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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Concept Breadcrumbs

Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment > environmental sustainability > producer responsibility
Preferred Term:

producer responsibility

Definition:
Policy measure requiring manufacturers to be responsible for design, management, and financing programs that improve end-of-life/postconsumer management for their product and related packaging.
Concept Schemes:
NALT Full
Broader Concept:
environmental sustainability
Related Concepts:
Entry Terms:
  • extended producer responsibility
  • product responsibility
  • product stewardship
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/202691
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RDF/XMLCreated 2013-08-07, last modified 2013-12-06