7. EXTENDED PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY * REQUIRES PRODUCERS TO PAY FOR DISCARD MANAGEMENT * GIVES PRODUCERS INCENTIVE TO REDESIGN THEIR PRODUCTS
8. BRAND OWNERS PAYFor more drop-off locations or for use of municipal facilities
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10. May utilize retailers, local charities, local businesses, municipal infrastructure, or the mail—depending upon the producer’s business plan.
11. PAYING FOR E-WASTE HOLYOKE--$8,450 WORCESTER--$25,000 BOSTON--$250,000 EPR would eliminate these costs
12. Municipal waste was simpler then Put into Garbage Receptacles Put into Ash Receptacles Kitchen or Table Waste, Vegetables, Meats, Fish, Bones, Fat. Ashes, Sawdust, Floor and Street Sweepings, Broken Glass, Broken Crockery, *Oyster and Clam Shells, Tin Cans. CARD OF INSTRUCTION FOR HOUSEHOLDERS Put into Rubbish Bundles Bottles, Paper, Pasteboard, etc. Rags, Mattresses, Old Clothes, Old Shoes, Leather and Leather Scrap, Carpets, Tobacco Stems, Straw and Excelsior, (from households only) The Sanitary Code requires householders and occupants to provide separate receptacles for ashes and garbage and forbids mixing these in the same receptacle. This law will be strictly enforced. New York City – ca. 1905
13. Waste has changed since 1900 1,213 387 1400 25 2000 1200 USA 955 1000 800 Inorganics Biowaste 607 Pounds / Capita / Year Products 600 358 400 187 200 92 14 0 1900 1960 NYC USA “Waste Generated”
26. MORE LOCAL JOBS Example from state of Washington: Goodwill Industries has been able to hire more people since EPR for electronics has been implemented.
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29. EPR for packaging is the law in 30 countries – 24 European, 3 Asian, Australia, Peru & Quebec.
31. Canada has over 30 national & provincial take back programs.26
32. FRAMEWORK EPR Will allow the DEP to add additional product categories to a statewide EPR program. DEP will work with other states in the Northeast to develop harmonious bill language for Framework EPR in the region.
Before solution let’s go back to see how this situation developed
Not about behavior change.You’re frustrated because: -- packaging -- non-recyclable items -- things can’t be repairedAll things that can be addressed on a policy level
CA Prod. Stew. CouncilHelp start the councilRepresentatives from the cities and towns
EPR does not come out of the tax base—producers pay
