Informal E-Waste Flows in Montréal: Implications for Extended Producer Responsibility and Circularity

Leclerc, Stéphanie H.; Badami, Madhav G.

doi:10.1007/s00267-023-01857-2

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“…Under the influence of the EPR system, enterprises may engage in green technological innovation to reduce the environmental costs associated with their products [25,26]. Leclerc and Badami found that the EPR system had significant redistributive effects, as it could determine who receives compensation for waste management [27]. Luigi et al observed that once an enterprise achieved a high growth rate, technological progress will be needed to enhance efficiency in the resource sector to manage pollutant emissions [28].…”

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Does Extended Producer Responsibility System Promote Green Technological Innovation in China’s Power Battery Enterprises?

Jiang

Zhang

2023

Sustainability

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In an effort to accelerate the advancement of green and low-carbon development, China introduced the extended producer responsibility (EPR) system in 2016, mandating producers to assume responsibility for waste recycling. Notably, power battery enterprises emerged as a primary focal point within the EPR system. Consequently, the interplay between this system and the green technological innovation of enterprises has a substantial impact on the sustainable development of power battery companies. To comprehensively explore this relationship, we conducted an empirical investigation utilizing a sample comprising listed power battery enterprises in China from 2010 to 2020. Employing the difference-in-difference (DID) model, this study aims to analyze the implications of the EPR system on green technological innovation within these enterprises. The results indicate that: (1) The EPR system significantly promotes green technological innovation in power battery enterprises, leading to an increase in the quantity of green invention patents and improvement in the quality of green patents. (2) The mechanism test reveals that the EPR system can stimulate green innovation in power battery enterprises by increasing government subsidies and raising executives’ environmental awareness. The future endeavors aimed at promoting green innovation in power battery enterprises should be concentrated on four key aspects: (1) Expanding and optimizing the implementation of the EPR system to encompass a broader spectrum of enterprises. (2) Developing precise subsidy mechanisms in conjunction with the EPR system to effectively offset recycling costs and provide incentives for fostering green innovation within power battery enterprises. (3) Encouraging proactive engagement of power battery enterprises in strategic self-reform to align with the EPR system requirements and formulate comprehensive green technology innovation strategies. (4) Enhancing the awareness of innovation among executives to accelerate the development and advancement of green products. By focusing on these four crucial dimensions, the promotion of green innovation in power battery enterprises can be strategically and efficiently pursued, thus contributing to the sustainable development of the sector.

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Section: The Impact Of Epr On Enterprises' Green Technological Innova...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Does Extended Producer Responsibility System Promote Green Technological Innovation in China’s Power Battery Enterprises?

Jiang

Zhang

2023

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A comprehensive review of the end-of-life modeling in LCAs of digital equipment

Ficher,

Bauer,

Ligozat

2024

Int J Life Cycle Assess

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The Circular Economy (CE) Rebound as a Paradox of Knowledge: Forecasting the Future of the CE–IoT Nexus through the Global E-Waste Crisis

Arpin,

Leclerc,

Lonca

2024

Sustainability

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There are widespread assumptions to the effect that the real-time data generated through the 5G-enabled Internet of Things (IoT) will improve material traceability and accelerate the global transition to a circular economy (CE), thereby helping to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals and carbon neutrality. Many industries, governments, and NGOs are supporting this vision by investing in related digital infrastructure (5G networks, servers, computer hardware, etc.). Conversely, recent literature has highlighted a paradoxical phenomenon known as the CE rebound, whereby sound CE activities end up offsetting environmental gain(s). This challenges the assumption that the new 5G-enabled IoT will be conducive to greater circularity while carrying its own environmental weight. Resorting to applied epistemology—a perspective seldom used in sustainability research—and the global e-waste crisis as an intense case in point, we question the confidence with which actors predict positive outcomes from the CE–IoT nexus. We argue that avoiding circularity rebounds cannot be construed as a matter of methodological development or, by extension, modeling sophistication through real-time data exploitation. Instead, circularity rebounds need to be recognized and theorized as a paradox of knowledge that also narrows sustainability research’s horizons, despite AND because of the 5G-enabled IoT. As per this paradox, advanced digital technologies may well be compounding environmental issues at the same time as they illuminate them.

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Informal E-Waste Flows in Montréal: Implications for Extended Producer Responsibility and Circularity

Cited by 3 publications

References 42 publications

Does Extended Producer Responsibility System Promote Green Technological Innovation in China’s Power Battery Enterprises?

Does Extended Producer Responsibility System Promote Green Technological Innovation in China’s Power Battery Enterprises?

A comprehensive review of the end-of-life modeling in LCAs of digital equipment

The Circular Economy (CE) Rebound as a Paradox of Knowledge: Forecasting the Future of the CE–IoT Nexus through the Global E-Waste Crisis

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