Published on April 16, 2019.-<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One of the characteristics of the Framework Law for Waste Management, Extended Producer Responsibility and Promotion of Recycling (REP Law) is that it obliges manufacturers and importers of priority products to organize and finance the management of waste derived from their products. These products, in a first stage, are seven: lubricating oils, electrical and electronic equipment, containers and packaging, tires, batteries, batteries and newspapers, newspapers and magazines. Six of them will be subject to collection and recovery goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Until now, the\nMinistry of the Environment has opened two files leading to elaborate\nthe supreme decrees. One of them is tires. These are considered\npriority, since Chile consumes around 6.5 million\ntires per year, which correspond to about 180 thousand tons.\nConsidering wear and tear, the annual generation of tire waste\nIt is estimated that it is around 140 thousand tons, of which only 17% are\ndrive in an environmentally sound manner. \n <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 27th of March,\nthe Council of Ministers for Sustainability approved the supreme decree that\nestablishes the collection and recovery goals of the tire sector,\nthat will go into effect on January 1, 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The goal of\ncollection at the national level establishes that for that year it must be collected,\nless, 50% of the tires out of use, but one of the novelties is that no\nthere will only be one national goal, but other specific ones for each one\nof the country's regions, which together account for 34.7% of all\ntires to be recovered. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
William\nGonz\u00e1lez, head of the Circular Economy Office of the Ministry of the Environment\nEnvironment, has explained that the regional goal comes from a calculation that was made\nbased on an estimate of how many tires are written off in\neach of the regions, and that this figure would correspond to half of that\namount. \"What we want is to give the signal that the management systems have\nthey have to go and set up collection systems in all regions \u201d, he reported. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The goals\nregional regulations must be fulfilled starting in 2023, two years\nthe first national goal enters into force. Starting in 2024, this will increase to\n80% to reach 90% by 2028.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the supreme decree, it was also incorporated as a requirement to the management systems to ensure that the sensitive information that is shared in it cannot be known by other producers, as a way of safeguarding free competition. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you want to learn more about this topic, we invite you to read \"REP Law: Final Decree on Tires Sets Regional Collection Goals from 2023\".<\/a><\/p>\n