• DocumentCode
    2411761
  • 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
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    18-20 May 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    6
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Sustainable Systems and Technology, 2009. ISSST '09. IEEE International Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Phoenix, AZ
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4324-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ISSST.2009.5156757
  • Filename
    5156757