Joint position – Let’s reshape Extended Producer Responsibility
The tool of EPR has been widely recognised and celebrated as being an effective way of making producers responsible for products and the waste they produce. In this paper, concrete legislative measures are proposed that could advance the working of EPR, making it an effective environmental tool that helps to achieve reduction, prevention, separate collection and closed-loop recycling targets for a broad range of product categories.
Relying solely on EPR will not be adequate in minimising the environmental impact of products throughout their entire life cycle. However, when complemented by an appropriate legislative framework, EPR can unlock its full potential.
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