Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR)
What is EPR
Extended Producer Responsibility is a concept where manufacturers and importers of products should bear a significant degree of responsibility for the environmental impacts of their products throughout the product life-cycle, including upstream impacts inherent in the selection of materials for the products produced by them.
Extended Producers Responsibility is done through, reuse, buyback, or recycling. The producer has also the option of delegating this responsibility to a third-party
Advantages of EPR Authorization:
- Optimize waste supply chain and management
- Improve modalities for waste management
- Improve coordination with affiliated units
- Improved Market Reputation
- Ensure cost-cutting in waste management
- Improve waste segregation and disposal
Producers can be financially incentivized to design more sustainable and environmentally friendly products when facing financial or physical stress of recycling their products.
Electronics, packaging, batteries, tyres, and vehicles are just a few of the industries and product categories where EPR has been used. By encouraging resource conservation, trash reduction, and the development of recycling infrastructure, it promotes a more circular economy.
