Operational Perspectives on Extended Producer Responsibility. (4th October 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Atasu, Atalay
• Is Part Of: Journal of industrial ecology. Volume 23:Number 4(2019:Aug.)
• Page Start: 744
• Page End: 750
• Publication Date: 2018-10-04
• Subjects: collective extended producer responsibility -- design for environment (DfE) -- extended producer responsibility (EPR) -- industrial ecology -- operations management -- waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE); Industrial ecology -- Periodicals; Product life cycle -- Environmental aspects -- Periodicals; Industrial management -- Environmental aspects -- Periodicals; Écologie industrielle -- Périodiques; 658.56
• DOI: 10.1111/jiec.12816
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1088-1980

Abstract

Summary: We revisit three important assumptions about extended producer responsibility (EPR) that originate from academia, policy, or practice: (1) A central objective of EPR should be to induce product designs for the environment; (2) collective EPR implementations mute incentives to design for the environment; and (3) more stringent EPR policy parameters will generate better environmental outcomes. We discuss the potential shortcomings of these assumptions from an operations perspective and their implications for academic and policy research.