International Survey on Stakeholders' Perception of the Concept of Extended Producer Responsibility

Abstract

Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) has been one of the most important ideas for waste management/recycling policy in the world for the last two decades. However, different stakeholders perceive the concept and the role of producers in varying ways. This study therefore conducted an international questionnaire survey on stakeholders’ perception of EPR and identified how various stakeholders in different countries perceived the concept of EPR from 426 responses obtained.