Abbreviations and acronyms

ADF

Advance disposal fee

CNY

Renminbi

CPR

Collective producer responsibility

DfE

Design for environment

DSD

Duales System Deutschland

ELV

End-of-life vehicles

EoL

End-of-life

EPR

Extended producer responsibility

IPR

Individual producer responsibility

LCA

Life-cycle assessment

MRF

Materials recovery facility

NGO

Non-governmental organisation

PET

Polyethylene terephthalate

PRN

Packaging waste recovery note

PRO

Producer responsibility organisation

PS

Product stewardship

PVC

Polyvinyl cloride

R&D

Research and development

RFID

Radio frequency identification

UCTS

Upstream combination tax/subsidy

VAT

Value added tax

WEEE

Waste of electric and electronic equipment

WPRPW

Working Party on Resource Productivity and Waste