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WASTE MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH
Volume 30, Issue 9, Pages 36-42Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X12453379
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Extended producer responsibility; EPR; waste; prevention; green product design; static targets
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Although economic theory supports the use of extended producer responsibility (EPR) to stimulate prevention and recycling of waste, EPR systems implemented in Europe are often criticized as a result of weak incentives for prevention and green product design. Using a stylized economic model, this article evaluates the efficiency of European EPR systems. The model reveals that the introduction of static collection targets creates a gap between theory and implementation. Static targets lead to inefficient market outcomes and weak incentives for prevention and green product design. The minimum collection targets should be complemented with a tax on producers for the non-collected waste fraction. Because such a tax internalizes the cost of waste disposal, more efficient price signals will lead to better incentives for waste management in a complex and dynamic market.
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