1. Product Stewardship Institute
Building Capacity for
Framework Product Stewardship Legislation
Scott Cassel
Executive Directive/Founder

2. Framework Legislation
Building Capacity for
Framework Legislation
Education – capacity building
Experience – product legislation
Patterns develop
Framework legislation

3. Education “Product stewardship” (paradigm shift)
Unfunded mandate – impacts on local government
Internalize costs of managing products
Shared responsibility within context of EPR
Lifecycle approach (design through end of life)
Voluntary legislated
States federal
Formation of Product Stewardship Councils

4. PSI State Members – 2004

5. PSI State Members – 2009

6. PSI Principles of Product Stewardship
Cost internalization
Lifecycle costs
Shared responsibility (manufacturers have greatest role to play)
Performance goals
Flexibility for producers
Endorsements : ECOS, NWPSC, SWANA, NERC, CRRA, NAHMMA, CRA, etc.

7. Product-by-Product PSI Principles of Product Stewardship (2001)
“Learn by doing” (implement concepts)
Start with priority waste stream
Build support among local agencies for state legislation
Measure results
Learn and translate to other products

8. State EPR Laws 2004

9. State EPR Laws 2009

10. Framework Framework Principles (2007, built on PSI Principles)
Understanding grows with successive EPR legislation
Patterns recognized: designated products, roles of players, plan submittal to agency, performance goals, disposal bans, enforcement, reporting, etc.
Familiarity with concept by state agency and legislature
More efficient – Multiple products

11. Considerations Framework sets expectations
The time is ripe for clear expectations
Assess whether your state is ripe for framework
Framework will be easier to pass once individual product legislation is passed
Still need industry specific engagement
Introduce individual product legislation that has all the framework elements…but isn’t called framework
Framework will be the logical next step

12. For More Information Contact…
Scott Cassel
PSI Executive Director/Founder