Extended producer responsibility is a policy approach that makes companies accountable for their products’ end of life. Nature Reviews Materials speaks with industrial ecologist Reid Lifset about how extended producer responsibility schemes work in practice, and whether they truly incentivize sustainable materials design, as intended.
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Reid Lifset was interviewed by Ariane Vartanian
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Lifset, R., Vartanian, A. How extended producer responsibility policy shapes industry behaviour and materials design. Nat Rev Mater (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41578-025-00851-w
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