Thomas Lindhqvist                   Perth, 26 November 2001
Concluding remarks
•Products will continue to be an important focus of environmental policy in Europe and Japan
•The IPP work will continue to develop
•EPR legislation is established and an integral component of IPP •Environmental policies are gradually being integrated into various other policy sectors
Driving forces (scarcity of landfill, hazardous substances, costs, littering), Objectives (waste prevention, resource efficiency, hazardous substances, DfE) and its reflection to requirements
Individual = brand-related (feedback, market mechanism) vs collective = old-for-new (efficiency, industry-wide cooperation
Historical and orphaned products
Incentives, funding mechanisms, retroactive law