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.

Environmental Management of E-waste in China

Abstract: The amount of electronic waste (E-waste) in China is growing dramatically. The Chinese government has continuously issued a series of laws and regulations and established a fund subsidy system based on extended producer responsibility (EPR) principles. Currently, the amount of E-waste formally treated has grown steadily. The layout of formal sector has been nearly completed, providing an increased recycling capacity. In this chapter, we present a comprehensive summary of E-waste generation, recycling capacity, reuse process, treatment techniques, as well as the legislation of E-waste in China. There are still some bottlenecks in E-waste management: The imbalance between fund levy and subsidy is not properly solved. The use of a “Fund Policy” has cultivated the formal disassembly activities, but the collection system for E-waste is currently imperfect. Also, the recycling efficiency of the disassembled parts needs to be improved. In the future, a more integrated E-waste management system should be established based on the lifecycle perspective.

Enablers and barriers for producer responsibility in the electrical and electronic equipment sector

Abstract: ZeroWIN (Towards Zero Waste in Industrial Networks - www.zerowin.eu) is a five year project funded by the EC under the 7th Framework Programme. Amongst others, ZeroWIN examines how producers' responsibility can be applied in the electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) and photovoltaic sectors. Discussion about extending producers' responsibility for environmental impacts of their products to the entire product life cycle began in the 1990s. Since then, many environmental regulations focusing on treatment of end-of-life products have incorporated the concept of producer responsibility. This paper identifies and critically discusses global implementation of producer responsibility in the photovoltaic and EEE industrial sectors. Characteristics of current systems and markets preventing or facilitating its implementation are discussed.

Current Status for Resources Recycling in Korea

Abstract: In order to prospect current recycling status in Korea, legislative system and policies relating to recycling, wastes generation and recycling rate were reviewed. Approximately 303,000 ton/day of wastes was generated in 2003; 50,700 ton/day of household waste and 252,300 ton/ day of industrial waste. During the last ten years, waste management laws such as waste disposal law, recycling law and environment friendly industry law were prepared. In this article, concerning over waste generation and recycl-ing, recycling law, Extended Producer Responsibility System and the problems and technological developments associated with recycling were summarized.

Motivational Mechanism of China's Extended Producer Responsibility

Abstract: China is about to launch its circular economy law,and the new law will stipulate on the Extended Producer Responsibility.This paper works on the theoretical foundation of EPR by developing the subject-object-process model,which helps to reveal the essential features of EPR,and discover its motivational factors.Based on this,motivational mechanism of EPR is developed from three dimensions of institutional applicability,responsibility promotion and implementation strategy.