Product Stewardship

Internet Resource Guide

This resource guide lists selected Web sites related to product stewardship. It is a companion to the Overview of Electronic Product Stewardship Issues (MS Word, 66 KB). Full URLs (Web addresses) are provided below unless formatting precludes this.

Disclaimer : This selective list of resources emphasizes efforts to establish national, industry-wide product stewardship systems. Omission or inclusion should not be construed as endorsement of any particular organization. Since the government and nonprofit sectors have most actively framed and promoted broad product stewardship initiatives, they are most frequently cited herein.

Contents:

• U.S. Organizations Promoting Product Stewardship 

• U.S. Initiatives by Product Type 

• U.S. Position Papers and Resolutions 

• International Initiatives 

• Product Stewardship Definitions 
• Research Documents and Services

U.S. Organizations Promoting Product Stewardship 

• Businesses and Environmentalists Allied for Recycling, A Project of Global Green USA
  http://www.globalgreen.org/bear
• Californians Against Waste
  http://www.cawrecycles.org/
• California Integrated Waste Management Board
  http://www.ciwmb.ca.gov/Electronics/Stewardship/
• California Product Stewardship Council
  http://www.caproductstewardship.org/
• California Resource Recovery Association
  http://www.crra.com/
• Grassroots Recycling Network
  http://www.grrn.org
• INFORM, Inc
  http://www.informinc.org
• Journal of Industrial Ecology
  http://mitpress.mit.edu/JIE
• Institute for Local Self-Reliance
  http://www.ilsr.org/recycling/epr/epr.html
• Northwest Product Stewardship Council
  http://www.productstewardship.net/
• Materials for the Future
  http://www.materials4future.org/ELECTRONICS/elxindex.html
• Minnesota Office of Environmental Assistance, Product Stewardship Web Site
  http://www.moea.state.mn.us/stewardship/index.cfm
• National Electronics Product Stewardship Initiative
  http://www.nepsi.org
• Product Stewardship Institute
  http://www.productstewardshipinstitute.org/
• University of Tennessee, Center for Clean Products and Clean Technologies
  http://eerc.ra.utk.edu/clean/
• US Environmental Protection Agency—Headquarters
  http://www.epa.gov/epr/index.htm
• US Environmental Protection Agency—Region 10 
• Western Electronics Product Stewardship Initiative
  http://www.wepsi.org

U.S. Initiatives by Product Type 

Apparel

• Northwest Product Stewardship Council—Apparel Page
  http://www.productstewardship.net/productsApparel.html

Autos

• FreedomCAR (Cooperative Automotive Research)
  http://www.uscar.org/freedomcar/index.htm
• Clean Car Campaign
  http://www.cleancarcampaign.org/

Batteries

• Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation
  http://www.rbrc.com/
• US EPA—Battery Product Stewardship Page
  http://www.epa.gov/epr/products/batteries.html

Beverage Containers and Other Packaging

• California Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act
  http://www.consrv.ca.gov/dor/index.htm
• Multi-Stakeholder Recovery Project (Businesses and Environmentalists Allied for Recycling, a Project of Global Green USA)
  http://www.globalgreen.org/bear
• Plastic Redesign Project
  http://www.plasticredesign.org/
• Association of Post-Consumer Plastic Recyclers—Design for Recycling Program
  http://plasticsrecycling.org/
• US EPA—Packaging Product Stewardship Page
  http://www.epa.gov/epr/products/packaging.html
• Building Materials
• US EPA—Building Materials Product Stewardship Page
  http://www.epa.gov/epr/products/building.html

Carpet

• Carpet America Recovery Effort (multi-stakeholder organization formed to achieve implement product stewardship programs)
  http://www.carpetrecovery.org/
• Minnesota Office of Environmental Assistance—Carpet Product Stewardship Page
  http://www.moea.state.mn.us/carpet/index.cfm
• National Agreement on Carpet Recycling
  http://www.moea.state.mn.us/carpet/index.cfm
• Product Stewardship Institute—Carpet Page
  http://www.productstewardshipinstitute.org/

Electronics

• California Household Hazardous Waste Information Exchange
  http://www.productstewardshipinstitute.org/CAHHWIEEPR.html
• California Integrated Waste Management Board—Electronics Product Stewardship Page
  http://www.ciwmb.ca.gov/Electronics/Stewardship/
• Northwest Product Stewardship Council—Electronics Page
  http://www.productstewardship.net/productsElectronics.html
• National Electronics Product Stewardship Initiative
  http://www.nepsi.org
• Product Stewardship Institute—Electronics Page
  http://www.productstewardshipinstitute.org/
• US EPA—Electronics Product Stewardship Page
  http://www.epa.gov/epr/products/electronics.html
• Western Electronics Product Stewardship Initiative
  http://www.wepsi.org

Medical Industry

• Northwest Product Stewardship Council—Medical Industry Page
  http://www.productstewardship.net/

Mercury-Containing Products

• Clean Car Campaign
  http://www.cleancarcampaign.org/
• Product Stewardship Institute—Mercury Product Page
  http://www.productstewardshipinstitute.org/
• US EPA—Mercury Product Stewardship Page
  http://www.epa.gov/epr/products/mercury.html

Paint

• Product Stewardship Institute—Paint Page
  http://www.productstewardshipinstitute.org/

Pesticides

• Product Stewardship Institute—Pesticides Page
  http://www.productstewardshipinstitute.org/

Tires

• Northwest Product Stewardship Council—Tire Page
  http://www.govlink.org/nwpsc/tire.htm
• US EPA—Tire Product Stewardship Page
  http://www.epa.gov/epr/products/tires.html

U.S. Position Papers and Resolutions 

• Californians Against Waste—List of California Local Government Resolutions on Electronics Product Stewardship (select “e-waste” and “California cities act”)
  http://www.cawrecycles.org/
• California Resource Recovery Association—Electronics Take it Back Campaign
  http://www.crra.com/
• Grassroots Recycling Network—List of local resolutions related to beverage container recycling
  http://www.grrn.org/resolutions/resolutions.html
• Grassroots Recycling Network—Shareholder resolutions related to beverage container recycling
  http://www.grrn.org/resolutions/shareholders_2001.html
• National Recycling Coalition’s Issue Paper on Manufacturer Responsibility
• Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition—Take It Back Campaign and Petition
  http://www.svtc.org/cleancc/e_platform.htm
• Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) Product Stewardship Policy
• US Conference of Mayors—Issue Paper on Producer Responsibility

International Initiatives 

General

• OECD—Extended Producer Responsibility Web Site 
• US EPA—International Product Stewardship Links:
  --Beverage Containers and Other Packaging http://www.epa.gov/epr/products/pintern.html
  --Batteries http://www.epa.gov/epr/products/bintern.html
  --Autos http://www.epa.gov/epr/products/vintern.html
  --Electronics http://www.epa.gov/epr/products/eintern.html

Canada

• British Columbia—Overview of Product Stewardship Programs for beverage containers, lead acid batteries, medications, paint, scrap tires, solvents, pesticides and used oil.  Includes links to several industry consortia implementing programs.
  http://wlapwww.gov.bc.ca/epd/epdpa/ips/index.html
• Corporations Supporting Recycling  (Represents the Canadian packaging industry on product stewardship implementation and issues.)
  http://www.csr.org/
• Environment Canada—Extended Producer Responsibility and Stewardship Web Site
  http://www.ec.gc.ca/epr/
• Recycling Council of Ontario
  http://www.rco.on.ca/

Europe

• Duales System Deutchland—Germany’s Industry Consortium for Packaging Recycling
  http://www.gruener-punkt.de/en/home.php3
• European Union Directive on Packaging and Packaging Waste
  http://www.europa.eu.int/scadplus/leg/en/lvb/l21207.htm
• European Union’s Directive on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment
  http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/waste/weee_index.htm
• Germany’s Battery EPR Legislation
• Industry Council for Electronic Equipment Recycling
  http://www.icer.org.uk/
• Industry-Operated Packaging Recovery Organizations in Europe (Links to different industry consortia from the Pro-Europe site)
  http://www.pro-e.org/indexflash.htm
• Rebat—UK’s battery product stewardship program
  http://www.rebat.com/legislationwebpage.htm
• Sweden—Ordinance on Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment 

Australia

• Australia and New Zealand—Developing a Product Stewardship Strategy for Electric and Electronic Products, An Issue Paper, March 2001
  http://www.ea.gov.au/industry/waste/ieu/pubs/discussion.pdf
• Australia Packaging Covenant—Government Site.
  http://www.ea.gov.au/industry/waste/covenant/
• Australia’s National Packaging Covenant—Industry Site
  http://www.packcoun.com.au/
• Institute for Sustainable Futures (New South Wales, Australia)— conducted multi-stakeholder research effort on beverage container recycling policies
  http://www.isf.uts.edu.au/CDL_Review/index.html
• Melbourne, Australia Electronics Take Back Scheme
  http://www.cfd.rmit.edu.au/dfe/takebackpilot.html

Product Stewardship Definitions 

• Agilent Technologies
  http://www.chem.agilent.com/cag/aboutapg/cagenv.html
• Air Products
  http://www.airproducts.com/productstewardship/steward.ppt
• British Columbia Ministry of Land, Air and Water Protection
  http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/epd/epdpa/ips/
• European Chemical Industry Council
  http://www.cefic.be/activities/hse/rc/ProdStew/Leaflet/leaflet.htm
• General Motors
• Hoescht
• Honeywell
  http://www.honeywell-plastics.com/products/stewardship/steward.html
• Institute for Local Self-Reliance
  http://www.ilsr.org/recycling/concepts.html
• Northwest Product Stewardship Council
  http://www.govlink.org/nwpsc/
• Product Stewardship Institute
  http://www.productstewardshipinstitute.org/
• Solid Waste Association of North America.  (SWANA Technical Policy Position T-31, 10/14/01)
  http://www.swana.org/
• US Environmental Protection Agency
  http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/reduce/epr/about/index.html
• What is extended producer responsibility? By David Haskell, New Zealand 2000, on the GRRN web site 
  http://www.grrn.org/resources/what_is_epr.html.

Research Documents and Services

• Analysis of Product Stewardship Policy Options—Global Futures
  http://www.globalff.org/
• Bottle Bill Resource Guide
  http://www.bottlebill.org/
• Centre for Design, RMIT University (UK)—Return to Sender: An Introduction to Extended Producer Responsibility
  http://www.cfd.rmit.edu.au/waste/epr.html
• Comparative Analysis of Selective EPR Policies 
  http://www.lu.se/IIIEE/publications/communications/2000_10.pdf
• International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics—Home of the EPR Concept
  http://www.lu.se/IIIEE/research/products/epr/epr_old.html
• Journal of Industrial Ecology—Ron Driedger, "From Cradle to Grave: Extended Producer Responsibility for Household Hazardous Wastes in British Columbia" (Volume 5, Number 1; MIT Press)
  http://mitpress.mit.edu/journals/pdf/jiec_5_2_89_0.pdf
• Overview of US Electronics Stewardship Initiatives, February, 2001
  http://www.epa.gov/epr/pdfs/background.pdf
• Raymond Communications—Recycling Laws International and State Recycling Laws Update plus special reports
  http://www.raymond.com/
• Resource Recycling—Monthly Magazine plus Monthly newsletters on electronics, plastics and containers.
  http://www.resource-recycling.com
• Value Chain Research on Engineering Thermoplastics—Gordon Institute of Tufts University 
  http://ase.tufts.edu/tgi/Program/research.html

Please direct all responses and questions to the project manager:

Edward Boisson, Principal
Boisson & Associates
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Phone: (415) 488-4858
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Last updated: June 13, 2008