Draft practical manuals on Extended Producer Responsibility

As referred to in the note by the Secretariat on development of guidelines for environmentally sound management (UNEP/CHW/OEWG.11/3), the annexes to the present note sets out draft practical manuals on Extended Producer Responsibility and on financing systems for environmentally sound management prepared by the expert working group on environmentally sound management. The present note, including its annexes, has not been formally edited. This manual provides stakeholders with general guidance on the implementation of extended producer responsibility (EPR). It includes a list of terminology used in the manual; general considerations; goals and objectives; criteria for possible products; key elements to be considered; a strategy to formulate policy; as well as challenges in the implementation of EPR.