News & Research

GreenU summarises The Circulate Initiative's "Breaking the Bottleneck" report on Advance Market Commitments (AMC) for recycled plastic procurement.

Vietnam's EPR recycling-cost norm (Fs) and the international Responsible Sourcing cost are two costs of a different nature that add up rather than replace each other — plastic packaging producers should keep the two budget lines separate.

The workshop "Pathways for a Robust Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) System in Viet Nam", held under NPAP, brought together government, business and other stakeholders; GreenU coordinated the Vehicles, Lubricants and Batteries discussion group.

Decree 110/2026/ND-CP, issued 1 April 2026, moves EPR rules into a dedicated instrument, repealing Chapter VI and Appendices XXII-XXIII of Decree 08.

A July 2025 resource from the Sustainable Packaging Coalition examines where compostable packaging and EPR policy intersect across US states.

Mandatory recycling rates and specifications still fall short of practice. This piece proposes a full reform of EPR law and institutions in Viet Nam.

The Ministry of Finance proposes folding packaging waste duties into tax. With over 400 EPR schemes worldwide, there is no precedent for such a move.

EPR shifts end-of-life costs from local government to producers. This piece looks at extending it to more product groups and life-cycle challenges.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Environment is finalising the EPR decree: business wants transparency, recyclers technology, localities clear guidance.

EPR has applied since 2022, requiring producers and importers to recycle at set rates. Two years on, gaps in the management apparatus need fixing.