The document discusses the financial benefits of product stewardship. It argues that product stewardship creates local jobs by closing recycling loops and that recycling creates over 10 times as many jobs as disposal in landfills. It also notes that product stewardship saves taxpayer money by shifting costs from government programs to industry responsibility. Potential annual financial benefits to the state of Nebraska from expanded recycling and hazardous waste collection programs are estimated to be up to $13.5 million.

1. What are the financial
benefits of product
stewardship?
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2. The cyclical system
created by product
stewardship creates
jobs and saves
taxpayer money.
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3. By closing the loop to reuse materials we create
local jobs to collect, sort, refurbish
and recycle materials.
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4. Recycling creates more than 10 times
the number of jobs created by disposing of goods
in a landfill
Turning old paint..
Into
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5. Greening the way we do business
can create opportunities for
business innovation
• the sustainable packaging industry is set to
become a $143 billion dollar industry by 2015 (globally)
• the electronics recycling
industry was over $1.5
billion dollar industry in
the U.S. 2005 and is
growing rapidly
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6. Why are we concerned about
government saving money?
Nebraska spent
an estimated $1.5
million tax dollars
last year
managing
household
hazardous waste
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7. We spent an estimated
$850,000 on collection
events and permanent
facilities during the
year just in 11
Nebraska communities
…but comprehensive state-wide
collection would be significantly higher
In Nebraska in 2009, we collected
approximately 1.1 million pounds of HHW
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8. EPR shifts the costs and
responsibility off
government and
taxpayers.
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9. Potential Financial Benefits for Nebraska
Electronics $3.7 million
Paint $3.5 million
Pesticides $2.2 million
Batteries (primary) $1.4 million
Batteries (secondary) $428,000
Medical sharps (home) $1.1 million
Fluorescent lamps (household) $500,000
Phone books $232,000
Thermostats (mercury) $267,000
Total Maximum Benefits for
Nebraska $13.5 million/yr 9
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10. Safely Collecting these
goods,
• Keep toxics out of
our environment
• Recover materials
which can reduce the
need for new virgin
materials
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