Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Kireeva Anastasia Author-Name-First: Anastasia Author-Name-Last: Kireeva Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Title: Issues and prospects of further reforms of the extended producer responsibility institution in the context of "garbage reform" Abstract: The purpose of the study is to analyze the main economic and legal issues of the institute of extended producer responsibility (EPR) in the context of the "garbage reform", while the study`s main objectives include a retrospective analysis of lawmaking activity aimed at reforming the environmental payment system as a whole and EPR in particular, a review of scientific papers and expert opinions on why the "garbage reform" is not effective enough, an analysis of the main challenges faced by the existing EPR and the Concept on reforming thereof, as well as development of proposals based on the study's findings. Classification-JEL: Q15, Q24, Q54, Q58 Keywords: Russian economy, environmental protection, eco-payments Creation-Date: 2022 Revision-Date: 2022 Length: 14 pages File-URL: https://www.iep.ru/files/RePEc/gai/wpaper/wpaper-2023-1259.pdf File-Format: application/pdf File-Function: Revised Version, 2023 Handle: RePEc:gai:wpaper:wpaper-2023-1259