Report And Recommendations On The Regulatory Landscape On The Integrated Management And Co-processing Of Solid Waste

I. INTRODUCTION

The legal framework governing solid waste management in the Dominican Republic has undergone, in a very short period, a profound transformation that should be reconstructed in order to understand its current status. General Law on Integrated Solid Waste Management and Co-processing No. 225-20 established in 2020 the modern framework for the matter—management hierarchy, circular economy, extended producer responsibility, and municipal participation—but its implementation revealed gaps and tensions that prompted an intensive reform process.

That process gave rise to a bill amending Law No. 225-20, on which the Executive Branch submitted, through Communication No. 27254 of November 3, 2025, nineteen substantive observations concerning, among other aspects, free competition, municipal autonomy, the State’s environmental oversight role, and the financial sustainability of the system. This report analyzes those observations one by one, evaluates their legal and technical