Korea Environmental Policy Bulletin - Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR)

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Republic of Korea, Ministry of Environment
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RT Generic T1 Korea Environmental Policy Bulletin - Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) A1 Republic of Korea, Ministry of Environment YR 2010 LK https://wedocs.unep.org/20.500.11822/9031 PB Ministry of Environment - Korea Environment Institute - Republic of Korea AB TY - GEN T1 - Korea Environmental Policy Bulletin - Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) AU - Republic of Korea, Ministry of Environment Y1 - 2010 UR - https://wedocs.unep.org/20.500.11822/9031 PB - Ministry of Environment - Korea Environment Institute - Republic of Korea AB - @misc{20.500.11822_9031 author = {Republic of Korea, Ministry of Environment}, title = {Korea Environmental Policy Bulletin - Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR)}, year = {2010}, abstract = {}, url = {https://wedocs.unep.org/20.500.11822/9031} } @misc{20.500.11822_9031 author = {Republic of Korea, Ministry of Environment}, title = {Korea Environmental Policy Bulletin - Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR)}, year = {2010}, abstract = {}, url = {https://wedocs.unep.org/20.500.11822/9031} } TY - GEN T1 - Korea Environmental Policy Bulletin - Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) AU - Republic of Korea, Ministry of Environment UR - https://wedocs.unep.org/20.500.11822/9031 PB - Ministry of Environment - Korea Environment Institute - Republic of Korea AB -View/Open
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The Korean government introduced its Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) system in 2000 that strengthened producers responsibility from the production stage up to collection and recycling. EPR system is applied to four packaging materials (paper packaging, glass bottles, metal cans, and plastic packaging), lubricants, tires, fluorescent light bulbs, batteries and electronic products.
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