Extended Producer Responsibility is an environmental protection strategy within the field of waste management that makes the manufacturer of the product responsible for the entire life cycle of the product and especially for the take-back, recycling and final disposal.
This policy approach has been adopted into legislation in many countries. Some of the most known examples of this strategy are the EU WEEE, Battery and Packaging Directives. The EPR approach places the financial responsibility for product end of life management onto producers.