Vietnam is refining its Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) policy to ease compliance for small businesses. This includes removing EPR obligations from manufacturers and importers of packaging for export, temporary import and re-export, or for research and testing purposes and companies with annual packaging sales revenue under VND 30 billion (US$78 million), VN Economy is reporting.
This fits with a more pegged back approach to environmental protections in recent years. The Just Energy Transition Partnership agreement, for example, is languishing with little financing released to date. Moreover, cuts to the environmental protection tax have been extended to the end of 2025 and power shortages in 2023 have seen Vietnam ramp up coal use.
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