Extended Producer Responsibility : A Materials Policy for the 21st Century

Extended Producer Responsibility: A Materials Policy for the 21st Century addresses materials use and its environmental impacts worldwide; EPR policies and programs in the United States; e-commerce and its potential environmental impacts and implications for EPR; and the corporation's role in implementing EPR and related policies. Prepared on the occasion of Expo2000, the international exposition held in Hanover, Germany, from June 1 to October 31, 2000, the report's findings were presented by it authors-Bette Fishbein of INFORM, John Ehrenfeld of MIT, and John Young of the Materials Efficiency Project-at the Berlin Resources Summit preceding the exposition.