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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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TL;DR: In this article, a quantitative strategic planning matrix was created to evaluate the end-of-life of photovoltaic modules' waste management in Jordan and compared between the Europe Union's Extended Producer Responsibility and Private-Public Partnership policy concepts.
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01 Jan 1999
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the environmental rationale behind this new market-based approach to waste management, and discussed its political evolution and development across Europe, and concluded that Producer Responsibility will be effective only if legislation is deployed such that well-defined price mechanisms result in the appropriate level of environmental improvement.
Abstract: Since the late 1980s, various governments have been moving towards a new marketbased approach to waste management known as ‘Producer Responsibility’. Through this approach, producers of electrical and electronic equipment will be made responsible for the end-of-life waste management costs of their products. Focusing on Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment (E E), this paper examines the environmental rationale behind this new approach to waste management, and discusses its political evolution and development across Europe. Cases for the most effective and workable approaches are argued, and the scope and implications of future legislation in the UK is summarised. It is concluded that Producer Responsibility will be effective only if legislation is deployed such that well-defined price mechanisms result in the appropriate level of environmental improvement. This will be achieved in the U K only if producers become more proactive in collaborating with each other, and with policy-makers, in proposing a suitable way forward.
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TL;DR: The comparison among the environmental performance of four considered scenarios showed that the higher the level of source separation was, the lower the overall impacts were, and this occurred because, even if the impacts of the waste collection and transport increased, they were overcome by the avoided impact of the recycling processes.
Abstract: The main aim of this study was to perform a Life cycle assessment study as well as an economic evaluation of the recovery of recyclable materials in a municipal solid waste management syste...
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TL;DR: In this article, an economic analysis of the e-waste generation in India using market supply method combined with substance flow analysis is presented to quantify the common, precious, and critical raw materials embedded in WEEE and further determine their recovery economic potential.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the factors needed for the implementation of a successful waste management plan in Singapore and found that waste management must be a top-down approach, as workers, by themselves, are not motivated to minimize waste.
Abstract: This study investigates the factors needed for the implementation of a successful waste management plan in Singapore. Data were obtained through mail surveys and face-to-face interviews. Statistical t-test of the mean was carried out to determine the relevance of the issues. For waste management plans to succeed, commitment of the top management and involvement of senior site staff are essential. This indicates that waste management must be a top-down approach, as workers, by themselves, are not motivated to minimize waste. A good waste management plan should include measures for waste prevention, waste minimization and waste recycling.
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