26 Jan 2023 --- The Philippines has added a law to its Extended Producers Responsibility (EPR) Act of 2022 by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), which requires businesses to recover their plastic packaging waste.Companies with a total asset of over ₱100 million (US$1.8 million) will be required to create a system to recover 20% of the plastic waste they produced from the previous year. Those who fail to comply will pay a fine from ₱5 million (US$91,644) to ₱20 million (US$366,578).