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A Better Way: Product Stewardship
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Report to CIWMB: Framework for Evaluating End-of-Life Management Systems
Case Studies1. Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation
2. British Columbia Paint/Pesticide System
3. Maine Thermostat Law
4. Maine E-Waste Law
5. California Automobile Battery Take-Back
6. California E-Waste Law (SB 20)
7. California Oil Recycling Enhancement Act
8. Agricultural Container Recycling Council
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Cell Phone Waste
426,000
chrisjordan.com
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Voluntary Stewardship
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• Voluntary• Producers internalize costs in product price,
manage fund, program and operations• Low collection rate as compared to sales• Supported by:
– Landfill ban – Mandatory retailer collection– Market value of metals– Industry driven
Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation
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• Voluntary financing, internalized costs• Producers manage fund, program and
operations• 100 million lbs collected since 1992• Major problem:
– free-riders
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APPROVED
2008 Legislation
• SB 1723 – Ag Pesticide Containers EPR
• AB 1860 – Recalled Products Take-Back
• AB 2347 – Mercury Thermostat EPR
• AB 1879 – Green Chemistry
The Governor calls AB 1879 “the most comprehensive Green Chemistry program ever established” and added that it “puts an end to the less effective chemical-by-chemical ban of the past.”
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EUROPEN:Trends in GDP, packaging consumption and packaging
disposal in EU-15, 1998-2006Economic Growth Decoupled From Packaging Generation
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1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
GDP (EUR m, current market prices) Non-w ood packaging consumption ('000 tonnes) Packaging disposal ('000 tonnes)
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Corporate presentation EN-V2008 • 17/01/2008 • 9
Household Packaging Treatment In Brussels
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Continuous growth for more than 50 years
Plastics productionramped up from 1.5 Mio t in 1950to 260 Mio t in 2007
Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) is about 9.5 %
Source: PlasticsEurope Market Research Group (PEMRG)
MAPEX Plastics: A material for the future……
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Mio t
1950: 1.5
Europe (WE + CEE)
1976: 50
1989: 100
2002: 200
2007: 260
Includes Thermoplastics, Polyurethanes, Thermosets, Elastomers, Adhesives, Coatings and Sealants and PP-Fibers. Not included PET-, PA- and Polyacryl-Fibers
World
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What to Do and What to AvoidTo Do
• Mandatory – legislation• Industry designed and
managed programs• Industry funded,
internalized costs• Ensure waste hierarchy is
enforced – source reduction first!
• Performance goals • Enforcement
Avoid
• Voluntary• Government designed
programs• Government managed
programs• Government managed
funds
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Contact CPSC
Heidi SanbornExecutive Director [email protected]
www.CalPSC.orgFunded by a Grant from the California Integrated Waste Management Board. Zero Waste — You Make It Happen.
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