Local EPR Resolutions

• Denton Resolution - Adopted June 15, 2010
  Denton press release
  
• Lewisville Resolution - Adopted March 15, 2010
  
• Plano Resolution - Adopted February 8, 2010
  Plano TX is the first Texas jurisdiction to adopt an explicit Extended Producer Responsibility resolution!

• City of Austin resolution adopting Zero Waste Plan – January 2009
  Includes language directing staff to work with TXPSC and to lobby for state producer take-back legislation.  Zero Waste Plan.

Local EPR Resolutions Around the U.S.

Local EPR resolutions have been adopted by more than 75 jurisdictions and local government associations in California, and by jurisdictions in Minnesota, New York and Massachusetts, based a model produced by Product Policy Institute.  Product Stewardship and EPR resolutions have also been adopted by the National League of Cities and the National Association of Counties. 

• Product Policy Institute’s Model Local EPR Resolution
• Product Policy Institute’s Local EPR Resolutions page

 

Why are local governments adopting extended producer responsibility resolutions?

 

Texas Local E-Waste Resolutions

Sixteen local jurisdictions adopted product stewardship resolutions between 2006 and 2007.  These resolutions gave critical support to passage of the Texas Electronics TakeBack Law, signed in 2007.

See list of jurisdictions here.