On 15 December, the AEB management met with Igor Zabralov, Director for Sustainable Development of the Russian Environmental Operator, responsible for the implementation of the EPR reform.

As waste management legislation is undergoing significant changes, AEB member companies need to receive up-to-date information on the initiatives being developed in the industry and further methodological support in implementing the legislation.

REO takes one of the key positions in ensuring the implementation of legislation in the field of waste management, including participation in the development of by-laws in the development of the Federal Law of 04.08.2023 № 451-FZ "On Amendments to the Federal Law "On Production and Consumption Waste". 

During the meeting participants discussed the features of the new regulation in the field of waste management and the implementation of extended producer and importer responsibility, the planned experiment on the procedure for the implementation of EPR in respect of goods and packaging imported from countries outside the EAEU, as well as the status of the acts being developed to follow up the Law on EPR.