title: Review of extended producer responsibility: A case study approach.
abstract: Principles of extended producer responsibility have been the core of most of the recent policies and legislation dealing with the end-of-life management of recyclable goods. This article makes an exploratory review of 27 cases of extended producer responsibility from developed and developing economies with and without informal recycling, to ascertain the most important aspect of extended producer responsibility. A comparative analysis of the cases with respect to role of stakeholders in the upstream and downstream stages of the extended producer responsibility has been carried out. Further, the study uses exploratory factor analysis to determine the important aspects of the extended producer responsibility in practice using 13 variables identified from the review. Findings of the comparative analysis reveal that financial responsibility of the producers and separate collecting and recycling agencies contributed significantly to the success of the extended producer responsibility-based environmental policies. Regulatory provisions, take-back responsibility and financial flow come out to be the three most important aspects of the extended producer responsibility. Presence of informal sector had a negative impact on the regulatory provisions. The outcomes of this study could serve as a guideline for designing of effective extended producer responsibility-based policies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Business Economics, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Yamini
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Gupt
authors.affiliation: Department of Business Economics, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India samraj.sahay@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Samraj
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sahay
mesh_terms: D019049:Developed Countries; D003906:Developing Countries; D058735:Environmental Policy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D059027:Recycling / Q000592:standards; D018505:Waste Management / Q000592:standards
keywords: Extended producer responsibility; end-of-life goods; environmental policies; upstream management