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What products are already covered by Extended Producer Responsibility laws and programs?  The list is probably longer than the average consumer thinks, but shorter than EPR/Product Stewardship advocates wish.  Find out more…

Working on EPR for Specific Products

The organizations listed below cover EPR for a variety of products.  Their websites will lead you to information on product-specific product stewardship programs, dialogues, initiatives and legislation:

  • Product Stewardship Institute
    Carpet • Electronics • Fluorescent Lighting • GasCylinders • MedicalSharps • Mercury Products • Paint • Pesticides • Pharmaceuticals • Phone Books • Radioactive Devices • Thermostats • Tires
  • Northwest Product Stewardship Council  (product section)
    Beverage Containers • Chemicals • Electronics • Mercury • Paint • Pharmaceuticals • Tires
  • California Product Stewardship Council (product section) 
    Batteries • Beverage Containers • Carpet • Electronics • Fluorescent Lamps • Packaging • Paint • Pharmaceuticals • Phone Books • Sharps • Thermostats • Tires
  • US Environmental Protection Agency  (product section)
    Batteries • Carpet • Electronics • Mercury-containing Products • Packaging • Vehicles • Other Products

Successful Product EPR Campaigns

By focusing on one product at a time, the following public interest groups have made significant headway with EPR/Product Stewardship for their focus product.

Electronics Products

The Electronics Takeback Coalition <hyperlink to: http://www.electronicstakeback.com/home/> (ETBC) promotes green design and responsible recycling in the electronics industry. Their website lists all the US states with e-waste producer responsibility laws, fees, and pending legislation.  Visit their state legislation page.
Map of US states with e-waste laws

Beverage Containers

Bottle bills are the grandmother of EPR legislation in North America, they started it all.  The Container Recycling Institute <hyperlink to: http://www.container-recycling.org/>is a 501(c)(3), nonprofit organization that studies and promotes policies and programs that increase recovery and recycling of beverage containers. 

U.S. Bottle bills

US Bottle Bills
The Container Recycling Institute tracks beverage container deposit laws and pending legislation all across the United States. See the current laws and campaigns at their site bottlebill.org.

Canada Bottle bills

Canadian Bottle Bills
The Container Recycling Institute has compiled a summary of the beverage container recycling laws and programs in all Canadian Provinces. View them now.

Product Selection Criteria

The EPR Product Evaluation Tool was developed by the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment. 

It is designed as an evaluation tool which systematically allows the user to consider implementation of an EPR program for one or more candidate products by answering a series of questions (criteria). This tool is designed for flexibility by allowing the unique circumstances of the user to be included.