Review Article: Extended producer responsibility for packaging wastes and WEEE - A comparison of implementation and the role of local authorities across Europe

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 455-479

  Cahill, Rachel ^a   Grimes, Sue M ^a   Wilson, David C ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

EU Directives; Extended producer responsibility (EPR); packaging producer compliance scheme (PCS); waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE)

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATED COSTS; CASE STUDY ANALYSIS; EU DIRECTIVES; EUROPEAN UNION COUNTRIES; EXTENDED PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY; EXTENDED PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY (EPR); FEE STRUCTURE; FINANCING MECHANISMS; LOCAL AUTHORITIES; MEMBER STATE; PACKAGING WASTE; PRIORITIZATION; REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE; WASTE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; WASTE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT (WEEE); WASTE STREAM; WORKING RELATIONSHIPS;

EQUIPMENT; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); PACKAGING; SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL;

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC);

COMPLIANCE; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; EUROPEAN UNION; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; LITERATURE REVIEW; POLICY MAKING; PRIORITIZATION; STAKEHOLDER; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

DOMESTIC WASTE; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; EUROPE; EXTENDED PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; LAW; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PACKAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSIBILITY; REVIEW; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; CITY; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EUROPEAN UNION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HOUSEHOLD; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LEGAL ASPECT; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EUROPE;

CITIES; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EUROPEAN UNION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HOUSEHOLD ARTICLES; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; PRODUCT PACKAGING; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 79955101843     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X10379455     Document Type: Review

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