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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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27 Jul 2021
TL;DR: In this article, the authors reviewed several paradigmatic perspectives and principles that provided the framework to build the waste management agenda in Argentina and analyzed the impact of the external environmental agenda on the construction of public policies.
Abstract: This article reviews several paradigmatic perspectives and principles that provided the framework to build the waste management agenda in Argentina. It is analysed the impact of the external environmental agenda on the construction of public policies. The text places special emphasis on new concepts and principles that innovated the last sequence of laws: circular economy, zero waste, extended producer responsibility (EPR). Moreover, The concept of integrality in waste management is problematized and the main challenges are identified to conceive a new integrality.
01 Jan 2014
TL;DR: The European Waste Framework Directive has defined waste prevention as top of the waste hierarchy meaning nothing less than a fundamental change of the sociotechnical system of waste infrastructures with all its economic, legal, social and cultural elements as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: The European Waste Framework Directive has defined waste prevention as top of the waste hierarchy meaning nothing less than a fundamental change of the sociotechnical system of waste infrastructures with all its economic, legal, social and cultural elements. Based on an empirical analysis of more than 300 waste prevention measures this paper assesses which prevention effects can realistically be achieved by applying the measures described in the German waste prevention programme or in those of other EU member states. Taking into account waste streams like packaging, food waste, bulky waste and production waste the results show that waste generation is not an unavoidable evil but can be significantly reduced at current level of technology .
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors monitor the effectiveness and efficiency of implementation of these regulations, particularly in the case of containers and packaging, household appliances, personal computers and end-of-life vehicles.
Abstract: Waste is generated at various stages of human activities. The Japanese government has been making it as a major policy to promote a recycling-based society, fully utilize materials and increase waste recovery. The 2000 Basic Law for Establishing a Recycling-Based Society, and related recycling regulations have strengthened the regulatory framework for waste management. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) reported, “Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) is a policy under which producers take significant responsibility in the treatment or disposal of post-consumer products.” The principle of EPR has been incorporated into the national legislation on containers and packaging and on some appliances.The purpose of this study is to monitor the effectiveness and efficiency of implementation of these regulations, particularly in the case of containers and packaging, household appliances, personal computers and end-of-life vehicles.
01 Jan 2017
TL;DR: The Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) framework as discussed by the authors is an extension of the concept of product stewardship that aims to align the experiences of different actors throughout a product's lifecycle with the social and environmental costs that they incur.
Abstract: Solid waste disposal weighs heavily upon our society at $205 billion dollars per year, and upon the environment at an estimated 3.5 million tons per day (Hoornweg, Bhada-Tata, and Kennedy 2013). The burden and risk that remain at the end of a product’s life suggest a need for policy measures to help align the experiences of different actors throughout a product’s lifecycle with the social and environmental costs that they incur. This thesis draws on the concept of product stewardship and its focus on incorporating all of the actors in a product’s lifecycle into steps to take responsibility for waste management. Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) recognizes the producer’s distinct potential to consider and drive change in waste management. Producers often serve like mediators between the design and use phases of a product’s lifecycle. Through EPR policies, the producer takes on the costs of ensuring safe end-of-life waste disposal. In this way, EPR can be expected to help relieve the public of some of the costs of waste disposal, and to support consideration of social and environmental impacts that a product may incur. This thesis examines EPR policy adoption and effectiveness in order to understand its ability to meet its theoretical expectations. Exploring the consideration and implementation of EPR policy measures, and particularly a case study of these policies in California, this thesis identifies several emerging challenges and trends that define openness to, and the success of, EPR. EPR policy proposals often encounter resistance that limits their strength and reach. In order to realize the full potential benefits of EPR, regulatory bodies will need to wholeheartedly support competition and enforcement to preserve the incentives within these policies. This thesis suggests that EPR still holds strong potential to bring together the social, environmental, and economic costs of waste management, both in theory and in practice, and offers broad recommendations for efforts to support this alignment.
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss the retail price of reusable waste which returned to the market and the amount of waste collection that affects the profit, where the waste collection risk is a significant factor.
Abstract: In order to reduce environmental pollution, waste returns and recycling has become a trend. But the process of waste management such as waste collection, treatment and distribution between supply and demand that lacking of information often leads to more wastes. This study took the full information sharing into account, reducing wastes between the members of the supply chain. In addition, because all the process of waste treatment will deal with the cost and risk, this study thus discussed waste management system under uncertainties. Providing information to business decision-makers, the purpose of this study is to discuss the retail price of reusable waste which returned to the market and the amount of waste collection that affects the profit. The result shows that demand quantity and price factors would affect the amount of waste collection and the profit; where the waste collection risk is a significant factor, thus this study indicated that the management needs to consider risk factors in the waste collection system.