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?
- CalPSC Video & Brochure (18 min; produced and funded by PPI)
- NWPSC Video: Better Way-Product Stewardship (WMV format, 14 min)
- 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)
Key Websites
- Product Policy Institute
- Product Stewardship Institute
- California Integrated Waste Management Board/EPR
- Northwest Product Stewardship Council
- California Product Stewardship Council
- Texas Product Stewardship Council
