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.

Extended producer responsibility in the aviation sector

Abstract: In this paper we investigate recent initiatives with respect to extended producer responsibility in the aviation sector. We compare those with the existing practices in the automobile sector and the emerging regulations in the shipping sector. We describe the challenges and the lessons to be learned from the evolution and state of extended producer responsibility in these two industries.

Fair cost allocation mechanisms in electronic waste collection and recycling networks

Abstract: The collection and recycling of electronic waste (e-waste) has become one of the key issues in environmental protection, and many state-operated programs have been launched to mandate the recycling of e-waste state-wide in the US. The costs incurred under the state-run operations are allocated to manufacturers according to collective Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) legislation which is widely adopted in e-waste programs. In this paper, we study the problem of allocating cost among manufacturers in a fair manner, which is essential for maintaining an efficient and stable state-operated program. We introduce a new cooperative game model where sub-coalitions can access external resources that are not owned by their members at predesigned unit prices. It is indicated in (Kalai and Zemel 1982) that the existence of external resources accessible to sub-coalitions may lead to an empty core of the resulting game and thus undermines the stability of a collaborative system. Our result shows that by proper pricing mechanisms of the external resources that are centrally controlled, such potential negative impacts on the coalition stability can be eliminated and a fair cost allocation is guaranteed to exist.

Is Resource Efficiency a Solution for Sustainability Challenges? -Japan's Sustainable Strategy and Resource Productivity Policy

Abstract: to reconstruct Japanese society in a more sustainable manner. This paper attempts to exam- ine whether there are potential visions of a sustainable Japan in the future in Japan's strategy for sustainability and environmental management in the 1990s to the 2000s. The paper argues that Japan's sustainability strategy can be characterized by its emphasis on improving resource productivity by recognizing environmental challenges as opportunities for further technical progress, innovation, and industrial competitiveness. Then, the paper seeks to further clarify such characteristics of the strategy for sustainability by examination of Japan's sound material- cycle policy since the 1990s until 2010, with particular attention given to recycling policies that are based on the concept of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) and the eco-town program for establishing a recycling infrastructure. After arguing that national interest on policy for in- creasing resource productivity may not be universal but may depend on difference in industrial structure of the country, the paper overviews and analyzes three recent sustainability strate- gies developed by the Ministry of the Environment of Japan and the Government of Japan in the past few years. They are "Strategy for an Environmental Nation in the 21 st Century" in 2007, "Clean Asia Initiative" in 2008, and "New Growth Strategy" in 2010. By doing so, the paper argues that Japan's sustainable strategy continues to emphasize "increasing efficiency". It then con - cludes that it is a time to give greater emphasis to total reduction of the environmental impact of production and consumption to achieve the next step of sustainability for Japan and elsewhere in the world.

Optimal Reutilization of the Leased Products in a Closed Loop Supply Chain

Abstract: The life cycle of products has become much shorter because of the rapid technological development. When the products are out of market, it can be attributed to not only the physical deterioration but also the functional obsolescence. Therefore, product recovery remains valuable. Nowadays, take-back legislation based on extended producer responsibility is critical to a company. Moreover, the business models have gradually changed from traditional product selling to functional sales. Leasing is an example of functional sales that provides an alternative business strategy to cope with the uncertainty in quantity, quality, and time for the returned products. In this chapter, we propose an analytical model, namely Periodical Leasing Model (PLM), to solve the reutilization planning problem under a Closed-loop Supply Chain (CLSC) system which includes multiple products with common components in multiple-periods. The PLM is divided into two phases. The first phase is a pricing model in the form of Integer Non-linear Program (INLP), and the second phase is a production model in the form of Integer Linear Program (ILP). According to the different characteristics of the components, the model can be used to support the manager’s decision regarding the optimal combinations of components from different products for reuse and upgrade possibilities. Finally, numerical results are presented to illustrate the procedure and the validity of the proposed model with the sensitivity analysis.