A Better Way: Product Stewardship

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1 A Better Way: Product Stewardship

2 Mission To shift California s i product waste management system from one focused on government tfunded dand ratepayer financed waste diversion to one that relies on producer responsibility in order to reduce public costs and drive improvements in product design that t promote environmental sustainability.

3 Product Stewardship and Environmental Health Three basic categories of activities that can create environmental health issues: 1. Government Activities (Federal, State, Local) 2. Commercial/industrial Activities 3. Consumer Activities Source control options: Ban or restrict product sale Require product take-back (example: fluorescent lamps, batteries, food packaging) Green chemistry preventing toxins from entering commerce

4 Bill Worrell

5 The High Cost of Compliance $4,000,000 $300,000 Total Current Budget Cost of U-Waste Compliance

6 A Simpler Time

7 Per Capita Waste Production NYC USA USA Mineral Food/Yard Products Source: EPA

8 Changing Waste 250 TOTAL 200 Tons per Ye ear Million Products 50 Food/Yard 0 Source: EPA Mineral

9 Products are disposable Disposable and toxic by design

10 U-Waste: Designed for Disposal

11 Sharps: Prohibited Waste

12 Pharmaceuticals: The Next Ban Without a Plan?

13 Pharmed Fish

14 Cell Phone Waste

15 Landfill

16 Multi Media Solid Waste Hazardous Waste Wastewater Stormwater Public Health Climate Change

17 Good Intentions of U-Waste Bans Batteries Electronics and computers Fluorescent light bulbs Thermostats Electric switches Thermometers Mercury gauges Aerosol cans

18 Ban Without a Plan Unfunded mandate Responsibility without capability for local governments Virtually unenforceable Places responsibility on ratepayers and taxpayers Amounts to subsidies for manufacturers

19 Growth in CA Total Waste Mill lion Tons pe er Year Diverted Landfilled Source: CIWMB

20 Now: Waste is a Local Responsibility Producers Taxpayers & Ratepayers

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22 Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Producers Customer Service

23 Cradle to Cradle Local Responsibility Biodegradable materials Producer Responsibility Products Consumers Extractors Miners Harvesters Designers Manufacturers Importers Retailers

24 Manufacturer Support Retailer Support

25 AB 939 (1989) Source Reduction Diverted Landfilled 2. Recycling and Composting 3. Transformation and Landfill Disposal

26 CIWMB will Strategic Directive 5 February 2007 Seek statutory authority to foster cradle-to-cradle producer responsibility. Develop relationships with stakeholders Develop relationships with stakeholders that result in producer-financed and producer-managed systems

27 Goal: Framework EPR

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29 British Columbia Program

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31 CPSC Participants 27 Cities (9/1/08) Amador City Chula Vista Cupertino Diamond Bar Dixon El Cerrito Elk Grove Fresno Indian Wells Isleton La Verne Lemon Grove Los Altos Hills Morgan Hill Vernon Oakland Palo Alto Pasadena Rio Vista San Dimas San Joaquin San Jose Santa Cruz Santa Monica Sierra Madre Union City Vacaville Vernon

32 CPSC Participants 23 Counties (9/1/08) Alameda County Amador County ISWM Butte County Central Contra Costa County SWM Del Norte SWMA Humboldt SWMA Los Angeles County IWM Task Force Marin County JPA Mariposa County Mendocino County SWMA Napa County Sacramento County San Bernardino County San Francisco County San Joaquin County San Mateo County Santa Barbara County Santa Clara County Santa Cruz County Solano County Sonoma County WMA Th Tehama County Yolo County Rural Counties Environmental Services Joint Powers Authority (ESJPA) Alpine Amador Butte Calaveras Colusa Del Norte County El Dorado Glenn Imperial Inyo Lassen Madera Mariposa Modoc Mono Nevada Plumas Sierra Siskiyou Tehama Trinity Tuolumne

33 CPSC Participants 15 Associations (9/1/08) Association of Bay Area Governments, Bay Area Hazardous Waste Management Facility Allocation Committee Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) Bay Area Clean Water Agencies Bay Area Stormwater Management Agencies Association California Council of Directors of Environmental Health (CCDEH) California Stormwater Quality Association East Bay Municipal Utility District Los Angeles County Sanitation District Los Angeles County Solid Waste Task Force Mojave Desert and Mountain Recycling Authority Rural Counties Environmental Services Joint Powers Authority (ESJPA) (Counties of Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, Del Norte, El Dorado, Glenn, Imperial, Inyo, Lassen, Madera, Mariposa, Modoc, Mono, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, Trinity, Tuolumne) Sacramento Business Environmental Resource Center Sacramento County Regional Sanitation District Santa Clara Valley, CLEAN South Bay West Valley Clean Water (Campbell, Los Gatos, Monte Serena, Saratoga)

34 CPSC Partners (9/15/08) Green Party Los Angles County Long Beach Coalition for Safe Environment Sierra Club Solano Group Gills Onions LLC Teleosis eos s Institute tute Green Gee Pharmacy acyprogram oga Keep California Beautiful Waste Management of Orange County California Resource Connections Marin Sanitary Service Allied Waste Daily City Reverse Logistics Association CR&R Waste and Recycling Services Pacific Recycling Solutions CA Sierra Club Natural Resources Committee & Zero Waste Committee Total Recycling Associates Many individual citizens have signed the pledge!

35 California Product Stewardship Council Participating Cities & Counties (9/1/08)

36 EPR Resolutions, Ordinances, Plans and Policies (9/1/08) Folsom Sacramento Rohnert Park Vacaville El Cerrito Oakland Dublin Union City Cupertino Santa Cruz Morgan Hill Monte Sereno Los Gatos Dixon Elk Grove Rio Vista Isleton Fresno San Joaquin San Juan Capistrano Indian Wells

37 What Does EPR Framework Legislation Do? Establishes full responsibility on producers for developing and implementing the program and submitting a plan to CIWMB CIWMB determines the products to be covered by product stewardship programs CIWMB will adopt rules to implement statute and to add products to stewardship program Producers cannot sell in CA if not in program Producers required to submit annual report CIWMB establishes performance goals and evaluation results based programs

38 What Does EPR Framework Roles and Responsibilities Producers: Develop and fund collection system for covered products. Retailers: Provide information from producers to consumers; only sell products in stewardship program; voluntary participation in take-back Consumers: Follow directions from producers; utilize collection system; pay the cost of proper EOL management. CA Government: Provide the requirements and regulations to provide authority to mandate financial and physical take-back; set recycling rates

39 EPR Framework Roles and Responsibilities Local Government: Buy products in stewardship plan; assist in public education; collection is voluntary; reimbursed by producers. Haulers: Meet standards for collection; receive compensation for services. Recyclers: Meet BMPs for handling; receive compensation for services. Advisory Committees: Participate in development of regulations and design of measurement metrics to ensure transparency and accountability.

40 EPR As A Source Control Green Chemistry Initiative (chemicals) Ocean Protection Council (ocean litter) Climate Change Plan (green house gas) CIWMB EPR Policy Framework (waste)

41 Lobby for Statewide Legislation

42 Contact CPSC: Heidi Sanborn Executive Director Funded by a Grant from the California Integrated Waste Management Board. Zero Waste You Make It Happen by the California Integrated Waste Management Board (CIWMB). All rights reserved. This publication, or parts thereof, may not be reproduced without permission from CIWMB. Developed with support from the Product Policy Institute

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