By Ainun Asifa
Indonesia is entering a critical phase in the implementation of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR). The Ministry of Environment (KLH) is advancing a Draft Presidential Regulation aimed at strengthening producers’ waste reduction obligations. This marks a significant policy update and signals a shift toward a more structured national EPR system.
The proposed Presidential Regulation is designed to move EPR beyond administrative compliance under Ministerial Regulation P.75/2019 toward a governance-based framework supported by institutional architecture, market instruments, and supervisory mechanisms.
The strategy is built around three main pillars according to The Ministry of Environment (KLH, 2025).
First, strengthening producers’ obligations within the Presidential Regulation. This includes reinforcing producers’ roles from a governance and legal perspective, and establishing market mechanisms for post-consumption products and packaging. EPR is therefore positioned not only as a reduction target, but as a system involving financing schemes, take-back mechanisms, and structured post-consumer management.
Second, parallel institutional development to operationalize the Regulation. KLH is preparing the establishment of Producer Responsibility Organizations (PROs), defining operational criteria and registration mechanisms, forming a PRO Supervisory Board, and creating a Product and Packaging Registration Body. This institutional design aims to ensure collective implementation, accountability, and multi-stakeholder oversight.
Third, strengthening compliance with existing regulation (P.75/2019). Efforts include integrating EPR obligations into Environmental Approvals, mentoring major producers, expanding sector-based outreach, developing a national producer database, and integrating reporting systems into the SIMPEL digital platform.
Together, these pillars represent a transition from fragmented compliance toward a nationally coordinated EPR infrastructure, covering producer registration, product put-on-market data, fee calculation, monitoring, and verification.
At the same time, broader systemic challenges must be addressed. Many stakeholders, such as government institutions, industry associations, recyclers, civil society, and development partners, have expressed strong commitment to advancing EPR. However, initiatives often remain scattered and operate in parallel. Without alignment, there is a risk of overlapping mandates, disconnected data systems, and duplicated efforts.
Ensuring clarity of roles, integration of systems, and coordination across actors will be essential to translate this strategy into a coherent and effective national EPR framework.
