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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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Solid Waste Forum Showcases Local Projects
Sacramento Bee
By California Product Stewardship Council WHITTIER, Calif., Jan. 18, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Managing products in closed loop systems to eliminate waste and reduce costs will be the overarching issue of a meeting that will connect Greater Los Angeles ...

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Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP | Electronic Waste Regulation in Canada and ...
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Electronic Waste Regulation in Canada and Extended Producer Responsibility
Blakes
This approach is known as Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) and has been championed by the Organization for Economic and Cooperative Development (OECD) for many years. Canada has turned out to be one of the more enthusiastic jurisdictions to ...

Manufacturers must take a stewardship approach to packaging
TheNewsTribune.com
The Northwest Product Stewardship Council (NWPSC) has been exploring ways to increase the recycling of packaging for several years. I read with great interest a recent News Tribune editorial on excessive packaging (12-28).

Recycling Today
Extended Responsibility
Recycling Today
Environmental Packaging International President Victor Bell explains how extended producer responsibility is spreading across the world, affecting brand owners of paper and board packaging. Editors' Note: The following feature is an edited transcript ...

Measures to Combat Mounting E-Waste in the Country
Press Information Bureau (press release)
The concept of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) has been enshrined in these rules to make EPR a mandatory activity associated with the production of electronic and electrical equipments. The Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) is an ...

CALL2RECYCLE WRAPS 2011 RECYCLING WEB SERIES
CisionWire (press release)
ATLANTA (December 8, 2011) The final installment in the “Lessons from the Experts” series features Call2Recycle® and Austin Resource Recovery (a City of Austin service) discussing extended producer responsibility (EPR) and hazardous waste recycling ...

Recycling Today
World Recycling Forum: EPR Middle Ground
Recycling Today
As the head of environmental management for the Asia Pacific and Japan region for Hewlett-Packard (HP), Annukka Dickens has become familiar with many different extended producer responsibility (EPR) systems for obsolete electronics. ...

CALL2RECYCLE CONTINUES "LESSONS FROM THE EXPERTS" WEBINAR SERIES
CisionWire (press release)
ATLANTA (November 10, 2011) The “Lessons from the Experts” series continues with the second of three webinars featuring Call2Recycle® and two Washington State communities discussing extended producer responsibility (EPR) and hazardous waste recycling ...

Bangalore has a market for recycled products
IBNLive.com
The discussion focused on the issue of extended producer responsibility and sought to debate on whether it is just law or duty. Sajan Poovayya, Lawyer, was the moderator and the round table featured 7 panelists from sectors like the State Pollution ...

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Eco experts brainstorm on green hazards
Times of India
Criminal wastage of paper, and by extension wood, was the topic of debate at a panel discussion on 'Extended producer responsibility' , as part of Bengaluru Recycling Habba 2011 on Monday. A study conducted by a Hyderabad based-company revealed that ...

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Wastage of paper discussed at Bengaluru Recycling Habba 2011
Times of India
Criminal wastage of paper, and by extension wood, was the topic of debate at a panel discussion on 'Extended producer responsibility', as part of Bengaluru Recycling Habba 2011 on Monday. A study conducted by a Hyderabad based-company revealed that ...

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Experts in push for responsible recycling
Deccan Chronicle
Discussing the level of the long overdue policy of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) that India requires, experts from various sectors who brainstormed on the possible ways forward on Monday, emphasised two major approaches to tackle the issues of ...

MMBC issues consulting contract for printed paper, packaging EPR
Solid Waste & Recycling
Multi Material British Columbia (MMBC) has awarded the Phase 1 consulting contract to undertake the discovery and options development phase for a printed paper and packaging (PPP) Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Program for British Columbia (BC) ...

Environmental Data Interactive
Coca-Cola calls for extended producer responsibility on drinks packaging
Environmental Data Interactive
The facility, which opens next May, will more than double the amount of food grade material produced in Britain and will save about 33000 tonnes of carbon a year. Coca - Cola calls for extended producer responsibility on drinks packaging.

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CALL2RECYCLE KICKS OFF MUNICIPALITY WEBINAR SERIES
CisionWire (press release)
Call2Recycle, the only free battery and cell phone collection program in North America, will host a three-part complimentary webinar series that will discuss issues critical to extended producer responsibility (EPR) and recycling programs within ...

The environmentally sound option for recycling your unwanted electronics
Vancouver Sun
The Electronics Stewardship Association of British Columbia (ESABC), a not-for-profit extended producer responsibility program set up by the major producers and retailers of electronics in British Columbia, delivers a recycling program to recover ...

Recycling Today
A World of Variety
Recycling Today
Al Lynch of the solid waste department in North Vancouver, British Columbia, says his district has reached a 60 percent diversion goal, and he would not be surprised if that rate goes even higher with the advent of extended producer responsibility ...

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