[Column Writing] 【 ESG Strategies for Business 】36th Malaysia's EPR Mandatory Packaging and Single-Use Plastic Regulations— Current Location of the Plastic Sustainability Roadmap

The Malaysian edition of the Current Affairs Bulletin (published September 23, 2026) includes a contribution by Representative Mitsuru Misawa entitled "【ESG Strategies for Business 】36th Malaysia's EPR Mandatory Packaging Materials and Single-Use Plastic Regulations— Current Location of the Plastic Sustainability Roadmap."

Last time (35th), we explained the amendments to the Personal Information Protection Act (PDPA) and practical responses, but this time we are returning to the environmental (E) area, and we are clarifying the current status of expanded producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging materials and the implementation status of single-use plastic regulations. In particular, the relationship between three government documents (Roadmap to Zero Single-Use Plastics, Malaysia Plastics Sustainability Roadmap, and Solid Waste Circular Economy Blueprint), how the EPR was effectively moved back to its voluntary phase in 2026 and mandatory in 2030, the scope of eco-modulation fees and mandatory parties, The book focuses on the dual legal structure of state-specific plastic bag regulations, the Solid Waste and Public Cleaning Management Act 2007 (Act 672), and the Local Government Act 1976 (Act 171), as well as the food law, halal standards, and reclaimed materials use issues.

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