An examination of governance within extended producer responsibility policy regimes in North America |
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| Institution: | 1. Energy Institute at the Johannes Kepler University Linz, Altenbergerstraße 69, 4040 Linz, Austria;2. Institute for Environmental Management in Companies and Regions, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Altenbergerstraße 69, 4040 Linz, Austria;1. Centre of Northern Environmental Technology, Thule Institute, P.O. Box 7300, FIN-90014 University of Oulu, Finland;2. Kemin Digipolis Oy, Tietokatu 6, FIN-94600 Kemi, Finland;3. Oulu Business School, P.O. Box 4600, FIN-90014 University of Oulu, Finland;4. Mass and Heat Transfer Process Engineering, Faculty of Technology, P.O. Box 4300, FIN-90014 University of Oulu, Finland;1. School of Management Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing 210044, PR China;2. Institute of Climate Change and Public Policy, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing 210044, PR China;3. Business School, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing 210044, PR China;4. Department of Mathematics & Computer Science, University of North Carolina at Pembroke, Pembroke, NC 28372, USA;1. Hanoi University of Science and Technology, No. 1 Dai Co Viet Rd, Hai Ba Trung dist., Hanoi, Vietnam;2. College of Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University, Shiga, Japan;1. Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Istituto di Management, Piazza Martiri della Libertà 33, 56127 Pisa, Italy;2. Università degli Studi di Perugia, Dipartimento di Economia, Piazza Università 1, 06123 Perugia, Italy |
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| Abstract: | Extended producer responsibility seeks to integrate environmental impacts into the product lifecycle and achieve greater economic efficiencies in the management of products at end of life. For such integration to be actualized, however, producers may need to be accorded greater programmatic authority and flexibility than is often in some EPR policies that stipulate defined roles for other entities along the product chain. The proper allocation of responsibility among the parties and, in particular, the roles of the producers and local authorities remains a principal component of EPR policy construction. The analysis outlines four broad categories of financial and programmatic responsibility that currently reside within EPR programs in North America. The article concludes with recommendations for a research agenda to further define the governance characteristics that result in effective and efficient EPR programs. |
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| Keywords: | Extended producer responsibility Environmental governance Municipal recycling Producer responsibility organizations Waste management |
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