Pakistan, Dec. 10 -- Stakeholder stress unified national system to drive plastics circularity in Pakistan

Calls for national-level alignment on Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) gained momentum as policy makers, industry leaders, finance experts, development partners and academics convened to chart Pakistan's next steps in plastics circularity. While some territories have made steady progress on developing EPR frameworks, participants stressed that a unified national system is essential to ensure scale, efficiency and predictable compliance for producers and recyclers.

The two-day convening, "Turning the Tide: Extended Producer Responsibility and Plastics Circularity", organized by the CoRe Alliance, brought together more than 80 r...