Definitions for "Producer responsibility"
a system in which a producer of products or services takes responsibility for the waste that results from the products or services marketed, by reducing materials used in production, making repairable or recyclable goods, and/ or reducing packaging.
The concept that those engaged in making, distributing or selling a product have a duty to participate in the management of that product when it is discarded as a waste
Requires industry and commerce involved in the manufacture, distribution and sale of particular goods to take greater responsibility for the disposal, recycling or recovery of those goods at the end of their useful life