A Better Way: Product Stewardship

Report to CIWMB: Framework for Evaluating End-of-Life Management Systems

Case Studies1. Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation

2. British Columbia Paint/Pesticide System

3. Maine Thermostat Law

4. Maine E-Waste Law

5. California Automobile Battery Take-Back

6. California E-Waste Law (SB 20)

7. California Oil Recycling Enhancement Act

8. Agricultural Container Recycling Council

Cell Phone Waste

426,000

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Voluntary Stewardship

• Voluntary• Producers internalize costs in product price,

manage fund, program and operations• Low collection rate as compared to sales• Supported by:

– Landfill ban – Mandatory retailer collection– Market value of metals– Industry driven

Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation

• Voluntary financing, internalized costs• Producers manage fund, program and

operations• 100 million lbs collected since 1992• Major problem:

– free-riders

APPROVED

2008 Legislation

• SB 1723 – Ag Pesticide Containers EPR

• AB 1860 – Recalled Products Take-Back

• AB 2347 – Mercury Thermostat EPR

• AB 1879 – Green Chemistry

The Governor calls AB 1879 “the most comprehensive Green Chemistry program ever established” and added that it “puts an end to the less effective chemical-by-chemical ban of the past.”

EUROPEN:Trends in GDP, packaging consumption and packaging

disposal in EU-15, 1998-2006Economic Growth Decoupled From Packaging Generation

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GDP (EUR m, current market prices) Non-w ood packaging consumption ('000 tonnes) Packaging disposal ('000 tonnes)

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Continuous growth for more than 50 years

Plastics productionramped up from 1.5 Mio t in 1950to 260 Mio t in 2007

Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) is about 9.5 %

Source: PlasticsEurope Market Research Group (PEMRG)

MAPEX Plastics: A material for the future……

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1976: 50

1989: 100

2002: 200

2007: 260

Includes Thermoplastics, Polyurethanes, Thermosets, Elastomers, Adhesives, Coatings and Sealants and PP-Fibers. Not included PET-, PA- and Polyacryl-Fibers

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What to Do and What to AvoidTo Do

• Mandatory – legislation• Industry designed and

managed programs• Industry funded,

internalized costs• Ensure waste hierarchy is

enforced – source reduction first!

• Performance goals • Enforcement

Avoid

• Voluntary• Government designed

programs• Government managed

programs• Government managed

funds

Contact CPSC

Heidi SanbornExecutive Director heidi@CalPSC.org916-480-9010

www.CalPSC.orgFunded by a Grant from the California Integrated Waste Management Board. Zero Waste — You Make It Happen.

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