Certainly I agree with the polluter pay principle. This is first and foremost. Those who do harm or don't do the right thing should pay the consequences.
EPR enshrines that principle because right now some jurisdictions pay 50% of the cost of handling the end-of-life product. Some pay 100%, so I truly endorse what you call polluter pay, but on how to quantify it in dollars and cents, I need to delegate these responsibilities to the learned people who can quantify it and do the numbers. This is my endorsement.