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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, the authors introduce the term "risk cycle" to describe the trade-off between man and the environment, based on toxic and/or persistent chemical components of the discarded products.
Abstract: Background
Global waste recycling streams are accompanied by pollutant emission and concentration of hazardous substances within material cycles. For the latter, the term “risk cycle” is introduced. E.g. the illegal or semi-legal export of hazardous wastes like electronic scrap in developing countries for recycling is associated with risks for man and the environment, based on toxic and/or persistent chemical components of the discarded products.
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TL;DR: It is found that the CLSC is economical as well as sustainable if an appropriate level of penalty is imposed for not recovering the material for reuse, and if an index is proposed to reflect the sustainability of the supply chain.
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TL;DR: The national statistics in Taiwan regarding the online reporting amounts of collected WEEE since it has been officially designated as one of the mandatory recyclable wastes were adopted and the regulatory measures were addressed to update the status and subsidiary fee rates of WEEE recycling in Taiwan.
Abstract: In the past two decades, the waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) management has become an important environmental issue internationally because it contained hazardous substances like heavy metals and brominated flame retardants Moreover, some valuable substances were used in the electrical and electronic products, thus representing a circular industry for recycling of WEEE Therefore, the Taiwan government formulated a legal WEEE recycling system since 1998 in response to the international trends of sustainable waste management and extended producer responsibility (EPR) This article adopted the national statistics in Taiwan regarding the online reporting amounts of collected WEEE since it has been officially designated as one of the mandatory recyclable wastes Furthermore, the regulatory measures were addressed to update the status and subsidiary fee rates of WEEE recycling in Taiwan In addition, this article also put emphasis on the regulations governing the toxic chemical substances contained in the WEEE It showed that the average annual recycling amounts of home electronic appliances, information technology products and lighting in Taiwan during the 2017–2018 were around 117,000, 18,000 and 4500 metric tons, respectively It was also indicated that the current WEEE recycling market in Taiwan has become saturated, reflecting the regulatory promulgation and promotional measures successfully In response to the Stockholm Convention on persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and the Minamata Convention on Mercury, the Taiwan government declared some brominated flame retardants and heavy metals (ie, mercury and cadmium) as a “toxic chemical substance” under the Toxic and Concerned Chemical Substance Control Act (TCCSCA), which shall be prohibited to use in the preparation of electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) since 1 January 2016 Through the central governing authority, local governments, and private recyclers in Taiwan, the successful WEEE recycling system not only reduce the pressure on sanitary disposal systems, but also prevent the chemical hazards from solid waste incineration systems More significantly, the WEEE recycling in Taiwan echoed the United Nations (UN) Agenda 2030 for sustainable development goals
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TL;DR: This article investigates – mostly from a practical point of view – constitutive elements, which are necessary for a holistic policy to serve as a well-functioning allocation mechanism, and refers to these policies as ‘integrated environmental policies’.
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13 Apr 2016
TL;DR: A number of environmental policies built on the principles of "Extended Producer Responsibility" (EPR) have spread to cover multiple categories of products and their containers or packages as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: Environmental policies built on the principles of 'Extended Producer Responsibility' (EPR) have spread to cover multiple categories of products and their containers or packages. Although pesticides are genuinely hazardous to
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