Title :
Implementing individual producer responsibility (IPR) under the European WEEE directive - Experiences in Germany
Author :
Rotter, Vera Susanne ; Chancerel, Perrine ; Schill, Wolf Peter
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Environ. Technol., Berlin Univ. of Technol., Berlin, Germany
Abstract :
In order to implement producer responsibility as required by the European WEEE-Directive, Germany decided to allow producers to determine the extent of their individual responsibility based on brand sorting. This paper presents this approach, the challenges related to its practical application and possible alternatives to implement individual producer responsibility.
Keywords :
WEEE Directive; electrical products; electrical products industry; electronic products; electronics industry; European WEEE directive; Germany; Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive; brand sorting; individual producer responsibility; Costs; Electronic waste; Environmental economics; Intellectual property; Legislation; Material storage; Paramagnetic resonance; Product design; Recycling; Sorting; EPR; IPR; WEEE; brand sorting; take pack systems;
Conference_Titel :
Sustainable Systems and Technology, 2009. ISSST '09. IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Phoenix, AZ
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4324-6
DOI :
10.1109/ISSST.2009.5156757
