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Pune produces 10% of state's e-waste
Times of India
The concept of Extended Producer Responsibility under the E-waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 2011, makes it mandatory for manufacturers of electronic and electrical equipment to collect e-waste generated after the expiry of their products.

Producers to be made responsible for collection of e-waste
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"The concept of Extended Producer Responsibility has been enshrined in these rules to make it a mandatory activity for the manufacturers of electronic and electrical equipments," Natarajan said. The minster also said that the rules specified that ...

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Disposal of E-Waste
Press Information Bureau (press release)
The concept of Extended Producer Responsibility has been enshrined in these rules to make it a mandatory activity for the manufacturers of electronic and electrical equipments. Under this the producers are responsible for collection of e-waste ...

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CT making the bed for mattress-recycling rule
Hartford Business
The bill uses an environmental model called extended producer responsibility, EPR, a principle of the broader concept of product stewardship, in which producers take responsibility for reducing their products' environmental impact, CTMirror.org reports ...

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State could become the first to require recycling of mattresses
The Connecticut Mirror
The bill uses an environmental model called extended producer responsibility, EPR, a principle of the broader concept of product stewardship, in which producers take responsibility for reducing their products' environmental impact.

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'Without monitoring, e-waste handling rules may end up in tokenism'
Hindu Business Line
The environmental group said that the rules put the onus of e-waste management on manufacturers or brands through the principle of Extended Producer Responsibility, but there is no target or accountability check. As a result, the rules may not be able ...

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'e-waste handling rules need monitoring mechanism'
Hindu Business Line
The environmental group said the rules put the onus of e-waste management on manufacturers or brands through the principle of Extended Producer Responsibility, but there is no target or accountability check. As a result, the rules may not be able to ...

Forbes
How Corporate America Might Just Save Recycling
Forbes
Called Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), this legislation would essentially set requirements for companies to collect and recycle a certain percentage of the packaging waste they generate, but would leave how they go about doing it up to the ...

ISPA continues to fight EPR bills in states
BedTimes Magazine
The International Sleep Products Association opposes state-level legislation that would require mattress manufacturers to establish and pay for extended producer responsibility programs to recycle used mattresses. And the association recently took ...

New recycling coalition launches
Solid Waste & Recycling
“We've come together because we're concerned about the human and environmental impacts of throw-away products and packaging,” says Matt Prindiville, associate director of the Product Policy Institute and a co-founder of the new coalition.

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Coalition forms for extended producer responsibility
Plastics News
The initial organizations that make up CRADLE² include the Product Policy Institute and eight public-interest organizations that have helped pass EPR legislation in the US: the Sierra Club of California, the New York Public Interest Research Group, ...

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Greener Package
Earth day sees launch of coalition to push EPR
Greener Package
“We've come together because we're concerned about the human and environmental impacts of throw-away products and packaging,” says Matt Prindiville, associate director of the Product Policy Institute and a co-founder of the new coalition.

Groups agree on producer responsibility terms
Plastics News
based California Product Stewardship Council; and the Product Policy Institute of Athens, Ga. The groups defined EPR as “a mandatory type of product stewardship that includes — at a minimum — the requirement that the producer's responsibility for their ...

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Packaging Digest
Groups reach consensus on EPR, packaging terms
Packaging Digest
The Product Stewardship Institute, the Product Policy Institute, and the California Product Stewardship Council spent over a year harmonizing concepts and soliciting input from stakeholders from business, government, and public interest organizations ...

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Express Computer
India lays down e-waste management rules
Express Computer
While the recent amendments touch on issues such as Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), they seem to have overlooked take back targets and a ban on illegal imports. By Venkatesh Ganesh Increasing incidents of malpractice involving electronic ...

Myriad issues await plastics industry in 2012 local legislative sessions
Plastics News
A number of communities are looking to enact bans on polystyrene takeout containers, several states are considering adopting extended producer responsibility laws, and numerous states — faced with budget problems — are looking to increase their ...

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