Producer responsibility involves integrating the environmental costs associated with goods throughout their life cycles into the market price of the products. The ultimate goal is to reduce the quantity of waste, increase recycling, and achieve more environmentally sound product development. This is particularly salient in environmentally hazardous industries such as packaging, wastepaper, tires, batteries, and electric and electronic products. Voluntary commitments on producer responsibility in three product groups—office paper, agricultural plastic, and building and demolition waste—have shown signs of success, given that material recovery has increased in all three groups. Producer responsibility for packaging has not resulted in a decrease in the total quantities of packaging. Nevertheless, the quantity of packaging per pound of article has reduced primarily because of lighter packaging materials. Coordinating information between producers and local authorities has also been shown to improve recycling results and raise the level of awareness of service in collection systems.