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2009

• New Website Helps Communities Organize for Producer Responsibility Recycling [2]
  April 13 
  Product Policy Institute has launched a website connecting local communities across North America that have begun to work for a new approach to recycling – an approach that is quietly revolutionizing the way waste is managed and products are designed.

• "Framework" EPR Gains Momentum in US and Canada  [3]
  March 2 
  An international movement to improve product design by changing how recycling and waste disposal are financed is gaining momentum in North America.  The movement, known as Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) or Product Stewardship, picked up speed as two states recently introduced “framework” EPR legislation and more states are expected to follow suit.  Additionally, last week Canada announced a nationwide framework EPR policy.

 2008

• Vermont and British Columbia Councils Support “Framework” Approach [4] 
  December 18
  Local government Product Stewardship Councils in Vermont and British Columbia have joined their counterparts in California, Oregon and Washington to support “Joint Framework Principles for Product Stewardship Policy.” 
  

• Vermont Launches First East Coast Council [5]
  November 24
  A growing movement to transform how products are managed at the end of their useful life – and thereby how they’re designed – is spreading from the West Coast across North America and has taken root in Vermont. Local governments have joined together in the Green Mountain State to form the Vermont Product Stewardship Council.
  

• New San Francisco Resolution calls for State EPR Framework Legislation [6]
  September 16
  The Product Policy Institute (PPI) applauds the San Francisco Board of Supervisors for adopting a resolution calling on state lawmakers to enact legislation that will shift costs and responsibilities for waste management from local governments to the producers of products.
  

• National Association of Counties Adopts Framework EPR Resolution [7]
  July 15
  The National Association of Counties today adopted the first national policy supporting a “framework” approach to Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR). The groundbreaking national resolution exemplifies growing support and momentum toward sustainable production. 
  NACo Resolution [8] 
   

2007 and before

• Local Government Groups Call for Manufacturers to Recycle CFLs [9]
  May 2007
  Three local government product stewardship organizations from the U.S. and Canada today praised retailers and consumers for promoting the switch to energy efficient light bulbs, but said manufacturers must take the next step of creating and financing convenient, environmentally safe recycling systems for toxic mercury-containing compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs).
       Issue Backgrounder: CFL Recycling  [10] July 2007
       White Paper: Manufacturer Take Back Next Step for Lighting  [11] May 2007

• San Francisco Resolution is Strongest Yet from Local Government [12]
  February 2006 

• BC Local Government Returns Responsibility for Products to Province [13]
  December 2005

• New York City Sending a Powerful Message to Electronics Industry [14]
  May 2005