CCME: Extended Producer Responsibility

On October 29, 2009, the Council of Ministers approved a Canada-wide Action Plan for Extended Producer Responsibility and a Canada-wide Strategy for Sustainable Packaging.

Extended producer responsibility (EPR) is an environmental policy approach in which a producer's responsibility for a product is extended to the post-consumer stage of a product's life cycle.

Canada-wide Principles for Extended Producer Responsibility
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PN 1397 Extended Producer Responsibility Product Evaluation Tool - User Guidance (includes xls Evaluation Tool)
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EPR Evaluation Tool
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Analysis of the Free-Rider Issue in Extended Producer Responsibility Programs - PN 1380

This report was prepared by Marbek Resource Consultants Ltd. for the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME). This publication is a working paper only. It contains information which has been prepared for, but not approved by, CCME. CCME is not responsible for the accuracy of the data contained in the publication and does not warrant or necessarily share or affirm, in any way, any opinions expressed therein.

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National Packaging Workshop, Toronto, March 12-13, 2007: Summary Report - PN 1382

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National Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Workshop, September 27-28, 2006: Final Report - PN 1376

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	Last update Thursday, March 07, 2013