Lewis AKENJI

Despite the increasing popularity of EPR-based legislation for electronic waste (e-waste) management in developing Asia, there are several challenges to moving from paper to practice. Part of the issue is that many developing countries are trying to apply the EPR model that was developed for and by industrialised countries. In the phase-in approach...

Remarks: This document was commissioned by the participants of the First ASEAN Forum on SCP on 25-26 April 2011 under the chairmanship of Indonesia as the 2011 Chair of ASEAN. It was coordinated by UNEP and developed by the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, Japan. The paper was made possible with the financial support of the EU through...

Remarks: Background Paper for the 10th Asica Pacific Roundtable for Sustainable Consumptionand Production

Remarks: The background document from which this presentation is developed was commissioned by the participants of the First ASEAN Forum on SCP on 25-26 April 2011 under the chairmanship of Indonesia as the 2011 Chair of ASEAN. It was coordinated by UNEP and developed by the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, Japan. The paper has been...

In the last two decades policies based on extended producer responsibility (EPR) have been implemented for a wide range of products, especially in industrialised economies. Now, an increasing number of Asian economies similarly find themselves facing increasing amounts of difficult-to-treat waste and associated health, social and environmental...

The report “Resource Efficiency: Economics and Outlook for Asia and the Pacific (REEO)” is the result of a unique collaboration between four leading regional institutes. Main author is the Australian research organization SCIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organizsation) and the contributors include the Institute for Global...

ここ20年ほどで、先進国を中心に様々な製品を対象にしたEPR政策が実施されてきた。そして近年、アジア発展途上国では、経済発展に伴い、処理困難な廃棄物の急増とそれに伴う健康・社会・環境リスクの増大、さらに資源需要の急増といった課題に直面する場面が増えてきた。そうした国の多くで、E-wasteの管理を目的として、EPRの法制度化が推進または検討されている。 アジア発展途上国政府は、EPR政策の計画・実施面での課題を考慮に入れた上で、その効果的な導入に向けて、どのようなアプローチを取ればよいのだろうか？本ポリシー・ブリーフでは、まずアジア発展途上国の現状と課題を検証し、その後E-waste管理の段階的導入アプローチを提案する。 Remarks: English version: http:/...

The amount of e-waste is growing rapidly in developing countries, and the health and environmental problems resulting from poor management of this waste have become a concern for policy makers. In response to these challenges, a number of Asian developing countries have been inspired by policy developments in OECD countries, and have drafted...

Remarks: Presentation at the 19th Session of the United Nations Commission for Sustainable Development (CSD 19) in New York, May 2011