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Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) and the Impact of Online Sales

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  • Mark Hilton

    (Eunomia)

  • Chris Sherrington

    (Eunomia)

  • Andrew McCarthy

    (OECD)

  • Peter Börkey

    (OECD)

Abstract

Extended producer responsibility or product stewardship is a policy approach that aims to increase waste recovery and recycling. Extended producer responsibility (EPR) systems aim to make producers responsible for the environmental impacts of their products throughout the product chain, from design to the end-of-life phase. This report focuses on free-riding of producers or retailers, which the fast expansion of online sales in recent years has been exacerbating. Online sales are creating new free-riding opportunities as consumers are able to buy more easily from sellers in other countries. These sellers often have no physical, legal entity in the country where the consumer resides, and are not registered with national or local EPR schemes.

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  • Mark Hilton & Chris Sherrington & Andrew McCarthy & Peter Börkey, 2019. "Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) and the Impact of Online Sales," OECD Environment Working Papers 142, OECD Publishing.
    • Handle: RePEc:oec:envaaa:142-en
    DOI: 10.1787/cde28569-en
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    Cited by:

    1. Mark B. Taylor & Maja van der Velden, 2019. "Resistance to Regulation: Failing Sustainability in Product Lifecycles," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(22), pages 1-14, November.
    2. Valentina Romagnoli & Joachim Felix Aigner & Thomas Berlinghof & Niki Bey & Jan-Markus Rodger & Cordelia Patz, 2020. "Identification and assessment of opportunities and threats for the Circular Economy arising from E-commerce," JRC Research Reports JRC122233, Joint Research Centre.
    3. Mingfu Meng & Zongguo Wen & Weijun Luo & Shijie Wang, 2021. "Approaches and Policies to Promote Zero-Waste City Construction: China’s Practices and Lessons," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(24), pages 1-22, December.

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    Keywords

    circular economy; Extended producer responsibility; free-riding; product stewardship; resource efficiency; waste management;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q53 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Air Pollution; Water Pollution; Noise; Hazardous Waste; Solid Waste; Recycling
    • Q58 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environmental Economics: Government Policy

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