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Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR)

Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) is a policy approach that makes producers responsible for managing the disposal of post-consumer products by requiring them to both reduce packaging and offer take-back programs. This shifts the costs of waste management from local governments to producers and aims to internalize environmental costs into product prices. EPR programs for e-waste are important because e-waste contains toxic chemicals that harm human health and environment if not disposed of properly. While EPR may increase initial product prices, it incentivizes producers to make more sustainable electronics and puts pressure on countries to improve domestic waste infrastructure and regulations. India has implemented EPR guidelines for e-waste and packaging since 2016.

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Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR)

Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) is a policy approach that makes producers responsible for managing the disposal of post-consumer products by requiring them to both reduce packaging and offer take-back programs. This shifts the costs of waste management from local governments to producers and aims to internalize environmental costs into product prices. EPR programs for e-waste are important because e-waste contains toxic chemicals that harm human health and environment if not disposed of properly. While EPR may increase initial product prices, it incentivizes producers to make more sustainable electronics and puts pressure on countries to improve domestic waste infrastructure and regulations. India has implemented EPR guidelines for e-waste and packaging since 2016.

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Extended Producer

Responsibility (EPR)

Chetan Dhall
PGPSM07006
EPR Defined:
 Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) is a policy approach under which producers are
given a significant responsibility – financial and/or physical – for the treatment or disposal
of post-consumer products. (OECD)
 Internalize the environment costs of products into their price.
 Shift the economic burden of managing products that have reached end of their useful life
from local government to product producers and consumers.

https://www.corpseed.com/knowledge-centre/The-Procedure-of-Extended-Producer-Responsibility-(EPR)-Authorization
Waste and EPR
 Increasing Waste Quantities
 Need for improved waste management and resource efficiency
 Shift from linear to circular ,close material loops

https://www.plasticsforchange.org/epr-credits
EPR IN E-Waste
 Chemicals found in e-waste that are dangerous to human health and the environment
 Lead found in the screens of phones, TVs can damage kidneys, nerves, blood, bones and muscles
 Mercury in flat screen TVs, laptop screens can cause damage to the kidneys and the nervous system
 Challenges faced :
 In India over 95% of E-waste is collected by informal sector waste picker and aggregator
 After collection they sell their E-waste to informal sector recycler
 Informal sector Recycler :Use Crude Method for Recycling
 Lack of Responsible Recycler: Existing have little recycling capacity

https://www.oecd.org/environment/extended-producer-responsibility.htm
Advantages:
 Producers facing financial burden of recycling their electronics after use, this may incentivized them
to design more sustainable, less toxic and more easily recyclable electronics
 The pressures placed on governments may be alleviated
 EPR policy puts pressure on countries that export their E-waste
 China stopped importing E-waste from the U.S.
 Forces countries to have their own infrastructure and will force more regulations from the government

Disadvantages:
 EPR could increase the cost because producers would add recycling costs into the initial price tag
 It can be expensive if the product contains hazardous materials and does not have a scrap value
 Manufacturers may use takeback programs to take secondhand electronics off the reuse market, by
shredding rather than reusing or repairing goods
EPR In India:
 Rules notified in 2011,came into force in 2012 for e-waste
 Implemented the EPR guidelines in 2016 covering plastic packaging waste and electronic
waste
 EPR Registration in India has been recently mandated by the Central Pollution Control
Board of India
 PRO(Responsibility delegated to 3rd Party) in India:
 Earth Sense Recycle Pvt. Ltd
 EPR Compliance Pvt. Ltd.
 Pegasus Support System Pvt. Ltd

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