Extended Producers Responsibility (EPR), also known as Environment Protection Responsibility (EPR), extends a manufacturer's obligation to manage the end-of-life of their products after the customer has rejected them.

The idea of extended producers' responsibility was formally introduced for the first time in the European Union in July 2006, when the WEEE Directive (also known as the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive) went into effect to control the movement of end-of-life EEE. Under the concept, producers / importers are responsible to take back their products from the consumer either at the end of life of the respective products or as and when the user wants to discard for disposal.

The regulation also included a provision for an Advance Recycling Fee (ARF), which manufacturers are allowed to charge customers at the point of sale in order to fulfil their take-back obligations and cover costs associated with logistics, recycling, and disposal of hazardous materials. After being collected, either independently or with the assistance of third-party logistics, the end-of-life equipment is sent to the certified recyclers for environmentally friendly disposal in accordance with the standards established under the aforementioned directive. The ARF so collected remain earmarked to meet the aforementioned obligations on the part of the producers and importers.