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Country nears release of landmark Supreme Decree on EEE and batteries

After years of postponement, on 28 May 2025, Chile’s Ministry of the Environment approved Exempt Resolution N° 3413/2025, a Supreme Decree that sets collection and recovery targets and other related obligations for portable batteries and electrical and electronic equipment (EEE).

Producers must set up their own or join a waste management system, register with the national emissions and waste registry (RETC), arrange and pay for the collection, transport and recycling of product waste, and submit annual reports with the necessary data.

Micro-enterprises, which are defined as businesses with annual income below approximately 88,000 euros, are exempt from these obligations.

Waste Management Systems must

• Be authorised by the Environment Ministry, and
• Submit detailed management plans for the specific product types in their schemes’ scope, including collection strategies, cost estimates, financing, verification procedures and prevention

Batteries and general EEE have collection and recycling targets, with specific sets of targets for temperature exchange equipment and photovoltaic panels.

Some retailers are also obliged under the new legislation.

Retailers of batteries and/or EEE, with floor space exceeding a total surface area of 400 square meters, must have an established management system for the reception and storage of waste batteries and EEE.

The provisions become effective on the date they are published in the Official Journal (date TBC at the time of publishing) – except for collection and recovery targets, and obligations for retailers and PROs, which will only take effect 24 months after the decree is published.

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