Journal of East China Normal University (Philosoph ›› 2014, Vol. 46 ›› Issue (2): 131-137.

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Comparative Research on WEEE Extended Producer Responsibility between America and Japan and Its Implication

LV Jun, PANG Ya-nan, and CHANG Xin-yuan   

  1. 1,3 School of Business, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241; 2 Huangpu Youngsters’ activity center, Shanghai 200241
  • Online:2014-03-15 Published:2014-04-01
  • Contact: LV Jun, PANG Ya-nan, and CHANG Xin-yuan
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Abstract: Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipments (WEEE) are polluting global environment. Many developed countries are implementing extended producer responsibility (EPR) to efficiently take back and reuse WEEE. America and Japan are the countries that have implemented EPR for a long time and have similar electronic products as China. This paper argues that the main characters in American EPR are collective collection, collective recycling and cost allocation mechanism. American collection and recycling system is based on collective producer responsibility, while Japanese collection and recycling system is based on individual producer responsibility. In American financial system, producers are charged, and cost allocation is based on the combination of return share and market share. In Japanese financial system, end-users are charged and information is traced with the use of circulating receipts. China should learn from the implement models of America and Japan in order to design reasonable fund levy mechanism, develop subsidy allocation mechanism, implement IPR mode and cultivate consumer environment consciousness.