcycle SA NPC Operations Lightcycle SA Post-Consumer Value Chain/Other Social Services or Projects DEFF

(High Level Monitoring and Policy/Enforcement)

DEFF

(Target Reporting and Free Rider Identification) DATA

(Aggregated)

ZAR

LIGHTCYCLE SA NPC BLACK BOX REGISTRY AND OPERATIONAL FUNCTIONS

‘PRO Black Box’ Registry A Lightcycle SA Black Box registry function that will ensure confidentiality in working with sensitive industry trade data registered as received from the Lightcycle SA producers. The administrator of the Black Box function is expressly prohibited from releasing any information in respect of any Producer “Placed on Market” (PoM) volumes or data to any unauthorised persons. The data registered will be compared to that of customs and SARS and will also identify "free riders". The data will be audited periodically by an independent auditing

• rganisation.

Producer (of Lighting Equipment) “Producer” means any person or category of persons or a brand-owner who is engaged in the commercial manufacture, conversion, refurbishment or import of new and/or used- a) lighting equipment or light sources; b) associated or ancilliary lighting equipment (a physical, electrical and/or electronic part) which are intended for distribution in the Republic of South Africa. The local manufacturer or importer (or their assigned agents) of new and/or used lighting equipment placed on the South African market at the point of manufacture or import

MATERIAL DEFINITIONS

Mandatory registration of lighting producers with the lighting PRO Producers to receive a PRO Registration Number The Producer to register on the Central Supplier Database where a PRO registration number is mandatory SARS/Customs ensures producers (importers and local manufacturers etc) submits the PRO registration numbers before issuing clearance or approvals Prosecution measures to be developed for non-compliant transgressors which can include substantial fines, stoppage of operations or business, denial of import etc. Online Purchases – Agreements with courier companies/import agents and

• nline retailers

Recommended Compliance Measures

Free - Rider Mitigation Including Online Purchases

Identified non-compliant free-riders or post-consumer service providers are to be reported by the PRO to the existing DEFF and SARS enforcement channels such as the Green Scorpions and the SARS Non-Compliance Division A whistle blower channel to be made available by the PRO for reporting non- compliant producers and post- consumer service providers which will be escalated to the authorities by the PRO if warning attempts by the PRO to comply are ignored Prosecution actions developed must be enforced for non-compliant transgressors which can include substantial fines, stoppage of

• perations or business, denial of

import etc. The Waste Management Bureau can play a role to ensure compliance and enforcement

Recommended Non-Compliance Measures

Free - Rider Mitigation Including Online Purchases

Free Riders - Escalation of Enforcement Action

Responses to non-compliance should start with the least severe action, and escalate to more severe depending on the type of non-compliance and the responsiveness of the transgressor SEVERITY

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DISCUSSION