While extended producer responsibility schemes for packaging already exist in most Member States, there are wide disparities in the way they are set up, in their efficiency and in the scope of responsibility of producers.
Cé gurb ann do scéimeanna freagrachta leathnaithe táirgeora le haghaidh pacáistíochta sa chuid is mó de na Ballstáit, tá éagsúlachtaí móra ann maidir leis an mbealach a bhfuil siad curtha ar bun, a n-éifeachtúlacht agus raon freagrachta na dtáirgeoirí.