Yale
Reid Lifset is a Research Scientist and Resident Fellow in Industrial Ecology on the faculty of the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies at Yale University. He is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Industrial Ecology, an international peer-reviewed bi-monthly headquartered at and owned by Yale University and published by Wiley. In addition, he serves as the Associate Director of the Industrial Environmental Management Program and the Yale Program on Solid Waste Policy. Mr. Lifset’s research focuses on the application of industrial ecology to novel problems and research areas and the evolution of extended producer responsibility (EPR). He is a member of the governing council of the International Society for Industrial Ecology (ISIE). He did his graduate work in political science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and in management at Yale University.
Lund University
Naoko Tojo is currently an associate professor in product-orientedenvironmental law and policy at the International Institute for IndustrialEnvironmental Economics (IIIEE) at Lund University, Sweden. She has a BA in lawfrom Keio University, Japan (1994), and MSc in environmental management andpolicy (1999) and Ph. D in industrial environmental economics (2004) from LundUniversity. She evaluates and analysesproduct, recycling and waste policies in Europe and Asia and seeks for designand implementation of government interventions and other policy tools that effectivelyenhance upstream design changes/waste prevention. Policies based on extended producerresponsibility (EPR) are among the main focus of her research. While many ofher earlier works look into EPR systems for electrical and electronicequipment, over the last several years she has been leading/involved in variousprojects related to policies seeking to enhance the sustainability of textiles,looking at aspects such as waste prevention, chemicals in products,prolongation of useful life and the like. Her research has beenfinanced/commissioned by government bodies of various levels such as the EU,Nordic Council of Ministers, OECD, UNEP, Sweden, as well as prominent NGOgroups and industries. She has been teaching policy related courses since 2001,and has been the coordinator of one of the two international, interdisciplinaryMSc programmes run by the IIIEE since 2010.
Universidad de los Andes
Jooyoung Park is an Assistant Professor of Sustainability at the School of Management, Universidad de los Andes. Her research broadly aims to understand the impact of socio-economic systems on the environment by analyzing the flows and metabolism of materials and underlying social, organizational, and institutional factors that govern them. Specifically, she has focused on three main topics: 1) technological innovations and business behaviors for a circular economy, 2) business collaborations and eco-industrial development, and 3) extended producer responsibility policy. Before joining Universidad de los Andes, she was a postdoctoral associate and lecturer at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. She has a Ph.D. in environmental studies from Yale University and Masters and Bachelor of Science in environmental engineering from Seoul National University, South Korea.
National Institute for Environmental Studies
Tomohiro TASAKI, Ph.D., head of the Sustainable Material Cycle Systems Section at the National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES) and a visiting professor at the University of Tokyo, Japan. His academic background includes bothsystems engineering and policy science. His work is mainly focused on the 3Rs (reduce, reuse and recycle) of waste and environmental product policy as well as circular economy. He has been applying the methodologies of material flow analysis and policy comparison to evaluate and design recycling policy toward circular economy.
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
Garth Hickle is an independent consultant with an emphasis on environmental product policy and the circular economy. Previously, he led the product stewardship program for the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA). He currently serves as a board member of the Global Product Stewardship Council and the Sustainable Electronics Recycling Initiative (SERI). He is also a Senior Lecturer and Visiting Scholar at the University of Minnesota. He has published in the Journal of Industrial Ecology, Journal of Cleaner Production, Resource Conservation and Recycling and Business Strategy and the Environment among others. Garth holds a M.S.E.L. from Vermont Law School and a PhD in Industrial Ecology and Sustainability from Erasmus University in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Extended producer responsibility (EPR) is an environmental policy strategy in which producers are made responsible for their products and/or packages at end of life. EPR is one of industrial ecology’s central policy... [ view full abstract ]
Extended producer responsibility (EPR) is an environmental policy strategy in which producers are made responsible for their products and/or packages at end of life. EPR is one of industrial ecology’s central policy strategies. Its application continues to spread globally and across product categories.
This special session will contain 4 oral presentations of current research on EPR. Reid Lifset (Yale) and Garth Hickle (Minnesota Pollution Control Agency) will jointly serve as session chairs. Each presentation will be 15 minutes with 5-7 minutes of questions.
The presentations address key contemporary issues in the implementation and evolution of EPR: Application to new categories of products (Tojo et al.), EPR in developing countries (Park et al.), , and Diverging understanding of EPR as a policy strategy (Tasaki et al.) and convergence in implementation of EPR (Hickle).
Policies promoting fibre-to-fibre recycling of textiles – An ex-ante assessment of a mandatory extended producer responsibility system in Sweden, Tojo et al.(Lund)
Since 2000, consumption of new clothes and household textiles in Sweden increased by more than 40%. While ~20% of the used textile products are captured in second-hand markets ~60% are incinerated. Authors describe the genesis of current policy initiatives and an assessment of a proposed Swedish mandatory EPR system for textiles. The potential for meeting policy objectives is evaluated.
End-of-life tire management in Colombia, Park et al. (Universidad de los Andes)
Authors examine the evolution and current state of the Colombian EPR system for tires, evaluating the system’s performance and exploring strategies for improvement. Factors limiting success are identified with a focus on the challenges of implementing EPR in developing countries
Perceived Concept of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) after Two Decades: Results of an International Survey and Interviews with Japanese Stakeholders, Tasaki et al. (National Institute for Environmental Studies, Lund)
EPR has been an important idea in waste and environmental product policies for the last two decades, and approximately 400 EPR programs exist worldwide. However, different perceptions of EPR tend to fuel policy disputes and confuse arguments. Authors conducted 2 surveys of stakeholders’ perceptions of EPR in sequence: an international internet survey and in-person interviews in Japan and will present results and implications.
Comparative Analysis of EPR Policy and Practice in the United States and Canada
Extended producer responsibility (EPR) continues to be implemented as a key policy strategy to increase collection and recycling rates and promote resource efficiency in both the United States and Canada. While the U.S. states and the Canadian provinces have assumed the primary role for enacting producer responsibility requirements in their respective countries, there have been historical differences in the policy choices and program implementation scenarios between the jurisdictions. These differences will be profiled along with recent developments in each county that reflect increasing policy convergence and opportunities for greater collaboration.• Management and technology for sustainable and resilient energy, water, food, materials, , • Public policy and governance , • Circular economy
TS-15 » Special session: "Extended Producer Responsibility: Research on Implementation and Evolution" (13:45 - Tuesday, 27th June, Room F)
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