|
|
 |
Facts to Act On Series on Extended Producer Responsibility
Between 1990 and 1993, ILSR
published its Facts to Act On series, 38 articles covering a wide range
of topics on recycling, waste management, and grassroots organizing.
We have renewed this series. Recent and upcoming issues will focus on
extended producer responsibility and product stewardship.
We encourage you to disseminate this information to community advocates
and decision-makers across the country. Please credit the Institute for
Local Self-Reliance when you use ILSR's Facts to Act On.
Latest Releases
New
Issue of Facts to Act On!
Fighting Waste Industry Consolidation with Local Ownership of Recycling
Facilities
#42, November 8, 2002
This Facts to Act On examines how recycling -- and local or public ownership
of recycling facilities in particular -- is a key to breaking the pending
monopolization of the waste industry. Recycling is not only an environmental
strategy, but also a strategy for nurturing competition and keeping discard
management costs low.
Download
PDF file for #42
Asian Countries Jump on the
EPR Bandwagon (#41, January 25, 2002) Examines the exdended
producer responsibility in Japan, The Republic of Korea, and Taiwan.
Download PDF file for #41
Online version of #41
Local Initiatives Leverage
Extended Producer Responsibility (#40, November 20, 2000)
Describes local initiatives to spur extended producer responsibility such
as networking with industry in a voluntary approach, passing local resolutions,
banning products that harm the environment, and developing purchasing protocols
that encourage environmentally sound products. Efforts in Los Angeles, the
Pacific Northwest, Minnesota, and elsewhere are covered. Includes links
to actual resolutions and ordinances and where to find more information.
Download PDF file for #40
Online version of #40
Product Stewardship in British
Columbia (#39, October 2000)
Examines product stewardship programs and policies in place in British
Columbia, Canada: its deposit-refund system for beverage containers and
its household hazardous waste stewardship program (covering used motor
oil, paints, solvents, flammable liquids, domestic pesticides, gasoline,
and pharmaceuticals).
Download PDF file for #39
Online version of #39
Upcoming Issues
Upcoming issues of Facts to Act On will focus on how to fight
consolidation in the waste industry, strategies for promoting refillable
beverage containers, and the problems with waste incineration.
If you want to be notified of the availability of future Facts to
Act On, send an email to Brenda Platt at bplatt@ilsr.org.
List of Back Issues (1990-1993,
#1 - #38)
Return to EPR home page
|
