Manufacturers, Producer Responsibility Organisations chart Mombasa circular economy transition
An engaged private sector, especially manufacturers with products subject to Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), is at the core of the effective implementation of the EPR scheme.
WWF-Kenya, under the Norad-funded EPR project and in partnership with the Kenya Association of Manufacturers on Tuesday, 28 March, convened manufacturers drawn from Coastal Kenya to sensitize and rally their support on the implementation of the EPR scheme.
Discussions focused on the implications of the new Sustainable Waste Management Act, 2022, and the proposed EPR Regulations on manufacturers and how best they can strive to be compliant.
The forum provided a platform for the two Category I Producer Responsibility Organizations (PROs), Packaging Producer Responsibility Organisation (PAKPRO) and Kenya Extended Producer Responsibility Organization (KEPRO), to sensitise and recruit potential members.
In his keynote speech, the Mombasa County Deputy Governor Francis Thoya, who doubles up as the Mombasa County Executive Committee Member for Environment and Waste Management, said that the coastal county is ready to pioneer and promote this new dispensation.
“The County has taken drastic measures to close illegal dumpsites and streamline sustainable waste management. We have a material recovery facility that is ready to be rolled out. We want Mombasa to be the first County to implement EPR once enacted,” said Thoya.
The Mombasa County Environment Director Samuel Lopokoiyit and our Coastal Kenya Programme Manager, Dr. Asma Awadh, were in attendance.
