{"id":16473,"date":"2018-01-10T09:00:19","date_gmt":"2018-01-10T14:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/articles\/the-force-of-law-limitations-to-industry-sponsored-epr-single-use-plastics\/"},"modified":"2024-05-01T18:11:23","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T18:11:23","slug":"force-of-law-epr","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/es\/article\/composting-for-community\/force-of-law-epr","title":{"rendered":"La Fuerza de la Ley: Limitaciones a la Responsabilidad Extendida del Productor (REP) Patrocinada por la Industria y los Pl\u00e1sticos de un Solo Uso"},"template":"","class_list":["post-16473","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article_type-article","initiatives-composting-for-community","topics-extended-producer-responsibility","authors-neil-seldman"],"acf":{"details":{"featured_image":6952,"background_color":"","article_type":[134],"initiative":15,"display_event_fields":false,"start_date":null,"end_date":null,"start_time":null,"end_time":null,"time_zone":"America\/New_York","virtual_event":false,"location":"","topics":[75],"impact_areas":false,"abstract":"<p>Environmentalists, recyclers, zero waste advocates and citizens are clamoring to shut off the spigot of plastic roaming the earth. Single use plastic utensils, beverage containers, packaging and bags are obvious targets. Most recently, a Greenpeace-sponsored audit shows that the big three beverage companies, Coke, Pepsi and Nestles, are the worst contributors to this ongoing problem, as &hellip; <a class=\"kt-excerpt-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/force-of-law-epr\/\" aria-label=\"The Force of Law: Limitations to Industry-sponsored EPR &#038; Single-use Plastics\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","authors_tax":[605]},"sidebar":{"title":"\u00cdndice"},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<div class=\"ttr_start\"><\/div><p>Ambientalistas, recicladores, defensores del desperdicio cero y ciudadanos claman por cerrar el grifo del pl\u00e1stico que deambula por la tierra. Los utensilios de pl\u00e1stico de un solo uso, los envases de bebidas, el embalaje y las bolsas son objetivos obvios. M\u00e1s recientemente, un <em>Greenpeace<\/em>Una auditor\u00eda patrocinada revela que las tres grandes compa\u00f1\u00edas de bebidas, Coca-Cola, Pepsi y Nestl\u00e9, son las peores contribuyentes a este problema en curso, seg\u00fan lo informado en The Guardian.<\/p>\n<p><em>Greenpeace<\/em>, concluy\u00f3 que hasta la fecha los esfuerzos de la industria por desviar los residuos \u201cno son suficientes para detener el flujo de desechos pl\u00e1sticos en los oc\u00e9anos del mundo. Los investigadores de la organizaci\u00f3n dicen que el 90 por ciento de los pl\u00e1sticos producidos a nivel mundial no se reciclan, y la cantidad de basura que termina en los mares equivale a la carga de un cami\u00f3n por minuto\u201d.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Mira, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2017\/oct\/02\/coca-cola-increased-its-production-of-plastic-bottles-by-a-billion-last-year-say-greenpeace\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Coca-Cola aument\u00f3 su producci\u00f3n de botellas de pl\u00e1stico en mil millones el a\u00f1o pasado, seg\u00fan Greenpeace, The Guardian<\/a>.<\/h3>\n<p>A medida que aumenta la presi\u00f3n para que la industria tome medidas dr\u00e1sticas para reducir los art\u00edculos de un solo uso, los l\u00edderes de la industria de bebidas, Coca Cola, Pepsi y Nestl\u00e9, est\u00e1n presionando por su propia soluci\u00f3n. Seg\u00fan una encuesta reciente de la Escuela de Silvicultura de la Universidad de Yale, las empresas quieren estar a cargo de cualquier transici\u00f3n a trav\u00e9s de un plan propuesto para eludir la toma de decisiones local a trav\u00e9s de la Responsabilidad Extendida del Productor. Este sistema pondr\u00eda a las empresas a cargo del reciclaje y sus pol\u00edticas asumir\u00edan \u2018fuerza de ley\u2019.\u2019<\/p>\n<h3>Mira;<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.waste360.com\/recycling\/unpacking-evolving-role-producers-us-recycling-system-part-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Desvelando el Rol Evolutivo de los Productores en el Sistema de Reciclaje de EE. UU. (Parte 1), Waste 360<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.waste360.com\/recycling\/unpacking-evolving-role-producers-us-recycling-system-part-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Desempaquetando el papel cambiante de los productores en el sistema de reciclaje de EE. UU. (Parte 2), Waste 360<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.waste360.com\/recycling\/unpacking-evolving-role-producers-us-recycling-system-part-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Desglose del rol en evoluci\u00f3n de los productores en el sistema de reciclaje de EE. UU. (Parte 3), Waste 360<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>El EPR patrocinado por la industria para materiales tradicionalmente reciclados (vidrio, pl\u00e1stico, metal, papel) tiene como objetivo prevenir cualquier restricci\u00f3n adicional y revertir las normas existentes que limitan su autoridad para establecer un sistema de reciclaje verticalmente integrado. Es decir, uno opuesto a soluciones de base como la legislaci\u00f3n de envases o las \u2018leyes de la botella\u2019, prohibiciones del poliestireno expandido y tasas sobre las bolsas de pl\u00e1stico.<\/p>\n<p><em>Siga al Instituto para la Autosuficiencia Local en\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ilsr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0y\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/localselfreliance\/?ref=aymt_homepage_panel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0y, para recibir actualizaciones mensuales sobre nuestro trabajo,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/newsletter-signup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">registro<\/a>\u00a0para nuestro bolet\u00edn informativo general del ILSR.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"ttr_end\"><\/div><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-16 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox\" data-provider=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" 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