One World... Think Naturally - June 20, 2006

The Mepa board has approved the publication of a draft policy document dealing with authorisation/registration of schemes - eco-contribution exemption/refund mechanism.

The document makes proposals to the government on a framework within which eco-contribution refund mechanism could operate.

The document proposes that producers participating in waste recovery schemes may become eligible for a refund of the eco-contribution paid on recovered items, upon providing documentary proof to Mepa that this recovery has indeed been done. In the context of the Eco-Contribution Act, a scheme is taken to mean as an organised and regulated framework that demonstrates that particular waste producers are recovering the end-of-life products originating from products which they normally place on the market.