| Ano de Realização | 2018 |
| Ano do Trabalho | 2018 |
| Cidade da Editora | Atenas |
| Cidade do Evento | Atenas |
| Classificação do Evento | INTERNACIONAL |
| Descrição e Informações Adicionais | Nowadays, it is assumed that the recycling or prevention of high production of electronic waste is a necessary thing to do. However, there are still some questions about how to do it and who should do it. In this way, this article analyzes one of the main means of doing so: the Producer of Extended Responsibility (EPR). In analyzing the EPR, it is assumed that the liability is the majority for the producer for some reason. This article also brings an economic approach to EPR so that producer responsibility is profitable for it and hence applicable. In addition, the concept of circular economy, its benefits, successes, and failures is used both to support the EPR and to analyze laws in Brazil and the United States, making a comparison and drawing some conclusions, advising and lessons. The selection of Brazil and the United States is important because, in the first case, there is the largest producer of electronic waste in South America, the second because it is the largest consumer of consumer electronics in the world. In the US case, the country produced about 16.9% of all global electronic waste (in 2014), EPR laws work better than in the first case, however, they still have a considerable lack of efficiency in some aspects. In Brazil there are not even precise numbers on the total of recycled electronic waste, although for comparison purposes, the country only recycled 3% of the total solid waste, and therefore the actual total values are expected to be correspondingly small. In the United States, the same number is 25% (in the year 2012). These data consider both waste from EPR systems or not. In the Brazilian case, this inefficiency may be related mainly to a National Waste Policy that was not fully implemented, low consumer awareness regarding Reverse Logistics, corruption, among others and in the United States, with illegal exports, corruption and low number of legal proceedings. |
| Descrição e Informações Adicionais(en) | Nowadays, it is assumed that the recycling or prevention of high production of electronic waste is a necessary thing to do. However, there are still some questions about how to do it and who should do it. In this way, this article analyzes one of the main means of doing so: the Producer of Extended Responsibility (EPR). In analyzing the EPR, it is assumed that the liability is the majority for the producer for some reason. This article also brings an economic approach to EPR so that producer responsibility is profitable for it and hence applicable. In addition, the concept of circular economy, its benefits, successes, and failures is used both to support the EPR and to analyze laws in Brazil and the United States, making a comparison and drawing some conclusions, advising and lessons. The selection of Brazil and the United States is important because, in the first case, there is the largest producer of electronic waste in South America, the second because it is the largest consumer of consumer electronics in the world. In the US case, the country produced about 16.9% of all global electronic waste (in 2014), EPR laws work better than in the first case, however, they still have a considerable lack of efficiency in some aspects. In Brazil there are not even precise numbers on the total of recycled electronic waste, although for comparison purposes, the country only recycled 3% of the total solid waste, and therefore the actual total values are expected to be correspondingly small. In the United States, the same number is 25% (in the year 2012). These data consider both waste from EPR systems or not. In the Brazilian case, this inefficiency may be related mainly to a National Waste Policy that was not fully implemented, low consumer awareness regarding Reverse Logistics, corruption, among others and in the United States, with illegal exports, corruption and low number of legal proceedings. |
| Divulgação Científica | SIM |
| Homepage do Trabalho | [http://https://www.atiner.gr/environment] |
| Idioma | Inglês |
| ISBN | 9789605981860 |
| Meio de Divulgação | MEIO_DIGITAL |
| Natureza | COMPLETO |
| Nome da Editora | Athens Journal of Sciences |
| Nome do Evento | 13th Annual International Symposium on Environment |
| Página Final | 15 |
| Página Inicial | 15 |
| País do Evento | Grécia |
| Relevância | NAO |
| Título dos Anais ou Proceedings | Abstract Books 2018 |
| Título do Trabalho | EPR for e-waste efficiency in Brazil and USA: a comparative analysis |
| Título do Trabalho(en) | EPR for e-waste efficiency in Brazil and USA: a comparative analysis |
| Volume | 13 |
