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.

Waste Prevention and Life Cycle Assessment in Municipal Solid Waste Management towards Sustainable Environment

Abstract: Waste prevention or waste reduction at source is the most preferred solid waste management alternative. This is because waste reduction at source would give the least impact to the environment as opposed to landfill. To embark on waste reduction at source, the concept of material flow in a production system should be understood. Waste prevention plays a key role in reducing waste flow throughout the life cycle of a product. This paper attempts to provide a brief overview on the Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) reduction at source specifically the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). LCA is one of the preventive and remedial approaches in environmental management and can be broken down into goal definition, inventory analysis, classification and evaluation, and improvement assessment stages. National and international initiatives on LCA were outlined based on the problems on increasing trends on solid waste generation. Preliminary data on relationships between MSW generation and population were outlined. Example on the classification and evaluation on environment impacts by material and waste flow were discussed. The analysis showed that wastes can be categorized into various components and each component can be channeled according to the life cycle of a product. This is important for proper environmental management. This strategy of waste prevention at source is important to enable us to achieve a better quality of life and working towards a more sustainable living.

A Normative Perspective on Governing Solar PV Sustainability

Abstract: This chapter explores the potential for more effective global governance of solar PV (photovoltaic) impacts. Due to the rapidly globalizing nature of this industrial sector and the limited international institutional framework for coherently governing such impacts, it argues that existing industry-led, voluntary approaches are more appropriate for countering them in this transnational context. Here, corporate social responsibility, environmental management systems, life cycle assessment of products, and extended producer responsibility offer significant scope for embedding greater sustainability throughout the sector while supporting its contribution to wider global norms, such as the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. A set of normative sustainability principles for potential integration with these mechanisms is also discussed.

Studies on packaging waste minimization and its collection system

Abstract: ：Case studies in Shanghai showed marked over-packaging of products in market, notable rising trend of plastic packaging waste in domestic waste, bad market management in current waste collection system, and no embodiment of source-producer-s responsibility for retrieving the waste The control methods of manufacturers' responsibility system and the mechanism of the waste retrieval compensation and economic stimulation should be well performed; and the regional packaging waste recycling network system should be set up for higher level of scale-management Thus, it is possible to ensure the unimpeded packaging waste minimization and the material cycle of its reutilization

Implementing Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR)-based Electronic Waste Institutions in Nigeria: Lessons from the Global North

Abstract: Since the 1980s, the exportation of end-of-life electrical and electronic equipment (EEE), also referred to as waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEE) or e-waste from developed to developing countries was decried by the international community. Whilst the trade in WEEE appeared to be substantially controlled by the Basel Convention 1989, it became obvious that the generation and disposal of WEEE had become—not just a developing country problem, but also one which affects the global North (developed countries). Currently, electronic waste has become a global environmental problem, with innovative strategies being developed at global, regional and national levels. Various jurisdictions have adopted various management strategies towards tackling the generation, trade and disposal of this waste stream. One of such strategies is by placing responsibility of the end-of-life management of an electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) on the producer in developed countries, using the extended producer responsibility (EPR) principle. This paper examines the reality of using an EPR-based principle to drive implementation of e-waste institutions in Nigeria. It discusses the effectiveness of EPR-base e-waste institutions in Netherlands and Japan, and how the establishments of producer responsibility organisations (PROs) have compelled effective regulation of e-waste streams in those jurisdictions. This paper analyses existing waste legislation in Nigeria and potentials for the establishment of such PROs to drive adoption of e-waste institutions in Nigeria, and concludes with proposals for effective management of e-waste for future generations in Nigeria.