The Benefits of Adopting EPR Policies
Most organizations and governments have adopted EPR (extended producer responsibility) with an aim to help address growing issue of e-waste. A number of EPR consultants have taken up the charge of guiding organizations understand and follow rules and regulations underlined for promoting environmental friendly manufacturing and disposal of waste. Most of the used electronics comprise of materials that are harmful for environment and human life if not disposed safely. As per the Environmental Protection Agency, people dispose around 2.5 million tons of electronics such as printers, cell phones, PCs, and TVs. This is a shocking number and reported in the year 2007. To combat the issue, governments across the countries around the world have successfully partnered with corporations for creating the requisite collection in an appropriate way and recycling infrastructure. The extended producer responsibility laws allot enhanced responsibility to manufacturers for reusing, recycli...