1. A Better Way: Product Stewardship

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

3. Bill Worrell

4. The High Cost of Compliance

5. Per Capita Waste Production 1900 - NYC1960 - USA2000 - USA MineralProductsFood/Yard Source: EPA

6. Changing Waste Million Tons per Year TOTAL Products Mineral Food/Yard Source: EPA

7. Disposable and toxic Products are disposable by design

8. U-Waste: Designed for Disposal

9. Sharps: Prohibited Waste

10. Sharps – The next unfunded mandate!

11. Multi Media Solid Waste Stormwater Wastewater Hazardous Waste Multi Media Public Health Climate Change

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

13. Million Tons per Year Growth in CA Total Waste Source: CIWMB

14. Now: Waste is a Local Responsibility Producers Taxpayers & Ratepayers

16. Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Producers Customer Service

17. AB 939 (1989) 1. Source Reduction 2.Recycling and Composting 3.Transformation and Landfill Disposal

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

19. Applying the Producer Responsibility Framework Board adopted the EPR Framework as a policy priority in September 2007 and approved refinements in January 2008. The Framework sets out broad guidance to be used in the development of EPR legislation.

20. Overview of Roles, Responsibilities, and Program Elements

21. Authority Needed to Implement EPR Framework 1.Select & add products/product categories 2. Require product stewardship plan 3. Plan provisions: – Targets: product design/recycling rates – Fee structures – Performance standards – Reporting 4. Transparency and Accountability 5. Enforcement

22. EPR Framework Approach Roles and Responsibilities 1.Producers 2.Retailers 3.Consumers 4.State Government 5.Local Government 6.Haulers 7.Recyclers

23. Roles and Responsibilities (continued) 1. Producers Key role: design product stewardship program and achieve defined outcome –Flexibility to design program in the most efficient manner –Prepare and implement plan –Demonstrate performance

24. Roles and Responsibilities (continued) 2. Retailers – Provide information from producers to customers –Only sell “registered” products –Voluntary involvement in EOL collection

25. Roles and Responsibilities (continued) 3. Consumers – Participate in collection systems – Pay for EOL management

26. Roles and Responsibilities (continued) 4. State Government – Establish statutory requirements and regulations to achieve goals, using guiding principles –Approve plans developed by producers –Make plans and performance information public – Deliver oversight and enforcement – Level playing field

27. Roles and Responsibilities (continued) 5. Local Government – Explore system effectiveness with –stakeholders – May choose to participate – Assist in information dissemination – Obtain compensation from producers

28. Roles and Responsibilities (continued) 6. Haulers/ 7. Collectors and Recyclers –Provide safe collection and handling of products and materials with compensation –Provide information to help producers enhance recovery –Seek system improvements with other stakeholders

29. Framework EPR

30. Essential Elements See “Extended Producer Responsibility Framework – Checklist”

31. 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 CPSC Participants – 28 Cities (9/22/08) Monrovia Oakland Palo Alto Pasadena Rio Vista San Dimas San Joaquin San Jose Santa Cruz Santa Monica Sierra Madre Union City Vacaville Vernon

32. Alameda County Amador County ISWM Butte County Central Contra Costa County SWM Del Norte SWMA Humboldt SWMA Los Angeles County IWM Task Force CPSC Participants – 23 Counties (9/22/08) Alpine Amador Butte Calaveras Colusa Del Norte County El Dorado Glenn Imperial Inyo Lassen Madera Mariposa Modoc Mono Rural Counties’ Environmental Services Joint Powers Authority (ESJPA) 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 Tehama County Yolo County Nevada Plumas Sierra Siskiyou Tehama Trinity Tuolumne

33. CPSC Participants – 15 Associations (9/22/08) 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 (9/22/08) Green Party Los Angles County Long Beach Coalition for Safe Environment Sierra Club – Solano Group Gills Onions LLC Teleosis Institute – Green Pharmacy Program 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. Contact CPSC: Heidi Sanborn Executive Director Heidi@CalPSC.org 916-485-7753 www.CalPSC.org Funded by a Grant from the California Integrated Waste Management Board. Zero Waste — You Make It Happen. © 2008 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