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Thailand draft EPR Act expected timeline
Cabinet 2025-2026; effective 2027F
Thailand's draft Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Act, prepared jointly by the Pollution Control Department and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, is expected to reach Cabinet review during 2025-2026 with effective enforcement targeted from 2027 per Ministry briefings. The framework would mandate producer take-back, recycled content thresholds, and producer responsibility organisation registration across packaging, electronics (WEEE), and end-of-life vehicles. Industry consultations through 2024-2025 have surfaced disputes over fee scales and the boundary between domestic producers and importers.
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Thailand's draft Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Act, prepared jointly by the Pollution Control Department and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, is expected to reach Cabinet review during 2025-2026 with effective enforcement targeted from 2027 per Ministry briefings. The framework would mandate producer take-back, recycled content thresholds, and producer responsibility organisation registration across packaging, electronics (WEEE), and end-of-life vehicles. Industry consultations through 2024-2025 have surfaced disputes over fee scales and the boundary between domestic producers and importers.
Thailand's draft Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Act, prepared jointly by the Pollution Control Department and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, is expected to reach Cabinet review during 2025-2026 with effective enforcement targeted from 2027 per Ministry briefings. The framework would mandate producer take-back, recycled content thresholds, and producer responsibility organisation registration across packaging, electronics (WEEE), and end-of-life vehicles. Industry consultations through 2024-2025 have surfaced disputes over fee scales and the boundary between domestic producers and importers.
Time scope
2025-2027 phased adoption
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Interpretation notes
What this tells you
Thailand's draft Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Act, prepared jointly by the Pollution Control Department and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, is expected to reach Cabinet review during 2025-2026 with effective enforcement targeted from 2027 per Ministry briefings. The framework would mandate producer take-back, recycled content thresholds, and producer responsibility organisation registration across packaging, electronics (WEEE), and end-of-life vehicles. Industry consultations through 2024-2025 have surfaced disputes over fee scales and the boundary between domestic producers and importers.
What not to do with it
Timeline reflects Ministry public briefings as of 2024-2025; legislative passage and the implementing ministerial regulation set the binding dates, which may slip.
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