Local Government EPR [top]

California
- California local government EPR resolutions (offsite)
  - Model EPR resolution word
  - San Francisco EPR Resolution [pdf] – February 2006 (first)
    - Product Policy Institute Release [pdf] - 2/20/2006

California Product Stewardship Council 1-Year Media Release
Perfect Storm for EPR in California [pdf] by PPI - May 2006
Local Governments’ Looming Fiscal Crisis [pdf] by Rob D’Arcy, Santa Clara County, CA – April 2006

Washington & Oregon
- Northwest Product Stewardship Council [offsite]
British Columbia
- British Columbia Product Stewardship Council – Terms of Reference [pdf] - June 2006
- Release: Local government returns responsibility for products to province [pdf], PPI, December 16, 2005
  - Letter from Kootenay Boundary to BC Environment Ministry [pdf]
  - Reply from Minister Penner [pdf]
New York City
- Press Release on NYC local EPR bill for e-waste [pdf], PPI, May 25, 2005
Massachusetts Producer Take Back Campaign [pdf]
General

Local Government Groups Call for Manufacturers to Recycle Toxic Mercury Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs [pdf] May 8, 2007
Local Governments: Breaking Through the Ice for Producer Responsibility [ppt] by Sego Jackson, Product Stewardship Forum, Chicago - June 2006
Transitioning to Zero Waste: What Can Local Governments Do Now? [pdf] by Helen Spiegelman, 14 pp. - March 2006
What Can Local Governments Do to Conserve Resources and Reduce Taxes? Product Policy Institute [pdf] – 1/2006

State/Provincial EPR [top]

Washington State

E-Waste Bill [offsite] - signed 3/2006 [New high water mark for EPR in U.S.]
Financing Fact Sheet [offsite] Product Stewardship Institute - -2006

British Columbia

BC Recycling Regulation [offsite pdf] (2004) [Framework legislation for EPR]
BC Industry Product Stewardship Business Plan [offsite] - 2002

Maine

Computer monitor and TV recycling bill [offsite] (passed 4/2004)

Canada - Federal

Environment Canada's EPR Website [offsite]

U.S. - Federal
- National Beverage Producer Responsibility Act of 2003 [offsite] Flyer [pdf]
  [First federal bill in US using full EPR approach; not passed]

PPI Documents & Reports [top]

Purchasing Best Practices: Contracting for Producer Responsibility by Green Purchasing Institute for PPI
Take It Down to Zero [pdf] by Helen Spiegelman, Alternatives Journal
[Intro to Special Issue on Zero Waste edited by PPI] – Vol 32, No 1; June 2006
The Next Frontier for MSW [pdf], By Helen Spiegelman & Bill Sheehan, Biocycle, February 2006
EPR Checklist [pdf], PPI, May 2005
Unintended Consequences: Municipal Solid Waste Management and the Throwaway Society [pdf] By Helen Spiegelman & Bill Sheehan, March 2005
- Articles
  - Throwaway Economy in Trouble [pdf] by Lester Brown – March 2006
  - Zeroing in on Waste [pdf], Editorial in June/July 2005 Solid Waste & Recycling
  - Environmental News Network Commentary: “Extended Producer Responsibility,” [pdf] April 21, 2005, Product Policy Institute.
Extended Producer Responsibility Policies in the United States and Canada: History and Status [pdf] By Bill Sheehan & Helen Spiegelman, December 2005

Articles
- Why British Columbia Recycles Better Than United States [pdf] By Alan Durning, The Tyee, December 17, 2004
- From Beginning to End: EPR in the U.S. and Canada [pdf] Resource Recycling, March 2005

Product Stewardship -- Who Takes Out the Trash? [pdf] GreenBiz.com, December 2004

Environmental Policy in Europe and the US: An NGO Perspective [pdf] by Bill Sheehan, June 2004
The Future of Waste [pdf] by Helen Spiegelman & Bill Sheehan, BioCycle, January 2004

Zero Waste & EPR [top]

Paths to a Waste-Free Society? EPR Policiesin British Columbia and Ontario. By Vanessa N. Meadu, 2006
Transitioning to Zero Waste: What Can Local Governments Do Now? [pdf] by Helen Spiegelman, 14 pp. (March 2006)
EPR + Organics Recycling = Zero Waste [pdf] by Bill Sheehan & Helen Spiegelman (Talk at Northern California Recycling Association’s Recycling Update, April 4, 2006.)
What Can Government Do to Eliminate Waste? [pdf] by Bill Sheehan & Helen Spiegelman (Talk at International Zero Waste Conference, Paris, May 13-14, 2004)
Zero Waste: Useful Target or Dangerous Delusion? [pdf] by Duncan J Martin (Talk given at The Chartered Institution of Wastes Management Annual Conference, England, 15 June 2004)

PPI Talks [top]

Unintended Consequences: A Short History of Waste [pdf] by Helen Spiegelman.
Moving Upstream of the Waste Stream [ppt] by Helen Spiegelman. Presentation to King County WA Solid Waste Advisory Committee - June 2006
Upstream Strategies for Zero Waste - What Can Local Governments Do? - by Bill Sheehan, (Bay Area Zero Waste Strategy Meeting, Nov 30, 2005)
Close the Gate and Step Up to the Plate! A citizen’s perspective on municipal housekeeping [ppt] by Helen Spiegelman. Presentation at RBRC, Whistler BC - June 2004
What Can Government Do to Eliminate Waste? [pdf] by Bill Sheehan & Helen Spiegelman (Talk at International Zero Waste Conference, Paris, May 13-14, 2004)
Manufacturer Responsibility: Policies and Practices for a Safer Environment [ppt] by Alicia Culver (Presentation at Western Regional Pollution Prevention Network annual conference, 2003)

Views & Resources [top]

EPR as Explicit Property Rights [pdf] by Usman Valiente, SW&R Blog – May 2006
EPR Toolkit [offsite] Clean Production Action - 2004
Take It Back: EPR as a Form of Incentive-Based Environmental Policy [pdf] by Reid Lifset, Yale School of Forestry and Environmetal Studies – 2003

Links [top]

Northwest Product Stewardship Council [offsite]
Product Stewardship Institute [offsite]
Zero Waste Vancouver
EPR Principles (by EPR Working Group) [offsite]

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