Online seminar

September 09, 2020

Actually, it sounds quite simple: Anyone who puts packaging into circulation is also responsible for what happens to it after it is used. This is what lies behind the term EXTENDED PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY (EPR). In Germany and large parts of Europe, it has been largely implemented: Companies that put packaging on the market pay a levy and thus finance the necessary infrastructure for collecting and recycling packaging.

However, it is precisely at the critical plastic hotspots in the Global South that Extended Producer Responsibility is still largely in its infancy. A major cause of the plastic waste problem.

The POLYPROBLEM online workshop provides an overview of the status of Extended Producer Responsibility worldwide and the opportunities and possibilities of implementing this principle even where there is no corresponding legislation and the necessary infrastructure is not yet in place.