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Recycling & Solid Waste in Latin America: Trends and Policies - 2006 Edition
Just completed in July 2006, this report was researched and compiled by Raymond Communications correspondents "on the ground" in South America. More
than 60 pages in length, it may be the most comprehensive and up-to-date guide available.
The report covers the latest regulations, issues and trends in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Columbia, Mexico, Peru, and Venezuela. It includes information on packaging mandates, landfill bans, deposits, taxes, batteries, electronics, coding and ecolabelling, and Basel Convention issues; it provides reference phone numbers, Web sites, and email addresses; and it includes contacts for companies wishing to sell in Latin America.
Background:
While fees and other European and North American-style recycling mandates are a few years off
in South America, the climate for stricter recovery and recycling regulation is heating up as
Brazil and other countries begin addressing waste problems.
Six countries have national laws and regulations dealing with municipal solid waste,
while three have bills pending and five are preparing them. Batteries, tires, plastics, flourescent lamps, used oil and pesticide packaging are on
everyone's priority list, but general packaging and construction waste are rising concerns.
Brazil is already a world leader in aluminum recycling, ranked in the top three every year.
The country adopted national takeback regulations on pesticide packaging, implementing
battery regulations and is beginning negotiations on national packaging waste regulations.
Brazil's Federal Chamber of Deputies formed a special committee to draft an omnibus waste bill.
The Congress currently has bills on batteries, plastics, tires, electronic scrap, end of life
vehicles and recycling incentives. A European Union-style packaging requirement is among the
regulations being debated. While Rio de Janeiro state and one municipality have plastic
takeback laws, the Congress is finalizing legislation on a tougher law for the whole country.
Three states adopted battery laws, while one state has an expired medicine law. Much of the
progressive action in Brazil is in the two wealthiest states, Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo.
Uruguay has a plastic packing covenant and contemplates others for non-packaging sectors and
other plastics streams. Voluntary takeback covenants are also being considered for battery and
tire manufacturers.
In Mexico, Greens are negotiating with the country's new president on a recycling bill as
the government makes commitments on batteries and lamps under the North American Action Plan.
The country is considering deposit systems for tires and used oil. Expired medicine are
classified as hazardous waste and the country has developed an industry covenant on pesticides
and their packaging.
In some other countries, Peru's new waste law features producer responsibility and packaging
recovery enabling language. El Salvador is studying deposits for auto batteries, paper, plastics and packaging, and expressed interest in a deposit scheme for waste plastic packaging in a joint plastics initiative by the Central American Community. Jamaica is studying plastic packaging policy to target PET bottles, PVC, plastic bags and wraps and polystyreme foam.
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