ANNUAL REPORTS

 

2023-2024

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2020-2021

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AWARDS

 

Arrow Awards

 

Overview

The California Product Stewardship Council recognizes California businesses for outstanding leadership, innovation and partnerships in product stewardship and green design. The Arrow Awards recognize innovative product stewardship programs, outstanding partnerships in product stewardship and serve to inspire organizations to integrate the principles of product stewardship.

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Learn more about current and previous awards!

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The nomination period for the 2025 Arrow Awards is now open! Nominate yourself or others via our linked survey.

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Eligibility

Any business entity (division or facility located in California), third party stewardship organizations and non‐profits are eligible to apply.

 

Award Recipient Benefits

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• A custom-designed award made of recycled materials by Bay Area artist Ellen Blakeley presented at an evening awards event attended by more than 700 local and state government representatives, state legislators and industry representatives.

• Statewide media coverage

• Organization’s profile on CPSC’s Arrow Awards web page for one year

• Organization’s profile in CPSC’s electronic newsletter, distributed to more than 3,000 viewers

• Organization’s video (if submitted) uploaded to CPSC’s YouTube Channel

• Use of Arrow Awards medallion on organization’s public relations materials

• Ongoing promotion and support from CPSC

• A link from CPSC’s website to award recipients

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Award Categories

 

Overall Excellence Award:  The Golden Arrow Award for Overall Excellence in Product Stewardship

This award will be given to a company that demonstrates excellence in several aspects of product stewardship, including green design, toxics reduction, packaging reduction, increased reuse, repair, re-manufacture, convenient product take-back and end of life (EOL) management for one or more products.

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Note: Do not apply for this award. The Golden Arrow Award winner will be selected by the review panel from the applicants of the categories below. If you wish to be considered for the Golden Arrow Award, then ensure your application speaks to all three individual categories.

 

Green Arrow Award for System and Design Innovations

This award will be given to a company that demonstrates an innovative product, package or system-approach that removes or reduces toxic or other problematic attributes present in other similar products. Examples: citrus cleaners that replace petroleum solvents; refillable packaging vs. one-way disposable; integrated (cradle-to-cradle) approach to providing a product, i.e., prepaid mailer to return product to manufacturer for reuse or recycling.

 

The Bow and Arrow Award for Coalition Building

This award will be given to a company or group that has excelled in building partnerships and demonstrating the inter-dependence between producers, distributors, retailers, public agencies and other stakeholders. The award may recognize a producer, a group of producers, an industry or trade association, or a stewardship organization that works with public agencies, retailers or other stakeholders to deal with EOL issues.

 

The Infinity Arrow Award for Service and Take-Back

This award will recognize a retail business, group of businesses, or chain that has initiated an outstanding Take Back program for one or more product as an additional convenience and service to their customers, and works with the producers of those products in developing safe storage and recovery of EOL products and packages.

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Read more about current and previous award winning
companies. View pictures from the ceremonies and
see the press on CPSC's arrow awards.

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Pictured right: Group photo featuring the 2024 Arrow 
Award recipients, CPSC's Executive Director, and 

CPSC board members.

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Legislative Excellence Awards

 

Overview

The California Product Stewardship Council recognizes California legislators for outstanding leadership, innovative solutions, and development of strategic partnerships in regards to statewide policies on product stewardship and green design. Read more about current and previous award winning legislators.

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Associate/Sponsor of the Year Awards

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Overview

The California Product Stewardship Council recognizes associates and partners for outstanding leadership in their field, innovative solutions to longstanding issues, and effective partnership in regards to product stewardship and green design in California. Read more about current and previous award winning local governments and sponsors.

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PRESS FEATURING CPSC

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• California's EPR Agenda Expands - Waste 360, 4/29/2025

• Let's End Disposable Vape Waste - Capitol Weekly, 4/24/2025

• Overwhelming: What Happens to 50,000 lbs. of Extra LA Wildfire Clothing Donations - The Guardian, 1/28/2025

• Propane Party - Monterey County Now, 1/23/2025

• When San Diego Didn't Have the Kind of Fabric Store She Wanted, She Created One - San Diego Union-Tribune, 1/2/2025

• Waste Prevention Legislation Gives Nod to Consumer Rights - Thousand Oaks Acorns, 12/6/2024

• California Collects Over 8,500 Expired Marine Flares in Statewide Effort to Protect Communities and Waters - Redheaded Blackbelt, 11/27/2024

• Coastal Counties Across California Collect Over 8,500 Single-Use Marine Flares - Waste Advantage Magazine, 11/26/2024   

• Resale and Recycling Providers Are Gearing for California's Textile EPR - Sourcing Journal, 11/21/2024

• Textile Recycling Efforts Pick Up Steam in LA, New York, and Beyond - Waste Dive, 11/13/2024

• Outfitting Tomorrow Event Connects Students and Industry Leaders to Discuss a More Sustainable Outdoor Gear Industry - Colorado State University, 11/8/2024

• What to know about how camping stove propane is changing in California - San Francisco Chronicle, 10/27/2024

• Local boaters get safer marine flares, dispose of expired ones in Morro Bay - KSBY, 10/27/2024

• Multiple Coastal Jurisdictions Partner with State on Expired Marine Flare Collection Events - Waste Advantage, 10/10/2024

• New California bill bans single-use propane cans used by campers - San Francisco Chronicle, 9/26/2024

• Clothes Piling up in Your Closet? A Landmark California Bill Would Mandate Brands Recycle Them - The Guardian, 9/24/24

• California Bill Leads the Charge on EPR - Ecotextile, 9/19/24

• California Moves Toward Eliminating Single-Use Propane Cylinders with SB 1280 - Redheaded Blackbelt, 9/15/24

• California State Legislature Supports a Transition to Refillable, One-Pound Propane Cylinders - Waste Advantage, 9/11/24

• First in the Nation Textile Extended Producer Responsibility Program Legislation Passes the California Legislature - Fibershed, 9/10/24

• EPR Bills on California Governor’s Desk Reflect Strong and Growing Movement - PSI, 9/5/24

• KCBS All News Featuring Doug Kobold on SB 707 (Newman) - KCBS, 9/5/24

• California Passes Three Landmark Environmental Bills - Waste 360, 9/4/24

• California Legislature Passes Textile EPR, SB 1383 Updates and Much More - Waste Dive, 9/3/24

• Historic California Textile EPR Passes in State Legislature - Sourcing Journal, 8/30/24

• It Will Soon Be Easier for Americans to Recycle Batteries - WIRED, 7/15/24

• California Ocean Litter Strategy Webinar - July 2024 - California Ocean Protection Council, 7/10/2024 

• Senator Josh Newman's Landmark Textile Recycling Bill Advances in California Assembly - Waste Advantage, 7/3/24

• California Legislator Continues to Push for Textiles EPR Law - Recycling Today, 7/3/24

• California Responsible Textile Recovery Act Moves Forward in State Assembly - Sourcing Journal, 7/3/24

• Newman's Landmark Textile Recycling Bill Advances in California Assembly - Fullerton Observer, 7/2/24

• Renewal Projects Receive $50,000 in DOE Competition - Resource Recycling, 6/25/24

• How California Treasurer Fiona Ma Became 'Obsessed' with Waste and Recycling - Waste Dive, 6/11/24

• What to Know About 4 EPR Bills Still in Play in California - Waste Dive, 5/28/24

• Sorting for Circularity Report - Fashion for Good, RRS, 5/22/224

• Tackling Textiles at the Santa Barbara Dump - Santa Barbara Independent, 5/5/24 

• Marine Flares in California - Dockside Podcast, 4/29/24

• Top Environmental Pollution Issues in SoCal - Spectrum Infocus News, 4/28/24

• Threadhaus Revolutionizes Fashion with the Launch of R3 Reform Jacket on Earth Day in NYC - EIN Presswire, 4/26/24

• Santa Barbara Wants System to Repurpose Fabrics, Avoiding Textile Waste - Noozhawk, 4/18/24

• Homeboy Threads, The California Product Stewardship Council and TOMRA Demonstrate how Collaboration and Global Tech can Reduce Waste, Protect the Environment and Create Jobs - Waste Advantage, 3/06/24

• TOMRA Demonstrates Textile Sorting at Homeboy Threads in Los Angeles - TOMRA, 3/01/24 

• Thread #9: Michael Learns to Autosort - Linkedin, 2/29/24

• Cal Cities Nominee at the Helm of New Plastic Prevention Advisory Board - Cal Cities, 2/10/24

• Thread #4: Autosort in Action! - Medium, 2/4/24

• California to Prohibit the Use of Recyclability Labeling on Ineligible Products - Sourcing Journal, 1/30/24

• EPR, Bottle Bills and Right-to-Repair Legislation Make a Return in 2024 with Nuanced New Details -  Wastedive, 1/29/24

• California Names Circular Action Alliance its Sole Producer Responsibility Organization - Wastedive, 1/9/24

• ​California Product Stewardship Council’s “Make the Electronic Marine Flare Switch” Campaign

• Promotes Safe Marine Flare Disposal and Reusable Alternatives - Scrap Monster, 11/24/23 

• ​California Product Stewardship Council’s “Make the Electronic Marine Flare Switch” Campaign Promotes Safe Marine Flare Disposal and Reusable Alternatives - Waste Advantage, 11/22/23 

• Circular Polymers by Ascend and ReDefyne Experts Highlight Expanded Options for Post-Consumer Recycled Nylons - Textile World, 11/14/23

• Right to Repair Wins in California With U.S. Proposal in the Works - Waste 360, 11/6/23

• A Q&A with Senator Josh Newman: How the circular economy effort in California is making a major impact on the environment - Sac News & Review, 10/24/23

• Pyrotechnic marine flares ignite concerns for safety - Best of SNO, 10/5/23 

• Pyrotechnic marine flares ignite concerns for safety - Scot Scoop, 9/29/23 

• California Responsible Textile Recovery Act Tabled Until 2024 - Sourcing Journal, 9/21/23

• Keeping Up - Capitol Morning Report, 9/15/23 

• California legislative snapshot: Right-to-repair, labor dispute bill, bottle bill expansion still on table - WasteDrive, 9/6/23

• AATCC To Announce 2023 Future Leaders Award Recipients - Textile World, 8/29/23

• Upcoming Marine Flare Collection Events - The Log, 8/17/23 

• Sustainable Textiles: Protecting Your Health and the Planet - YMyHealth, 7/25/23

• EPR & Textile Stewardship with Joanne of CPSC - Clothes Horse, 7/16/23

• Make your camping trip more sustainable by swapping out this one item - The Orange County Register, 7/14/23

• France will start subsidizing their citizens' shoe repairs - Business Insider, 7/12/23

• California’s proposed Responsible Textile Recovery Act pulled from legislative session - Fashion Dive, 7/12/23

• Newman converts textile recycling measure to 2-year bill - Politico, 7/11/23

• CalRecycle names its first packaging EPR advisory board - Resource Recycling, 7/10/23

• California textile recycling bill gets amendments ahead of key hearing - Politico, 7/6/23

• Goodwill project finds clothing repair sustainable, but expensive - Mission Local, 5/18/23

• A slew of countries are asking fashion companies to pay for recycling programs as clothing waste becomes overwhelming - Fortune, 5/31/23 

• How Fashion Companies Can Take Responsibility for Their Waste and Move Toward A Just, Circular Textile Economy - Fibershed, 5/26/23

• Regulators Want Fashion Brands to Pay for Their Textile Waste - Bloomberg, 5/25/23 

• Zero Waste Symposium returns in person to the North Bay - Northern California Public Media, 5/12/23 

• California SB 707: EPR Textile Recycling and Repair Program with CPSC’s Dr. Joanne Brasch - Swap Society, 4/27/23 

• Why Recycling Plants Keep Catching on Fire - TIME, 4/13/23

• California officials hint at big e-scrap program changes - E-Scrap News, 3/29/23

• In California, Textile Waste is Out of Fashion - Future World, 3/16/23

• California Senate Committee to Hold Hearing on Textile Recycling Bill - International Sleep Products Association, 3/14/23 

• The Textile Dilemma: From Manufacturing, To Waste, To Solutions - EcoJustice Radio, 3/6/23 

• California could make apparel producers liable for textile waste - Sourcing Journal, 3/6/23

• California legislature takes on textiles - Recycling Today, 3/3/23

• Fashion companies would have to help recycle clothes under proposed California bill - Paradise Post, 3/3/23

• California legislature takes on textiles - Waste Today, 3/3/23 

• Fashion companies would have to help recycle clothes under proposed California bill - The Mendocino Beacon, 3/3/23

• Fashion companies would have to help recycle clothes under proposed California bill - The Orange County Register, 3/2/23

• California, US introduces bill for collection & recycling of textiles - Fibre2Fashion, 3/2/23

• Legislation Introduced to create first-of-its-kind EPR textile recycling and repair program in CA - Waste Advantage, 2/28/23

• A California bill wants to make brands responsible for fashion's waste problem - Vogue Business, 2/27/23