Extended Producers Responsibility Authorization
Extended Producers Responsibility (EPR) Authorization | Extended Producer Responsibility has been used globally for over 25 years as a tool to move towards a circular economy, to a varying degree of success. According to Zero Waste Europe, on standard, a lesser amount of than 40% cent of the waste within the range of an EPR system is being collected. Yet recovery rates fluctuate widely, from 70 percent in Brussels to less than 10% cent in Bucharest and Zagreb. Investigate by the European Commission and the OECD has generated recommendations and guidance as to how the EPR model might be strengthened, and so for Producer Responsibility Organizations’ (PROs), it could be a time of great change. EPR: the global perspective Globally, the uptake of EPR is ahead of pace and the OECD withholds up from the EU is developing guidelines that can also work in emerging markets. One of the panelists at the ISWA special the session, Russ Martin of the worldwide Product Ste...