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Cradle 2

People promoting cradle-to-cradle solutions for zero waste

A national alliance of public interest organizations working for producer responsibility for products and packaging.

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Post Carbon Reader

Climate Change, Peak Oil, and the End of Waste

Reforming waste policy is an important part of the broader work on transitioning to a post-carbon economy...

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US Mayors Taking Action

Mayors support producer responsibility and packaging.

Will we shift the costs of managing product waste to producers and the consumers of their products? -- (Mayor Cabaldon, W Sacramento, CA - photo)

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Climate Change

44% of US Greenhouse Gas Emissions Come from Products and Packaging

We simply cannot solve the climate change problem without addressing products and packaging.

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Why Producer Responsibility?

Policies that Lead to Well-designed Products, Green Jobs, Less Waste.

Product Stewardship supports local economies, creates green jobs, streamlines government, and reaps environmental benefits.

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Local Government's Role

Councils are the Hubs that Bring all the Parties Together.

Local governments are leading the transition to EPR in North America. They are doing so by passing local resolutions, integrating EPR into their purchasing policies, supporting…

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PPI Blog Posts

Public or Private? Who Should be Responsible for Our Unwanted Stuff?

Tue, May 21, 2013

By Bill Sheehan, Matt Prindiville and Helen SpiegelmanThere is a difference in opinion among Zero...

Shaw Industries supports law for non-recyclable carpet

Tue, May 07, 2013

By Bill Sheehan, Executive DirectorI spent a year during 2011-2012 as an NGO representative in the...

Carbon Omissions: Stop Hiding Behind Recycling

Wed, Apr 17, 2013

By Bill Sheehan, Executive DirectorAn interesting article from UK has been circulating on several...

Opposition No-Show at RI Hearing on Packaging-EPR

Fri, Apr 12, 2013

By Matt Prindiville, Associate DirectorOn Thursday, April 4th, the Rhode Island House Committee on...

How Curbside Collection Came to Be

Thu, Apr 04, 2013

By Bill Sheehan, Executive DirectorMany recycling practitioners in the United States seem unaware...