Product Stewardship 101

Product Stewardship, also known as Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) is a concept whereby product manufacturers assume primary responsibility for their products throughout the entire lifecycle of the products from material selection to recovery and recycling.

What is Product Stewardship / EPR?

NEW: Business Case for Product Stewardship NYPSC
CalPSC Video & Brochure (18 min; produced and funded by PPI; offsite)
NWPSC Video: Better Way-Product Stewardship (WMV format, 14 min; offsite)
Product Stewardship – Whose Responsibility Is It? By Kim Mote, City of Fort Worth (Dec 2008)

Joint Framework EPR Principles (adopted by local government councils)
Framework EPR Q & A (PPI)
National Association of Counties Framework EPR Resolution (July 2008)
Unintended Consequences: Municipal Solid Waste Management and the Throwaway Society By Helen Spiegelman & Bill Sheehan (March 2005)

Minnesota Product Stewardship Recommendations Report (MPCA, Jan 2009)

Local Government Actions for Product Stewardship

Tools for Local Action Product Policy Institute
Model Local EPR Resolutions Product Policy Institute
City of Minneapolis EPR Legislative Priority for 2009
Purchasing Best Practices: Contracting for Producer Responsibility by Green Purchasing Institute
Transitioning to Zero Waste: What Can Local Governments Do Now? by Helen Spiegelman (14 pp., March 2006)

Product Stewardship Council Resources Product Policy Institute

EPA Region 10 Webinars on EPR

Orgnaized by Product Policy Institute

EPR 101: Product Stewardship for Governments (May 12, 2009)
EPR Framework 101: Government's Role (May 26, 2009)

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