"Producer responsibility" means that the people or companies who make or create a product are responsible for its impact on the environment, society, and safety throughout its life cycle, including its production, use, and disposal. Full definition
Much of recycling is like that - a feel - good way of shifting producer responsibility for their own waste to the taxpayer, who pays to have it picked up and recycled. (treehugger.com)
Currently there are 31 states with at least one producer responsibility law in place. (treehugger.com)
The paper explores different means and methods of measuring producer responsibility, and how responsibility may be shared by various economic actors. (ethicalconsumer.org)