Ebook: Economic aspects of extended producer responsibility.
Author: OECD
- Tags: Industrial management -- Environmental aspects -- OECD countries, Industries -- Environmental aspects -- OECD countries, Social responsibility of business -- OECD countries, Industrial management -- Environmental aspects, Industries -- Environmental aspects, Social responsibility of business, OECD countries, Afvalstoffen, Milieubeleid, Administración industrial -- Aspectos ambientales -- Paises de la OECD, Industrias -- Aspectos ambientales -- Países de la OECD, Responsabilidad social de la empresa -- Pa
- Series: Directions in development (Washington D.C.). Environment.
- Year: 2004
- Publisher: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
- City: Paris, OECD countries.
- Language: English
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Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), a policy approach in which the responsibility of the waste from a consumer good is extended back up to the producer of the good, is developing and expanding in OECD countries. Governments find that these schemes can provide a new and flexible approach to reduce the upward trend of waste from consumer products. To address these issues, OECD organized a workshop in December Read more...