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The EU's upcoming Circular Economy Act has an opportunity to improve the implementation of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) policies…

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The EU's upcoming Circular Economy Act has an opportunity to improve the implementation of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) policies across Europe 👇 As EPR schemes continue to roll out across Europe, how do we ensure the 'polluter pays' principle is properly implemented? Over the next few weeks, we'll be examining four key elements for successful delivery of EPR: transparency, monitoring, audits and penalties. First, we'll set out the challenges - then we'll identify solutions. Beyond Europe, these insights are also highly relevant to any jurisdiction currently designing or reforming EPR frameworks We start with transparency: ➡️ Transparency is foundational. Without clear, comparable information about the calculation of costs, fees and revenues, EPR systems cannot be overseen, trusted or evaluated. ➡️ Current EPR systems across Europe suffer from systemic transparency gaps. This can limit oversight, undermine accountability, distort competition and weaken alignment with the producer pays principle. To understand more about the challenges of transparency for effective EPR check out our mini briefings: https://lnkd.in/exaSM3XA

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