The OECD is working to make updated Extended Producer Responsibility guidance relevant for emerging markets, including through a series of in-country policy dialogues. This work is supported by the European Union and aims to share the experience that has been gained in the OECD with emerging market economies that are now beginning to implement Extended Producer Responsibility.

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12-13 May 2016 - India's Policy Dialogue International Workshop on Extended Producer Responsibility in India: Opportunities, Challenges and Lessons from International Experience, New Delhi, India. Agenda & Summary Record This workshop was co-organised by the Indian Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the Cental Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and the BMUB-funded GIZ-Project (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit) on ‘Resource Efficiency and Management of Secondary Raw Materials’, with additional financial support from the European Union.

Presentations by Session order

Session 1. Extended Producer Responsibility - Setting the Scene

• EPR in India: Opportunities, Challenges, Dr. Shruti Rai Bhardwaj, MoEFCC, India
• OECD's work on EPR - Updated Guidance, Mr. Peter Börkey, OECD
• EPR and Development Cooperation, Ms. Ellen Gunsilius, GIZ
• EPR and the Civil Society, Mr. Ravi Agarwal, Toxics Link, India

Session 2. EPR for Better E-waste Management

Part 1. Collection and Recycling Capacity and the Role of the Informal Sector

• International Experience on EPR and the Formal Sector: a São Paulo Perspective for Waste Pickers at Brazilian Solid Waste Policy, Dr. Flavio de Miranda Ribeiro, São Paulo State Environmental Agency (CETESB), Brazil

• Role of Informal Sector for Effective EPR, Dr. Sandip Chatterjee, Department of Electronics and Information Technology, India

Part 2. Target Setting and Financing in the Context of EPRs

• International Experience to Better Finance EPR Systems, Dr. Yasuhiko Hotta, Institute for Global Environmetal Strategies (IGES), Japan
  
  

 Session 3. EPR for Packaging: Opportunities and Challenges

• International Experience for EPR and Packaging, Dr. Marco Buletti, Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN), Switzerland
• EPR and Packaging, insights from the Private Sector Experience, Ms. Monika Romenska, Extended Producer's Responsibility Alliance (EXPRA)
• Domestic Efforts in Treating Packaging Waste, Ms. Wilma Rodrigues, SAAHAS Zero Waste, Bangalore, India
• EPR for Packaging: Opportunities and Challenges, Dr. Indrani Chandrasekharan, Amity School of Natural Resources and Sustainable Development, Noida, India
  
  

 Session 4. Opportunitites for Expanding EPR: End of Life Vehicles (ELV)

• EPR for ELV in The Netherlands, Mr. Herman Huisman, Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment, the Netherlands
• Opportunities for Expanding EPRs in India: End of Life Vehicles (ELV), Ms. Mita Sharma, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)
• Automotive Industry inputs on EPR on ELV Recycling, Capt N.S. Mohan Ram, Chairman SIAM Recycling Group

 

PAST eventS

	China's E-Waste Management System - International Workshop on Extended Producer Responsibility for Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) May 2015 Beijing, China Agenda & Summary Record
	Global Forum on Environment: Promoting Sustainable Materials Management through Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) June 2014 Tokyo, Japan

  

the programmeS

• Extended Producer Responsibility
• Economic instruments for sustainable materials management
• Resource productivity and waste