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Extended producer responsibility
About: Extended producer responsibility is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 1120 publications have been published within this topic receiving 26805 citations. The topic is also known as: EPR.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present the development of some product-related environmental policy instruments such as ecolabeling, extended producer responsibility, and environmentally responsible public procurement, taking an integrated life-cycle approach.
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09 Oct 2008TL;DR: In this article, the authors present two sets of in-depth evaluation studies conducted in search of EPR programmes, which incorporate the theoretically envisioned incentive mechanisms in practice, and argue that the presence of mandatory EPR programs do provide positive impacts for the environmental design strategies of manufacturers.
Abstract: Policies based upon Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) aim to reduce the environmental impacts of products across their entire life cycle. The intent is to induce design changes in products and thus reduce impacts at source. This, by provision of incentives to producers through an extension of responsibility. Since the early 1990s, a number of countries have incorporated the concept of EPR into policy related to end-of-life management of selected product groups. The incorporation of incentive mechanisms for design change in an EPR programme is, however, perceived to face various challenges, especially for durable, complex products. This thesis presents two sets of in-depth evaluation studies conducted in search of EPR programmes, which incorporate the theoretically envisioned incentive mechanisms in practice. Based upon firm evidence from the studies, it argues that the presence of mandatory EPR programmes do provide positive impacts for the environmental design strategies of manufacturers. This is especially true when implementation is based upon forms of so called individual responsibility where individual producers assume responsibility for the end-of-life management of their own products. Further, this work suggests a range of concrete implementation mechanisms for individual responsibility and highlights the essential components of such approaches.
118 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors compare the European approach to producer responsibility with "product stewardship" initiatives in Canada, highlighting British Columbia's experience with full product stewardship, and highlight the importance of designing EPR programs with clear legislation that encourages sustainable product design by delivering a full range of signals to producers.
117 citations
TL;DR: In this article, a new waste taxonomy is proposed, based on the reason for waste creation, this has profound implications for ownership which in itself often dictates which waste management options are preferentially adopted by a given community.
Abstract: In an attempt to construct a new agenda for waste management, this paper explores the complex relationship between definitions of waste and their subsequent impact on its ownership and management. A range of internationally accepted definitions for waste are analysed and it is concluded that they are inadequate in scope in an attempt to describe waste. The philosophical ramifications inherent in such definitions mean that they are not capable of constructing a system that by its very nature results in a sustainable waste management system. This paper explores the concept of waste and a new waste taxonomy is proposed, based on the reason for waste creation, this has profound implications for ownership which in itself often dictates which waste management options are preferentially adopted by a given community. The role of legislation in producing monitoring systems for the transfer of ownership as well as abandonment of ownership is analysed. The new agenda for waste management focuses upon the development of more appropriate, sustainable definitions so that what is now commonly perceived as being waste will in fact be increasingly seen as resource-rich, ‘non-waste’. To avoid obstacles to resource conservation due to materials being considered waste, a definition for non-waste is introduced. Finally, a new definition for waste management is proposed, one that has profound implications for the introduction of a more sustainable waste practice.
116 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, a shared responsibility approach was proposed to distribute the burden of responsibility and associated liability between parties more fairly, and is likely to be more widely acceptable than pure producer or consumer perspectives.
115 citations