The Concept of Extended Producer Responsibility in the Field of Packaging Industry and the Energy Sector in the Light of the Circular Economy—The Example of Poland

Siuta-Tokarska, Barbara; Thier, Agnieszka; Hornicki, Krzysztof

doi:10.3390/en15239060

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The Concept of Extended Producer Responsibility in the Field of Packaging Industry and the Energy Sector in the Light of the Circular Economy—The Example of Poland

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Barbara Siuta-Tokarska

^1,*

,

Agnieszka Thier

¹ and

Krzysztof Hornicki

²

¹

Department of Economics and Organization of Enterprises, Institute of Computer Science, Accounting and Controlling, Cracow University of Economics, 31-510 Krakow, Poland

²

Institute of Quality Sciences and Product Management, Cracow University of Economics, 31-510 Krakow, Poland

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Energies 2022, 15(23), 9060; https://doi.org/10.3390/en15239060

Submission received: 12 October 2022 / Revised: 15 November 2022 / Accepted: 24 November 2022 / Published: 30 November 2022

(This article belongs to the Section C: Energy Economics and Policy)

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The aim of this article is to analyze the effectiveness of the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) concept for packaging in the context of the transition to a Circular Economy (CE) and the corresponding transformation of the energy sector. The functioning of today’s packaging industry is becoming more and more linked to the assumptions of the CE due to the use and recycling of raw materials. The basic research method used in this work is an analysis of the literature on the links between the concept of the EPR and the CE. The authors limited their research to the selected legal, economic and social aspects of packaging production and management in the European Union (EU). The situation in Poland is discussed in particular and the legal, economic and social specificity of the implementation of the EPR in this country is presented. This paper emphasizes the dependance between the implementation of the EPR concept and the effectiveness of the transformation toward a CE, which is achieved by increasing the circularity in the energy sector.

Keywords: extended producer responsibility; energy sector; circular economy; packaging; sustainable development

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Siuta-Tokarska, B.; Thier, A.; Hornicki, K. The Concept of Extended Producer Responsibility in the Field of Packaging Industry and the Energy Sector in the Light of the Circular Economy—The Example of Poland. Energies 2022, 15, 9060. https://doi.org/10.3390/en15239060

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Siuta-Tokarska B, Thier A, Hornicki K. The Concept of Extended Producer Responsibility in the Field of Packaging Industry and the Energy Sector in the Light of the Circular Economy—The Example of Poland. Energies. 2022; 15(23):9060. https://doi.org/10.3390/en15239060

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Siuta-Tokarska, Barbara, Agnieszka Thier, and Krzysztof Hornicki. 2022. "The Concept of Extended Producer Responsibility in the Field of Packaging Industry and the Energy Sector in the Light of the Circular Economy—The Example of Poland" Energies 15, no. 23: 9060. https://doi.org/10.3390/en15239060

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Siuta-Tokarska, B., Thier, A., & Hornicki, K. (2022). The Concept of Extended Producer Responsibility in the Field of Packaging Industry and the Energy Sector in the Light of the Circular Economy—The Example of Poland. Energies, 15(23), 9060. https://doi.org/10.3390/en15239060

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