TEAM: FARAH ALAWYIA, WALA ABDELHALIM, RUBA YOUSIF, ODAI

ELFEGHIH, ABDULRAHEEM HUSSAIN, AHAMD AL-KHLAQI

EXTENDED PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY: E-WASTE IS EVERYONE'S PROBLEM

THE PROBLEM:
EXTENDED PRODUCER
MANAGEMENT OF E-WASTE RESPONSIBILITY (EPR)
E-waste is Electronic Waste, also known Pushing for the implementation of an Extended producer

as the waste of electrical and electronic responsibility (EPR) policy within Qatar’s economic

equipment discarded by its owner. government for EEE .

Management of E-waste is a problem Producers/Distributors of a product are held responsible
that has grown dramatically over the for it throughout its product life cycle from design to shelf

past decade. Qatar’s e-waste production to collection.

per capita in 2019 was 13.6 kg/inh, which It thus extends the producer’s financial and/or operational

comprised 37,406 tons of e-waste responsibility for a product to include the management of

produced by Qatar alone. However, only the post-consumer stage.

about 0.07 kg/inh, around 185 tons of e-
waste, was gathered and recycled
correctly.

BENEFITS OF EPR:
Leads to increased recyclability and/or less packaging.
In 2019 I produced
Companies following the EPR policy will look more

13.6 kg of e-waste

all by myself.
appealing to consumers.
Improved market reputation & public image.
Lowering the use of toxic components in products.
The ratio of electronics POM to OOM decreases.

EPR POLICY FOR THE

QATAR 2030 VISION

E-waste is one of the major aspects that the
Vision talks about and an introduction to the
EPR system is one major solution that the
country envisions. Sheikh Faisal bin Qassim al
Thani started his project of the 2030 vision of
helping the environment in 2020 one of them
KEY TERMINOLOGY being the introduction and soon
implementation of the EPR policy.
EEE: Electrical and Electronic
kg/inh: kilograms per
References
Equipment
inhabitant
EEE POM: Electrical and

Electronic Equipment Placed On

OOM: taken out of the market
Market
POM: Placed on the Market