{"id":110664,"date":"2023-05-17T09:28:12","date_gmt":"2023-05-17T07:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/?post_type=library&#038;p=110664"},"modified":"2023-05-23T10:48:45","modified_gmt":"2023-05-23T08:48:45","slug":"items-shipped-for-reuse-and-extended-producer-responsibility-fees-a-case-for-extending-eu-epr-fees-to-cover-end-of-life-activities-of-products-shipped-outside-the-eu","status":"publish","type":"library","link":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/en\/library\/items-shipped-for-reuse-and-extended-producer-responsibility-fees-a-case-for-extending-eu-epr-fees-to-cover-end-of-life-activities-of-products-shipped-outside-the-eu\/","title":{"rendered":"Items shipped for reuse and Extended Producer Responsibility fees: a case for extending EU EPR fees to cover end-of-life activities of products shipped outside the EU"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW168867037 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW168867037 BCX0\">As second-hand<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW168867037 BCX0\">products are exported from the EU to Africa for reuse<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW168867037 BCX0\">, the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) fees <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW168867037 BCX0\">paid<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW168867037 BCX0\"> by producers to support waste management costs too often <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW168867037 BCX0\">fail to<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW168867037 BCX0\"> follow them.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW168867037 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW168867037 BCX0\">This study, produced by the Circular Innovation Lab (CIL) for the EEB, with the support of the African Circular Economy Network (ACEN) Foundation,\u00a0 <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW168867037 BCX0\">highlights what this means for the receiving African economies, and provides recommendations for the E<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW168867037 BCX0\">U<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW168867037 BCX0\"> to address it, with a specific focus on the exports of used electronics and vehicles.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The study is accompanied by two case studies produced by Footprints Africa, bringing insights on the value chain for second-hand electronics in Ghana and second-hand cars in Nigeria. The case studies are available <a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/eeb.org\/library\/items-shipped-for-reuse-and-extended-producer-responsibility-fees-two-case-studies-for-used-electronics-and-used-cars\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":110667,"template":"","library_category":[422,414,424],"library_tags":[499,455],"class_list":["post-110664","library","type-library","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","library_category-circular-economy","library_category-resource-efficiency","library_category-waste-and-recycling","library_tags-joint-publication","library_tags-report"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/library\/110664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/library"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/library"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"library_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/library_category?post=110664"},{"taxonomy":"library_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/library_tags?post=110664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}