The technology advancement in this era is growing rapidly and cause the increasing consumption of the electrical and electronic product. Nonetheless, it deals with other problems, Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) increase. Many countries promote producer responsibility to protect the environment. For instance, in Taiwan, the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) policy that is responsible for managing waste electrical and electronic equipment has already established since 1998 called 4-in-1 Recycling Program and continuous review is still conducted to obtain a better policy. In addition, the unbalance recycling fund mode between recycling fee and recycling subsidy is appeared in implementation by this country. Due to the high complexity of multiple parties among manufacturer, recycling industries, consumers and government in such eco-system, this study proposed a new EPR-based fund mode to ensure the profitability of WEEE management using system dynamics. A case study is investigated in Taiwan. According to our study, a trade-off between the multiple agents appeared. Based on the present model, the best policy can be simulated and adopted to maximize manufacturer and recycling industries profit without harming other stakeholders.

The technology advancement in this era is growing rapidly and cause the increasing consumption of the electrical and electronic product. Nonetheless, it deals with other problems, Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) increase. Many countries promote producer responsibility to protect the environment. For instance, in Taiwan, the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) policy that is responsible for managing waste electrical and electronic equipment has already established since 1998 called 4-in-1 Recycling Program and continuous review is still conducted to obtain a better policy. In addition, the unbalance recycling fund mode between recycling fee and recycling subsidy is appeared in implementation by this country. Due to the high complexity of multiple parties among manufacturer, recycling industries, consumers and government in such eco-system, this study proposed a new EPR-based fund mode to ensure the profitability of WEEE management using system dynamics. A case study is investigated in Taiwan. According to our study, a trade-off between the multiple agents appeared. Based on the present model, the best policy can be simulated and adopted to maximize manufacturer and recycling industries profit without harming other stakeholders.

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