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.

Accelerating transition to the circular economy in Georgia

Abstract: The paper discusses the key principles and conditions required for an accelerated transition to the circular economy, a new economic model that represents sustainable progress towards efficient green growth and provides the framework to develop new business models aimed at increasing the value, use and life of materials, products and assets Embracing the circularity principles can also accelerate the recovery from the economic downturn caused by COVID-19 The transition to the circular economy requires a radical change in the way we produce and consume Products are designed for durability, upgradeability, reparability and reusability Companies develop new business models generating revenue streams from services rather than products while making a more efficient use of resources and materials and consumers use products efficiently and discard them in such a way that they can be turned into secondary materials that can enter a new production-consumption cycle Georgia has recently embarked on an accelerated path to the transition to the circular economy With the concerted efforts of the Government, civil society organizations, and international partners, Georgia initiated the development of the circular economy strategy and took some important steps to include, for example the introduction of the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) in the national Waste Management Code In its road to circularity Georgia should benefit from the experiences of more advanced economies and form strong partnerships such as the ongoing programmer supported by the Government of Sweden in order to choose the most optimal path to the transition to the circular economy © 2020 Bull Georg Natl Acad Sci

The emergence of hybrid co-regulation: empirical evidence and rationale in the field of e-waste management

Abstract: In the neoliberal governmentality current, hybrid regulation captures the idea that complementary forms of public and private regulations coexist, which encourages the emergence and the participation of regulatory intermediaries in the process of policy making. Despite numerous experiments, hybrid co-regulation has received little attention and is under theorized. To understand how hybrid regulation is implemented in practice, this paper focus on the case of waste management in Europe and the concept of extended producer responsibility (EPR). In France under the EPR principle, producers created collective organizations (PROs), whereas in Germany an individual responsibility was prefered. The French case analysis and the comparison of the two systems show that, beyond their mere legal intermediary status, PROs revealed to be key actors with a significant influence on the waste sector organization and dynamics.

Application of extended producer responsibility in chinese WEEE management

Abstract: In this paper, the administration-driven WEEE management system in Europe and the market-driven end-of-life automobile management system in the US are studied first in this paper. Successful experiences and deficiencies of each system are investigated and compared. Then the potentials for integrating these two systems under each single-instrumentdominant scenario are identified followed by the discussion on key factors for soundly building an integrated system under various scenarios in general. Based on these achievements, the WEEE management system in China is taken as an example to demonstrate how to practically set up an integrated system in such a specific conditions, so that the application of EPR principle could be better promoted in a more economic efficient and ecological effective manner.

The Eco-Fee Imbroglio: Lessons from Ontario’s Troubled Experiment in Charging for Waste Management

Abstract: Charging for the life cycle cost of waste management is contentious. The recent example of some retailers charging “eco-fees” in Ontario, with respect to sales of household products such as detergent, batteries and fluorescent light bulbs, is a case in point. However, the Ontario program for municipal waste, which the provincial government has partially abandoned, is just one example of the movement known as Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), which is spreading across the country and to many products. As in numerous other jurisdictions, Canadian provinces have imposed, or are considering, similar EPR programs for products such as tires, electronics and countless other goods. This Commentary uses lessons from Ontario’s waste programs to examine EPR’s potential attractions – when such programs are properly designed.

Comparison of the Electronic Waste Recovery System at Home and Abroad

Abstract: The article briefly introduces the definition, characteristics and significance of electronic waste recycling. After reviewing the developing history of recovery system of electronic waste in China, the article makes a summary of the exploration process and problems of the recovery system. To solve the problems,the article gives a introduction of the electronic waste recovery system of Japan, Germany, Netherlands and Taiwan, analyses and summarizes the experiences of these countries and regions. Based on the comparison of the electronic waste recovery system between China and these countries, the article puts forward some suggestions for further development of the Electronic Waste Recovery System of China.