Overview
- Senators approved the law 111–0 after a 460–0 vote in the Chamber of Deputies, completing congressional passage of a national circular economy framework.
- The statute anchors Extended Producer Responsibility, requiring companies to meet targets, file reports and redesign products for reuse and recycling.
- Producers of electronics must tell consumers whether items can be repaired, remanufactured, reused or recycled and submit this information in management plans to Semarnat.
- The law creates a National System of Circular Economy and a Semarnat–INEGI information platform for public traceability, with incentives, administrative sanctions and formal recognition of waste pickers through inclusive recycling.
- Transitory articles set deadlines: the executive has 180 days to issue regulations and another 180 to publish the national program, states have 180 days to align laws or the federal statute applies directly, and authorized landfills must begin reconversion within five years subject to justified extensions.