Cooperation with the Informal Sector – A Key Pillar for Successful EPR Implementation | Waste picker integration into EPR

The Global Action Partnership for Extended Producer Responsibility invites you to join the next session of its webinar series on Cooperation with the Informal Sector – Key Pillar to Successful EPR Implementation on March 4th, 10AM with the Fair Circularity Initiative Secretariat!

Waste picker integration into EPR: Closing the gap in human rights and living income for waste pickers through inclusive EPR legislation
March 4th, 10:00 AM CET
With Fair Circularity Initiative Secretariat
Find the recording here

Join us for an insightful webinar exploring how Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) can be implemented inclusively to support waste pickers, ensuring both human rights and living incomes are addressed.

Speakers

Charlene Collison – Director, Collaborations & Partnerships, BSR & Director, Fair Circularity Initiative Secretariat
Charlene specializes in building collaborative approaches between consumer-facing companies and their value chains to embed long-term sustainability, build resilience in the face of disruption, and increase equity, inclusion, and justice.

Rich Gower – Specialist Advisor, Fair Circularity Initiative Secretariat
Rich has spent the last ten years working at the interface between plastics and human rights. He played a leading role convening the Fair Circularity Initiative while co-leading Tearfund’s advocacy programme on plastic pollution and has been deeply involved in negotiations for a UN treaty on plastic pollution.

Agenda

Introduction to the Fair Circularity Initiative (FCI) and the theme

Overview of challenges facing waste pickers – Presentation of living income study results, research summary, and recommendations

Recommendations for EPR legislation – Insights from emerging global good practices

Q&A Session

Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from leading experts and contribute to shaping fair and inclusive EPR legislation.

Our Webinar Series on Cooperation with the Informal Sector

🌱 Between January and April 2026, the GAP for EPR is hosting a multi-part series on “Cooperation with the Informal Sector – Key Pillar to Successful EPR Implementation”! The series will explore challenges, best practices, and solutions for integrating informal actors across different material streams and geographical contexts, providing participants with actionable insights for designing more inclusive and effective EPR frameworks.

The views and opinions expressed in this webinar do not necessarily reflect the positions of the core partners of GAP for EPR, nor of PREVENT Waste Alliance members or official policy positions of the international organisations and governments involved.