Reason for Amendment

• The definition of "aquaculture floats" has been directly regulated to align with the revised Korean Industrial Standards, ensuring clarity and specificity in the law.

• To reflect changes in recycling scale, advancements in recycling technology, and fluctuations in the value of recyclable materials, the recycling fee standard for obligated producers has been adjusted. Additionally, the exemption period for recycling obligations on certain items has been removed to ease the burden on small businesses.

Key Points

• Clearly defines the scope of "aquaculture floats" as being made of synthetic resin among the obligated recyclable products.

• Producer Responsibility Recycling System (EPR): Realignment of the recycling cost standard.

  • When revising the standard cost, the inflation index is set at 1.0 to prevent the overlapping imposition of inflation increases.

• Removal of the temporary exemption of EPR obligations for small businesses producing synthetic resin products.

  • To improve fairness with the packaging materials exemption, the regulation that exempts small businesses from EPR obligations on synthetic resin products has been deleted.