The Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) strategy is to associate environmental impacts of products in each stage of their lifecycle from cradle to grave and aims to reduce both the environmental and societal effects of product waste and packaging.
Global Packaging, WEEE and Battery directives concern the identification of this waste placed on the market and through reporting and fee paying of this waste, fund recycling initiatives to meet environmental targets.
A major challenge of EPR compliance directives is that each state and scheme has different tariffs, reporting requirements, fee structures and schedules to comply against.