EPR Framework 101

Framework EPR Legislation: Government's Role

Organized by Product Policy Institute

May 26, 2009

• Session Introduction Transcript
• Link to US EPA Region 10 Webinar site
• PowerPoint presentations and transcripts are under each Speaker

Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), also known as Product Stewardship, is a government strategy to place the responsibility for end of life product management on the producer and consumers of a product and not the general taxpayer or local government. The “framework” approach allows one law to establish EPR as policy and gives state government the authority to address multiple products over time. Several provinces in Canada, including British Columbia, already have Framework EPR regulations in place. Join Sego Jackson of the Northwest Product Stewardship Council, Heidi Sanborn from Product Policy Institute, and Garth Hickle from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency for a discussion on state-by-state Framework EPR legislation and local government's pivotal role.

Speakers

• Sego Jackson, co-founder and policy chair of the Northwest Product Stewardship Council and Principal Planner with Snohomish County Solid Waste Division will speak about the origin of the U.S. framework policy approach within West Coast Product Stewardship Councils; the development of joint framework principles now endorsed by four (five?) Product Stewardship Councils; framework legislation introduced in both Washington and Oregon in 2009; and potential benefits for local government.
  Sego Jackson Presentation Slides (30 pp. 929K)   Transcript

• Heidi Sanborn, Outreach Director, Product Policy Institute, and Executive Director, California Product Stewardship Council, will describe the evolution and status of framework EPR legislation introduced in California in 2009 and the pivotal role of local government. She will also describe several documents and tools available from Product Policy Institute.
  Heidi Sanborn Presentation Slides (26 pp. 1.4MB)   Transcript

• Garth Hickle, Policy Analyst, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, will describe the process and status of framework EPR legislation in Minnesota. The process started with a study bill in 2008 that required a report with recommendations to the legislature in 2009. He will discuss the challenges and in progress in getting local government support.
  Garth Hickle Presentation Slides (PDF) (23 pp. 122K)    Transcript

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