Electronic Product Management
Internet Resource Guide
This resource guide lists selected Web sites related to product stewardship. It is a companion to the Overview of Electronic Product Stewardship Issues (MS Word, 66 KB). Full URLs (Web addresses) are provided below unless formatting precludes this.
Disclaimer : This selective list of resources emphasizes efforts to establish national, industry-wide product stewardship systems. Omission or inclusion should not be construed as endorsement of any particular organization. Since the government and nonprofit sectors have most actively framed and promoted broad product stewardship initiatives, they are most frequently cited herein.
Contents:
- U.S. Organizations Promoting Product Stewardship
- U.S. Initiatives by Product Type
- U.S. Position Papers and Resolutions
- International Initiatives
- Product Stewardship Definitions
- Research Documents and Services
U.S. Organizations Promoting Product Stewardship
- Businesses and Environmentalists Allied for Recycling, A Project of
Global Green USA
http://www.globalgreen.org/bear - Californians Against Waste
http://www.cawrecycles.org/ - California Integrated Waste
Management Board
http://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/Electronics/Stewardship/ - California Product Stewardship Council
http://www.calpsc.org/ - California Resource Recovery Association
http://www.crra.com/ - Grassroots Recycling Network
http://www.grrn.org - INFORM, Inc
http://www.informinc.org - Journal of Industrial Ecology
http://mitpress.mit.edu/JIE - Institute for Local Self-Reliance
http://www.ilsr.org/recycling/epr/epr.html - Northwest Product Stewardship Council
http://www.productstewardship.net/ - Materials for the Future
http://www.materials4future.org/ELECTRONICS/elxindex.html - Minnesota Office of Environmental Assistance, Product Stewardship
Web Site
http://www.moea.state.mn.us/stewardship/index.cfm - National Electronics Product Stewardship Initiative
http://www.nepsi.org - Product Stewardship Institute
http://www.productstewardshipinstitute.org/ - University of Tennessee, Center for Clean Products and Clean
Technologies
http://eerc.ra.utk.edu/clean/ - US Environmental Protection Agency—Headquarters
http://www.epa.gov/epr/index.htm - US Environmental Protection Agency—Region 10
- Western Electronics Product Stewardship Initiative
http://www.wepsi.org
U.S. Initiatives by Product Type
Apparel
- Northwest Product Stewardship Council—Apparel Page
http://www.productstewardship.net/productsApparel.html
Autos
- FreedomCAR (Cooperative Automotive Research)
http://www.uscar.org/freedomcar/index.htm - Clean Car Campaign
http://www.cleancarcampaign.org/
Batteries
- Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation
http://www.rbrc.com/ - US EPA—Battery Product Stewardship
Page
http://www.epa.gov/epr/products/batteries.html
Beverage Containers and Other Packaging
- California Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act
http://www.consrv.ca.gov/dor/index.htm - Multi-Stakeholder Recovery Project (Businesses and Environmentalists
Allied for Recycling, a Project of Global Green USA)
http://www.globalgreen.org/bear - Plastic Redesign Project
http://www.plasticredesign.org/ - Association of Post-Consumer Plastic Recyclers—Design for Recycling
Program
http://plasticsrecycling.org/ - US EPA—Packaging Product Stewardship Page
http://www.epa.gov/epr/products/packaging.html - Building Materials
- US EPA—Building Materials Product Stewardship Page
http://www.epa.gov/epr/products/building.html
Carpet
- Carpet America Recovery Effort (multi-stakeholder organization
formed to achieve implement product stewardship programs)
http://www.carpetrecovery.org/ - Minnesota Office of Environmental
Assistance—Carpet Product Stewardship Page
http://www.moea.state.mn.us/carpet/index.cfm - National Agreement on Carpet Recycling
http://www.moea.state.mn.us/carpet/index.cfm - Product Stewardship Institute—Carpet Page
http://www.productstewardshipinstitute.org/
Electronics
- California Household Hazardous Waste
Information Exchange
http://www.productstewardshipinstitute.org/CAHHWIEEPR.html - California Integrated Waste Management Board—Electronics Product
Stewardship Page
http://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/Electronics/Stewardship/ - Northwest Product Stewardship Council—Electronics Page
http://www.productstewardship.net/productsElectronics.html - National Electronics Product Stewardship Initiative
http://www.nepsi.org - Product Stewardship Institute—Electronics Page
http://www.productstewardshipinstitute.org/ - US EPA—Electronics Product Stewardship
Page
http://www.epa.gov/epr/products/electronics.html - Western Electronics Product Stewardship Initiative
http://www.wepsi.org
Medical Industry
- Northwest Product Stewardship Council—Medical Industry Page
http://www.productstewardship.net/
Mercury-Containing Products
- Clean Car Campaign
http://www.cleancarcampaign.org/ - Product Stewardship Institute—Mercury Product Page
http://www.productstewardshipinstitute.org/ - US EPA—Mercury Product Stewardship Page
http://www.epa.gov/epr/products/mercury.html
Paint
- Product Stewardship Institute—Paint Page
http://www.productstewardshipinstitute.org/
Pesticides
- Product Stewardship Institute—Pesticides Page
http://www.productstewardshipinstitute.org/
Tires
- Northwest Product Stewardship Council—Tire Page
http://www.govlink.org/nwpsc/tire.htm - US EPA—Tire Product Stewardship Page
http://www.epa.gov/epr/products/tires.html
U.S. Position Papers and Resolutions
- Californians Against Waste—List of California Local Government
Resolutions on Electronics Product Stewardship (select “e-waste” and
“California cities act”)
http://www.cawrecycles.org/ - California Resource Recovery Association—Electronics Take it Back
Campaign
http://www.crra.com/ - Grassroots Recycling Network—List of local resolutions related to
beverage container recycling
http://www.grrn.org/resolutions/resolutions.html - Grassroots Recycling Network—Shareholder resolutions related to
beverage container recycling
http://www.grrn.org/resolutions/shareholders_2001.html - National Recycling Coalition's Issue Paper on Manufacturer Responsibility
- Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition—Take It Back Campaign and Petition
http://www.svtc.org/cleancc/e_platform.htm - Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) Product Stewardship Policy
- US Conference of Mayors—Issue Paper on Producer Responsibility
International Initiatives
General
- OECD—Extended Producer Responsibility Web Site
- US EPA—International Product Stewardship Links:
--Beverage Containers and Other Packaging http://www.epa.gov/epr/products/pintern.html
--Batteries http://www.epa.gov/epr/products/bintern.html
--Autos http://www.epa.gov/epr/products/vintern.html
--Electronics http://www.epa.gov/epr/products/eintern.html
Canada
- British Columbia—Overview of Product Stewardship Programs for
beverage containers, lead acid batteries, medications, paint, scrap
tires, solvents, pesticides and used oil. Includes links to
several industry consortia implementing programs.
http://wlapwww.gov.bc.ca/epd/epdpa/ips/index.html - Corporations Supporting Recycling (Represents the Canadian
packaging industry on product stewardship implementation and issues.)
http://www.csr.org/ - Environment Canada—Extended Producer Responsibility and Stewardship
Web Site
http://www.ec.gc.ca/epr/ - Recycling Council of Ontario
http://www.rco.on.ca/
Europe
- Duales System
Deutchland—Germany's Industry Consortium for Packaging Recycling
http://www.gruener-punkt.de/en/home.php3 - European Union Directive on Packaging and Packaging Waste
http://www.europa.eu.int/scadplus/leg/en/lvb/l21207.htm - European Union's Directive on Waste Electrical and Electronic
Equipment
http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/waste/weee_index.htm - Germany's Battery EPR Legislation
- Industry Council for Electronic Equipment Recycling
http://www.icer.org.uk/ - Industry-Operated Packaging Recovery Organizations in Europe (Links
to different industry consortia from the Pro-Europe site)
http://www.pro-e.org/indexflash.htm - Rebat—UK's battery product stewardship program
http://www.rebat.com/legislationwebpage.htm - Sweden—Ordinance on Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment
Australia
- Australia and New Zealand—Developing a Product Stewardship Strategy
for Electric and Electronic Products, An Issue Paper, March 2001
http://www.ea.gov.au/industry/waste/ieu/pubs/discussion.pdf - Australia Packaging Covenant—Government Site.
http://www.ea.gov.au/industry/waste/covenant/ - Australia's National Packaging Covenant—Industry Site
http://www.packcoun.com.au/ - Institute for Sustainable Futures (New South Wales, Australia)—
conducted multi-stakeholder research effort on beverage container
recycling policies
http://www.isf.uts.edu.au/CDL_Review/index.html - Melbourne, Australia Electronics Take Back Scheme
http://www.cfd.rmit.edu.au/dfe/takebackpilot.html
Product Stewardship Definitions
- Agilent Technologies
http://www.chem.agilent.com/cag/aboutapg/cagenv.html - Air Products
http://www.airproducts.com/productstewardship/steward.ppt - British Columbia Ministry of Land, Air and Water Protection
http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/epd/epdpa/ips/ - European Chemical Industry Council
http://www.cefic.be/activities/hse/rc/ProdStew/Leaflet/leaflet.htm - General Motors
- Hoescht
- Honeywell
http://www.honeywell-plastics.com/products/stewardship/steward.html - Institute for Local Self-Reliance
http://www.ilsr.org/recycling/concepts.html - Northwest Product Stewardship Council
http://www.govlink.org/nwpsc/ - Product Stewardship Institute
http://www.productstewardshipinstitute.org/ - Solid Waste Association of North America. (SWANA Technical
Policy Position T-31, 10/14/01)
http://www.swana.org/ - US Environmental Protection Agency
http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/reduce/epr/about/index.html - What is extended producer responsibility? By David Haskell,
New Zealand 2000, on the GRRN web site
http://www.grrn.org/resources/what_is_epr.html.
Research Documents and Services
- Analysis of Product Stewardship Policy Options—Global Futures
http://www.globalff.org/ - Bottle Bill Resource Guide
http://www.bottlebill.org/ - Centre for Design, RMIT University (UK)—Return to Sender: An
Introduction to Extended Producer Responsibility
http://www.cfd.rmit.edu.au/waste/epr.html - Comparative Analysis of Selective EPR
Policies
http://www.lu.se/IIIEE/publications/communications/2000_10.pdf - International Institute for
Industrial Environmental Economics—Home of the EPR Concept
http://www.lu.se/IIIEE/research/products/epr/epr_old.html - Journal of Industrial Ecology—Ron Driedger, "From Cradle to Grave: Extended Producer Responsibility for Household Hazardous Wastes in British Columbia"
(Volume 5, Number 1; MIT Press)
http://mitpress.mit.edu/journals/pdf/jiec_5_2_89_0.pdf - Overview of US Electronics Stewardship Initiatives, February, 2001
http://www.epa.gov/epr/pdfs/background.pdf - Raymond Communications—Recycling Laws International and State
Recycling Laws Update plus special reports
http://www.raymond.com/ - Resource Recycling—Monthly Magazine plus Monthly newsletters on
electronics, plastics and containers.
http://www.resource-recycling.com - Value Chain Research on Engineering
Thermoplastics—Gordon Institute of Tufts University
http://ase.tufts.edu/tgi/Program/research.html
Please direct all responses and questions to the project manager:
Edward Boisson, Principal
Boisson & Associates
P.O. Box 50
San Geronimo, CA 94963
Phone: (415) 488-4858
Fax: (415) 488-4857
Eboisson@att.net
Last updated:
December 3, 2010
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