Future perspectives on the role of extended producer responsibility within a circular economy: A Delphi study using the case of the Netherlands

Kieran Campbell‐Johnston; Maurits Munck; Walter J. V. Vermeulen; Chris Backes

doi:10.1002/bse.2856

Future perspectives on the role of extended producer responsibility within a circular economy: A Delphi study using the case of the Netherlands

Kieran Campbell‐Johnston^*, Maurits Munck, Walter J. V. Vermeulen, Chris Backes

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Abstract

Extended producer responsibility (EPR) is a proposed policy approach to promoting the circular economy (CE) within the European Union. This research used a policy Delphi to explore perspectives on improving EPR policies to further contribute to the CE goals of the Netherlands. Both the potential improvement and critical reflections discussed by CE and EPR experts and practitioners from this study contribute to a more detailed understanding of the future governance of CE practices. We present various activities to improve EPR and insights from Delphi participants that emerged from the study. This paper shows that whilst actors agree, in essence, that there is a need for modifying EPR, what the specific changes to the form are and to whom the new responsibilities apply is contested.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	4054-4067
Journal	Business Strategy and the Environment
Volume	30
Issue number	8
Early online date	5 Jul 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.2856
Publication status	Published - Dec 2021

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Funding Information:
This research was funded by the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska‐Curie grant agreement no. 765198 and Utrecht University's Circular Economy and Society Hub.

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© 2021 The Authors. Business Strategy and The Environment published by ERP Environment and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

Keywords

Delphi study
The Netherlands
circular economy
extended producer responsibility
recycling

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