This study shows that Individual Producer Responsibility (IPR) as set up in the European Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive can “make the market work for the environment”. However, the inadequate transposition of the...

This report provides evidence based on existing EPR programmes and anticipated EPR legislation, that EPR laws – both those mandating substance bans and setting re-use/recycling targets – do indeed prompt positive product design change.