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- Title
ANALYTICAL FRAIVE WORK FOR EVALUATING THE COSTS AND BENEFITS OF EXTENDED PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY PROGRAMMES.
- Abstract
The article presents an analysis of the costs and benefits of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) programmes. EPR is an environmental policy approach under which the responsibility of producers for their products is extended to include the social costs of waste management, including the environmental impact of waste disposal. The EPR programmes implemented in individual countries differ widely, in a number of respects, including the industries and products covered, the policy context in which they have been introduced, the nature of the responsibilities placed on producers, the forms of the organization, and the economic, social and cultural context in which the programmes operate. Since most EPR programmes are designed to achieve large increases in the rate of recycling, values reflecting these externalities and other market failures need to be included in the assessment of the costs and environmental effects of EPR programmes.
- Subjects
ENVIRONMENTAL policy; ENVIRONMENTAL engineering; WASTE management; ENVIRONMENTAL impact analysis; ENVIRONMENTAL protection; EXTERNALITIES
- Publication
OECD Papers, 2005, Vol 5, Issue 4, p4
- ISSN
1609-1914
- Publication type
Article