EPR - Extended Producer Responsibility - Eco-Effectiveness, Cleaner Manufacturing Best Practices, Product Life Cycle

Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR)

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One of the most influential areas of government environmental policy has been the development and gradual implementation of extended producer responsibility (EPR).

Producer Responsibility is a policy concept that aims to reduce waste disposal costs for local governments, increase the convenience and accessibility of recycling programs, and create incentives for manufacturers to design sustainable, less toxic, and more easily recyclable or reusable products and packaging.

The objective of EPR is to promote the conservation of resources, reduce the use and generation of toxic and hazardous materials and energy, and reduce the quantity of wastes for final disposal.

Many multinational companies have launched comprehensive and innovative environmental programs on their own, not just for themselves but for their suppliers as well, most of whom are SMEs.

Extended producer responsibility (EPR) system provides an opportunity for producers and buyers to create an ecosystem for a circular economy.

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Some key examples of EPR activities include recovery schemes and recycling systems.

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"EPR is a logical extension of the "polluter-pays principle. It rests on an argument that the environmental impacts of resource depletion, waste and pollution are a function of the system of production and consumption of goods and services. Those impacts are substantially determined at the point of production, which is when key choices are made – on materials, on processing and finishing technology, on product function and durability, on systems of distribution and marketing and so on. If that system is to evolve in a way that reduces environmental impacts, then there is a need for policies that create appropriate feedback mechanisms for producers that will direct producers' investment towards continuous environmental improvement,"

~ Helen Lewis and John Gertsakis, authors of Design + Environment

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In many countries, EPR is considered an effective policy mechanism to promote the integration of the life-cycle environmental costs associated with products into the market price for the product. Various approaches to EPR policy are being watched specifically because they appear to stimulate innovation and business success as well as reduce overall life-cycle environmental impacts.

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