Modulated Fee as an Incentive for the Development of EPR Policies

—Suggestions from the Updated Guidance—

Abstract

In this paper, Chapter 5 of “Extended Producer Responsibility : Updated Guidance for Efficient Waste Management”, published by OECD in 2016, was outlined. The Updated Guidance pointed out that most existing EPR systems have not provided enough incentives for DfE and examined possible improvements. The paper also discussed the impact of EPR on DfE proposed by the Updated Guidance, features of household PC and home appliance recycling systems in Japan from the perspective of individual producer responsibility (IPR) and their incentives for DfE. It also showed examples of French EPR schemes with eco-modulation and briefly discussed the possible development of eco-modulation as EPR policies with various pro-environmental incentives in Japan.