a system in which a producer of products or services takes responsibility for the waste that results from the products or services marketed, by reducing materials used in production, making repairable or recyclable goods, and/ or reducing packaging.
The concept that those engaged in making, distributing or selling a product have a duty to participate in the management of that product when it is discarded as a waste
Requires industry and commerce involved in the manufacture, distribution and sale of particular goods to take greater responsibility for the disposal, recycling or recovery of those goods at the end of their useful life
this type of law is a way of making the people who make (produce) items e.g. manufacturers, which may become rubbish or pollution, responsible for it. The Packaging Waste Regulations are an example of producer responsibility law.
a term used to describe a policy approach which requires producers who place products on the market to take greater responsibility for those products when they become waste. For example, the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 1997 require those who own packaging and supply it down the packaging chain to contribute to the cost of its recovery and recycling