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Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR)
Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR)
Presented by Dereje T.
BACKGROUND
• Electronic products have not only become an integral part of our lives, but
also contribute significantly to environmental consequences.
• India is among the top five countries in the world, in terms of e-waste
generation next to China, USA, Japan and Germany.
INTRODUCTION
• The extended producer responsibility policy was introduced by
Thomas Lindhqvist in a report to the Swedish Ministry of
Environment in 1990.
• This is the idea behind the policy of extended producer responsibility (EPR).
Cont’d
• Targets for the producers to collect and recycle end-of-life products of their
goods.
• The extended producer responsibility entails three liabilities
These three liabilities are described below:
i. Economic responsibility
ii. Physical responsibility
iii.Informative responsibility
Cont’d
I. Economic responsibility :- means that the producer will cover all or part of
the expenses, for example, for the collection, recycling or final disposal of
products they manufacturing.
These expenses could be paid for directly by producer or by a special fee.
Cont’d
• and the earliest take-back activity began in Europe, where Government sponsored
take-back initiatives arose from concerns about scarce landfill space and
potentially hazardous substances in component parts.
• In Japan producers are responsible for recycling cars and electronic products and in
Canada many provinces are now passing take-back laws for paints, batteries, tires,
packaging and electronics waste.
References
[1] https://www.oecd.org/env/tools-
evaluation/extendedproducerresponsibility.htm#targetText=Extended%20Producer
%20Responsibility%20(EPR)%20is,disposal%20of%20post%2Dconsumer%20product
s.&targetText=It%20discusses%20the%20potential%20benefits%20and%20costs%2
0associated%20with%20EPR.
[2] https://www.oecd.org/env/tools-
evaluation/extendedproducerresponsibility.htm#targetText=Extended%20Producer
%20Responsibility%20(EPR)%20is,disposal%20of%20post%2Dconsumer%20product
s.&targetText=It%20discusses%20the%20potential%20benefits%20and%20costs%2
0associated%20with%20EPR.
Thank you!