02 Feb 2023 --- As extended producer responsibility (EPR) increasingly becomes a part of global climate action, PackagingInsights delves into the concept of EPR with the formulator himself, Thomas Lindquist, to discuss the concept’s evolution and future. Lindquist is currently a senior lecturer at The International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics at Lund University in Sweden and introduced the concept of EPR in the 1990s. He shares that he is optimistic for the future of EPR schemes even though the industry is distracted by other policies such as eco-modulation, which in his opinion is “silly.” Additionally, he highlights how unprecedented economic stressors such as the COVID-19 pandemic and Ukraine war have facilitated policy action.
