HAS PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY GONE TOO FAR?

摘要

In today's challenging economic times, many state and local governments are trying to cut their waste-management costs and increase income from their recycling programs. Enter extended producer responsibility, which is an approach they are using to shift the responsibility and cost of managing "nontraditional recyclables" to manufacturers of those products. The idea might appear sound, but should governments place such constraints on market-driven recyclables?