Responsibility measures

Currently, producers are not responsible for cleaning-up measures related to fishing/aquaculture gear. This gap will not be closed by the new EU Single-use-plastic Directive (SUPD) until 2021. However, national legislation is free to extend the legislative frame and could include clean-up responsibilities for producers.

Producer responisbility Producer responisbility

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Relevant type of aquaculture:

Fish Shellfish Seaweed

Relevant sea basin:

North

Relevant stage:

Prevention and reduction

Related Barriers:

  • In theory, EPR is an individual obligation, in practice producers and manufacturers often exert this responsibility collectively, including in how fees are set, modulated, and passed on to users. This can have negative effects on the proactive approach of producers to change, e.g. the design of their products or prevention of specific plastic uses.

Related Good Practice:

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