RI to require plastic-packaged goods makers fund waste management - Regulations - The Jakarta Post

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Environment Minister Mohammad Jumhur Hidayat said the regulation would require around 10,000 large manufacturers to allocate funds for waste management through independent organizations known as packaging recovery organizations (PROs).

A worker gathers used plastic bottle to be recycled at the Bali PET Recycle facility in Denpasar, Bali on Aug. 22, 2025. (Antara/Fikri Yusuf)

The Environment Ministry is preparing to require plastic-packaged goods producers to finance the collection and management of waste generated from their products under a new extended producer responsibility (EPR) policy, as part of the government's push to address Indonesia's mounting waste problem.Environment Minister Mohammad Jumhur Hidayat said the regulation would require around 10,000 large manufacturers to allocate funds for waste management through independent organizations known as packaging recovery organizations (PROs).

The policy will be formalized in a ministerial regulation on EPR, which expands producers' responsibility beyond manufacturing to include the post-consumer stage of their products.