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California State EPR Actions

• Ocean Protection Council (OPC)

• CPSC and NWPSC Comment on West Coast Governors' Agreement on Ocean Health Action Coordination Team (ACT) 7/8/09
• California's Ocean Protection Council (OPC) Final Report on Reducing Ocean Litter. OPC names EPR for plastic packaging as the #1 priority.
  
• OPC Resolution on EPR 4/23/09
• OPC Resolution on Climate Change 6/14/07
  

• Green Chemistry
  

• Green Chemistry: Cornerstone to a Sustainable California 2008
  The University of California Centers for Occupational and Environmental Health report recommending implementation of the CIWMB (now CalRecycle) EPR policy framework
  
  
• Legal analysis of CA Green Chemistry Initiative: Expect more states to follow California's lead
  — 10/6/08 Holland & Knight, LLP
  "The California Green Chemistry Initiative, through the enactment of AB 1979 and SB 509, should be viewed as just the beginning for increased chemical and product regulation in the U.S."

• CIWMB EPR Framework Policy 1/23/08
  In January, 2008, the California Integrated Waste Management Board (now CalRecycle) adopted a revised EPR Policy Approach which could be used by CIWMB to support legislation. Read the final documents, including the final adopted Framework.
  

• CIWMB Strategic Directive on Producer Responsibility
  Strategic Directive-5: Producer Responsibility 2/13/07
  On February 13, 2007, the California Integrated Waste Management Board (now CalRecycle) adopted the strongest language yet in the U.S. supporting Extended Producer Responsibility.

• End-of-Life Product Management
  
  

  • Framework for Evaluating End-of-Life Product Management Systems in California
    CalRecycle Publication DRRR-2010-013
    This report was commissioned in June 2006 by the CIWMB (now CalRecycle). The report is intended to identify financing options for a variety of u-waste products such as batteries, lamps and paint, and provide recommendations on End-of-Life models that would have the best chance of achieving long term sustainability.
    
    
  • Contractor's response to comments

EPR Actions in Other States

Florida

• A report titled 75% Recycling Goal Report to the Legislature was submitted by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection on January 4, 2010. On page 32 it states a plan to "Enact product stewardship framework legislation with electronics, carpet, fluorescent lamps and paint designated as the initial products covered by the legislation."

Indiana

• Indiana Press Release on Passage of E-Waste EPR Bill (signed April 2009)
  Indiana is now the 16th state in the nation to pass extended producer-responsibility (EPR) legislation for the recovery of used or obsolete consumer electronics.

Maine

• LD 821 - An Act To Support Collection and Proper Disposal of Unwanted Drugs
• LD 1631 - An Act to Provide Leadership Regarding the Responsible Recycling of Consumer Products as amended 2/19/10.
  • LD 1631 Fact Sheet 1/17/10
  • LD 1631 Flow Chart
  • Maine Chamber of Commerce newsletter article on negotiations for EPR Framework that led to unanimous passage out of committee.

Minnesota

• The final report with recommendations for the Integrated Solid Waste Management Stakeholder (ISWM) Process is issued by the Minnesota Environmental Initiative (MEI), the stakeholder process manager. The ISWM was convened to develop strategies to achieve greenhouse gas reduction, energy conservation and environmental protection through integrated solid waste management. The stakeholder process stems from the 2007 MPCA Solid Waste Policy Report to the Minnesota Legislature that adopts a recommendation to convene a stakeholder group to develop strategies that can help reach the Minnesota Climate Change Advisory Group (MCCAG) greenhouse gas reduction targets for the solid waste sector. Support for the product stewardship framework is on page 69 as well as producer responsibility for carpet on page 53. 12/31/09
• HF 2407 - Minnesota's Framework Legislation 5/15/09
• HF 1217 - requiring a product stewardship program operated by drug producers to collect and dispose of unwanted drugs; providing civil penalties
• Minnesota Adopts EPR Framework Approach 1/09

Oregon

• HB 3060 - Oregon's EPR Framework Legislation
• Oregon Product Stewardship Legislation Outline 2/16/09

Pennsylvania

• Mercury thermostat law signed by Governor 10/9/08

Rhode Island

• Rhode Island Introduces EPR Framework Legislation —Brown Daily Herald 4/23/09

Washington

• HB 1718 - Washington EPR Framework Bill 2/16/09
  Washington's omnibus greenhouse gas reduction bill, HB 1718, includes not only an EPR framework establishing a process for the Department of Ecology to designate products over time, but it also names five initial products to covered: carpet, mercury-containing lighting and thermostats, paint and rechargeable batteries.
  
• Washington EPR Framework Bill Fact Sheet 2/16/09
  

Vermont

• H 696 - EPR Bill for Packaging and Framework
  The bill would also repeal the beverage container redemption system.
• S 232 - Mercury Containing Lamps
  Senator Lyons, Chair of the Natural Resources and Energy Committee, has introduced a new bill that requires manufacturers of mercury-added lamps to establish a program for or to pay for the collection and recycling of mercury-added lamps. Paint Senator Diane Snelling of the Natural Resources and Energy Committee introduced S. 224
• S 224 - Architectural Paint
  This bill would require the manufacturers of architectural paint to establish a paint stewardship plan for the collection, reuse, and recycling of architectural paint in Vermont. Each plan would include a funding mechanism for the collection of a paint stewardship assessment, which would be added to the cost of all architectural paint sold to Vermont retailers and distributors.