Published on July 17, 2017.-

Although producers, the government, municipalities and NGOs are fully aware of the new REP Law and its implications in terms of waste treatment, they need citizens to also be educated about the importance of “separating at source” waste so that the implementation of the standard is one hundred percent effective.

Therefore, the greatest challenge of the REP Law It turns out to be the education of citizens, a task that falls to several actors. First, the municipalities will have to get involved, since, according to the legislation, “must incorporate in their ordinances the obligation to separate waste at source and promote recycling ...", Added to the work of"promote prevention in the generation of waste and its recovery”. For its part, the Ministry of the Environment must also end these practices, through a fund intended to finance projects and programs that share these purposes.

About this, José Domingo Ilharreborde, partner of Echeverría Ilharreborde Abogados affirmed that although the law is focused on the producers, for everything to be successful "mechanisms need to be created for families at home to separate at origin”, Reaffirming it with international examples on awareness campaigns on waste treatment in Spain and Germany. 

Source: Codexverde