Sentences with phrase «extended producer responsibility»

Unfinished Business: The Case for Extended Producer Responsibility for Post-Consumer Packaging describes how shifting the responsibility for the costs associated with post-consumer packaging from taxpayers to packing producers would boost the U.S. recycling rates and boost jobs.

We have led B.C.'s progressive policy of Extended Producer Responsibility programs and other initiatives to find innovative ways to eliminate waste and decrease British Columbia's environmental footprint.

The second session touched on extended producer responsibility (EPR) and how Wales might use fiscal measures to incentivise more sustainable product design and stewardship, a topic brought to the fore since

Recommendations for actions include: specific targets to reduce single - use plastic packaging; scaling up the use of reusable packaging; reviewing food cosmetic standards and labelling; greater investment in waste prevention systems; and looking at how market - based instruments like extended producer responsibility (EPR) schemes can prompt behavioural change towards avoiding food and plastic waste.

Bottle deposit return schemes fall under EU Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) legislation which requires beverage manufacturers to report periodically to recycling organisations with details of the product's packaging.

«With the Governor's signature, New York State is making the statement that through extended producer responsibility, manufacturers» accountability does not end once their products are sold,» said Krueger in a statement.

2010 - 2012 Extended Producer Responsibility Evaluation of GHG Emissions associated with Products, California Natural Resources Agency.

Despite several years of efforts by the Connecticut Department of Energy and the Environment (DEEP) and non-profit organizations promoting Extended Producer Responsibility for paper, packaging and plastic (EPR - PPP) the proposal was defeated.

Leading recycling industry association, the Institute for Scrap Recycling Industries, ISRI, believes the Connecticut Extended Producer Responsibility Bill is drafted in such a way that ignores the strength, capabilities, and vibrancy of the existing recycling industry.

The BAN List includes a call to action to solve plastic pollution by a) drastically reducing and eventually eliminating the use of plastic for single - use - disposable products and applications, b) developing reusable systems for appropriate to - go food and beverage products, while c) advancing extended producer responsibility (EPR)-- which makes consumer goods companies responsible for financing collection and recycling — to manage the remaining plastic in commerce.

Write to your local political leaders and state representatives, demanding that they start taking comprehensive extended producer responsibility (EPR) legislation seriously.

Are they still offering Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) with these products?

The discussions on Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) are getting interesting.

Natural Logic recently produced a white paper for the Coca Cola Company that summarizes an industry policy agenda for the next generation of packaging waste management stressing the principle of extended producer responsibility or «EPR.»

This patented design is described as «the world's first multiple re-use single - serve plastic water bottle that supports the Circular Economy and Extended Producer Responsibility.»

There's also «extended producer responsibility,» already popular in Europe, which shifts some of the costs of recycling into the prices of products themselves.

U.S. communities and states that have implemented alternatives to extended producer responsibility (EPR) policies are achieving high municipal solid waste recycling rates at reasonable costs, while also addressing a wider spectrum of the waste stream than narrowly - focused EPR mandates, according to a new study conducted by consulting firm SAIC for the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA).

Eco Connect Bottles ® support The Circular Economy and Extended Producer Responsibility.

Among them, according to the study, are waste reduction and «downstream» waste management strategies such as expanded recovery systems and extended producer responsibility.

«There is a growing recognition for a range of industrial processes of the notion of extended producer responsibility — the producer being responsible for downstream impact, expanded to the idea of shared producer and consumer responsibility.

Bob Holmes mentions «extended producer responsibility» for waste (22 July, p 39).

Rhode Island considering extended producer responsibility for packaging: Two bills in the Rhode Island legislature would make the Ocean State the first in the US to establish extended producer responsibility for packaging waste.

Producer Responsibility Framework Resolution Urges State to enact an extended producer responsibility framework.

Arguments and strategies related to marine debris that range from «recycling solves the problem» to «extended producer responsibility is the answer» to «innovation will save us» show that marine debris is a complex problem.

Extended Producer Responsibility, saying the producer needs to figure out how to handle products after use but leaves it up to the producer to find the best way, is an example of outcome - based regulation, considered more free - market than standards - based regulation.

And extending producer responsibility to include recycling could make the process much easier: