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Publication type: Conference Paper

Extended producer responsibility, monitoring performance

Abstract/summary

The analysis of the last five years offers in the European Union, a unique opportunity to evaluate the achievements of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive (94/62/EC) which is often considered as a legislation promoting producer responsibility. The data, currently available, and their comparability and reliability are presented and discussed as well as the perceived and actual results of different approaches implemented by Member States governments, industry and local authorities in the European Union to monitor the performance of 94/62/EC. Alternatives and improvements to current approaches are presented and discussed : the importance of continuous improvement indicators is stressed for established programs.

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Author(s)
Walter Brinkmann
Jacques Fonteyne
Year
2000
Conference name
OECD Joint Workshop on Extended Producer Responsibility and Waste Minimisation Policy in Support of Environmental Sustainability, Part 1
Publisher
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Number of pages
87-98
Document number
11
URL
https://one.oecd.org/document/ENV/EPOC/PPC(99)11/FINAL/PART1/en/pdf
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