Publication type: Report
The purpose of the project has been to identify and develop regulatory initiatives with a potential to strengthen the ecodesign effect of the WEEE Directive. The project has included the following activities: • A review of literature (refer to the reference list) • Interviews with key stakeholders in the European WEEE-context (refer to the reference list and Annex /Bilag 3) • Three workshops with Danish and European WEEE-stakeholders (refer to Annex/Bilag 2) • Preparation of a long list of potential regulatory initiatives (refer to Annex/Bilag 1). • Selection of the nine most relevant regulatory options for detailed description (this section) • Selection of the most promising regulatory option for analysis, in-depth description and discussion with stakeholders (section 2 of this report). Selection of the most relevant regulatory options has been based on an initial assessment of three parameters: a) The initiatives’ potential environmental effect; b) The initiatives’ potential product design effect; and c) The estimated administrative cost associated with the initiative. The Steering Committee has selected the following potential regulatory initiatives for further investigation: 1. Differentiated fees in collective schemes 2. Environmentally based allocation of handling and recycling costs 3. Environmentally differentiated tax on EEE 4. Individual producer responsibility 5. Network for producers and recyclers 6. Green and innovative public procurement 7. Sharing information – RFID chip 8. Product Service System 9. Deposit and refund on small EEE. Initiative 1 has been tested in real life in France and initiative 4 in Japan, whereas the remaining seven initiatives are fictional at this stage.
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