A Better Way: Product Stewardship

Report to CIWMB: Framework for Evaluating End-of-Life Management Systems Case Studies 1.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

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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, Economic Growth Decoupled From Packaging Generation 8

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 Continuous growth for more than 50 years  Plastics production ramped up from 1.5 Mio t in 1950 to 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…… Mio t 1950: 1.5 Europe (WE + CEE) 1976: : : : 260 Includes Thermoplastics, Polyurethanes, Thermosets, Elastomers, Adhesives, Coatings and Sealants and PP-Fibers. Not included PET-, PA- and Polyacryl-Fibers World

What to Do and What to Avoid To 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

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