Bread, beer and cosmetics prices to rise as Nema rules take effect

A protester carries a bread and a teargas canister along Kenyatta Avenue, Nairobi, when demonstrators mainly youths staged a protest against the passage of Finance Bill 202, on June 20,2024. [Collins Kweyu, Standard]

The cost of bread, alcohol, diapers and cosmetics is set to go up with the implementation of the Sustainable Waste Management (Extended Producer Responsibility or EPR) Regulations, 2024.

The regulations, which are anchored under the Sustainable Waste Management Act, were gazetted on November 4, 2024. Producers and brand owners were given six months before implementation.